Top-down and bottom-up design

Thermal energy strorage Thermal Energy Storage is the temporary storage of high or low temperature energy for later use, bridging the gap between requirement and energy use. The storage cycle might be daily, weekly or seasonal depending on the system design requirements, and whilst the output will always be thermal, the input may be thermal or electrical. Principle 1) Sensible Heat Storage Heating a liquid or solid, without changing the phase: This method is called sensible heat storage.…

According to Stephen Few, an author of Information Dashboard Design, a dashboard is a visual display of the most important information that need to reach one or more purposes, organized on a single screen, thus, could be monitored at a glance (as cited in Tyson, 2016). Tyson (2016) mentioned that the dashboard should be easily read at a glance, and encourage action. Determining the audience and their needs is the first fundamental dashboard design principle. It is paramount to understand who…

People often ask what the difference is between skateboarding and longboarding. Aren’t they the same? Isn’t one just a longer board that can’t do tricks? Skate- and longboards serve different purposes and those purposes affect the differences in designs. Skateboarding was very big in California and in Hawaii and started in the 1940s. At first skateboarding was most common among surfers when they didn’t have any waves to ride. They would skate around, doing tricks, because it gave them a similar…

amount of gravity that is pulling down on the plane. The wings cause lift because of an airfoil shape. The wings are rounded on the top and almost flat on the bottom. The air has to go farther over the top of the wing so there is a low pressure area above the wing. This causes the lift of the wing and holds the airplane in flight.…

“Different… very different.” These were my mother’s words when I held up my first artwork with a big smile full of baby teeth. That piece was a watercolor painting of an unrealistic ocean. There was a blue and orange striped shark as the main component, rainbow jellyfish crowded in the bottom corner, and air bubbles shaped like musical notes at the top. With her face aghast staring at my masterpiece, I comprehended that to her the concept of my illustration seemed peculiar and the craftsmanship…

(Fig. 3) The figure displays a shield claimed to be used by a Sioux warrior named Black Horse, and which is consistent with other work of the Western Sioux, or Teton. The design and make up is best described by Frank Speck and Royal Hassrick: “Made up of deer-hide, stretched taut on a metal hoop … the face of the shield are painted symbolic decorations in red, blue, white, black, and orange … the center figure is that of a man wearing a feather bonnet and holding…

Veterans Memorial, and The Vietnam Veteran Memorial. Standing tall the Lincoln Memorial is surrounded by large pillars, covered in white marble and dirt by the hands of time. Looking on top of the memorial you can see the American states that had sided with The Union, and on top of that is a nice old, classy crown design that reflects off of the honor of the states. Wide shaped in white, the exterior of the Lincoln Memorial looks like a 3D Rectangular shaped house, being held by large pillars,…

Patterned Haircut Designs : 50 Examples of Epic Hair Art Undercuts and fades are great looks for guys and have remained on trend for quite some time now. Haircut designs or undercut designs are creative ways of shaving the hair to form patterns and pictures. These are usually done around the head (from temple to temple), on the sides or at the back but they can also be used over the entire head. Hair engravings can range from simple linear lines and patterns up to complex hair portraits –…

sewing machine to make clothes and even shoes that people wear today (Smith) (Cyprus). Throughout the history, fashion has changed with different designer’s unique styles. Although sewing has evolved in numerous ways, it still is relevant today with design concepts adapting to changing society and specific colors affecting people’s moods. The clothes that people wear today were created by a sewing machine, but before sewing machines people…

of this iceberg. For example, did you know that the idea of cars go back as far as the 1400’s. In 1478, Leonardo da Vinci designed a self powered, cart-like vehicle, that worked sort of like a wind up car. Now, to be fair, it was not a car in the traditional sense, for it was powered by a wind up mechanism and it had no seats (seats could have been added fairly easily). Even with it being spring driven it…