Reflection on Designers

The interview with Josh was really informative. He told us about starting a startup, and how you should just keep designing things that make sense, because in the end, that's all that matters. He also told us about his life, and how he didn't go to college. I actually expected this, as most entrepreneurs these days forego college and the outrageously high tuition that comes with them—not to mention that many don't learn much in college that they couldn't teach themselves. I learned about his startup Last Guy, and how startups normally are now—easygoing, communal, and funloving; not to mention the stress of working in a startup: it could fall at any time.

Ganesh's Concept

"So this is basically an app where you're able to control your energy bill by taking a look at what you're spending on so you can be able to recognize where you can cut down on and it also allows you to pay your bills right on the spot through your phone so you have to go to the hassle like sending the checks and everything like that."

--Ganesh

New concept sketches

Concept Sketches: Before and After

Before: My Common Core solution was too big and vague to be feasible for this class. So everything became ambiguous, and not clear to understand. 

After: My new computer sketch is much clearer, much simpler, and easier on everyone. I plan to start a mechanical engineering class at school to help kids who are interested in that field prepare for college. I also plan to contract a mechanic to help fix the computers. The problem here is that the computers run way too slowly for their specs, and so slow down any urgent work, dooming students. Thus, we need to fix this. A possible con is that students will be tempted to goof off as the computers are too fast now.

Pitch Comments

Austyn: too much ewaste. Decreased mirrored hardware. 

Craig: potato button on microwave doesn't create potato-->I will solve 

Pallavi: food bank program would collect unused food for advertising 

Matt: jet engines unreliable--> smaller engines and safer

Sonia: some materials can't be told whether recyclable or not.

Ryan: floating walkway across intersections

Alice: more info on how we plan our future--> more help and counseling

Ganesh: shower timer and music 

Sukhjit: help the homeless--> houses, car, jobs

Meera: dogs and children are stuck in cars-->die

Alvin: shopping carts bumpy--> suspension, omni rear wheels, pvc webbing

Amijot : ACs don't work-->fix

Sasha: unemployment rate, inflation, lower minimum wage

Diana: perfect formula to perfect study session-->

Sachi: vending machine lunches--> healthier options, school garden

Katie: lock with arrows, lockers in group

William: average commuter wastes 60h a year in traffic, 680&880 need more connectors-->jobs

Benjamin: cool ideas, no money. People pay $10 towards a collective goal.

Archit: too horrible headphones-->steel alloy, better decibels, better voice recognition, more controls

Jake: new way for desalination, some ways are bad for environment--> new way

Ashab: carrying groceries too hard-->grocery bag holder

Catherine: fix landfills that decompose trash

Juan: phones break easily--> sapphire glass and Gorilla glass 

Austin: supersonic flights that are cheap, economical, intercontinental flights too long.

Common Core

Whats wrong with the education system these days? Common Core.

Solution: Abolish Common Core. Millions of parents are against it, and so do teachers. It is just a waste of education and is covered in bureaucracy.  As the above examples show, Common Core is simply a bureaucratic, red-tape covered waste of time. All it really does is to show the public the government is doing something about the terrible, lack-luster education system, it is just a veil. It doesn't help students at all. Even though the examples are only a few, the fact they even exist shows Common Core is disgraceful. It hurts elementary school students the most, and damages the foundation of their learning, guaranteeing their failure later in life. States have only supported it due to the funding they receive--it's all for money these days. Once again: STOP COMMON CORE.

Line work

This are my basic line drawings at the beginning of the week.

The Pokeball drawings, clockwise, are outline, contour, structural, and gestural.

My hand drawing. 

The Wings of Freedom, just a free sketch that I did with lines. 

To me, lines communicate anything on the human emotion spectrum. They can represent stress on a person's face, wrinkles from age, folds in the skin from smiling too much, or movement as a team chases towards victory. Lines are the epitome of human beings. 

Several Problems in the World

• Fix the air conditioning in the school--because it never works and students and teachers suffer when it gets hot 

• A big problem is civil forfeiture, where the police can just simply take your stuff just because they suspect you of a crime. What's worse, is that they get to keep it,regardless of whether you are convicted of a crime. Many families are on the streets because their houses were taken. I look to John Oliver who shows the seriousness of this.
• Another huge problem is of drone strikes, which supposedly kill terrorists, but after studies and interviews of the government, it shows they have been killing people who simply looked like terrorists. 

• Redesign the school website, as any search done in one school's website goes through the entire district.

• Stop the spread of Ebola and find a cure for it to save people and prevent future outbreaks

Another problem is the education system in this country. There is way too much stress on students to do well, but grades have become an obsession, and students cheat because they value grades over their education. And colleges are basically buisnesses, over charging students and putting them in debt for the rest of their lives.