Project 2

I'd have to say that I am pretty happy with the idea and the concept that Logan and I came up with and executed. Our main focus was on the design first, and the content second. We felt that if we had the design in place, all we really needed to do was plug in the content. We knew that the purpose of the design would be to teach kids a few things about becoming homeless. When we first started kicking around ideas we wanted to make sure that we chose something that would grab peoples attention. It seems that today games are used more and more in an educational environment so it made sense to us. One thing I was not sure about was Lukas' feelings on our design and product. Maybe it was me, but I felt as if he did not like it, or did not really care. He never came over to really get a look at it, and it kind of made the whole thing feel like a waste to make. We could have shown a version on the computer and left it at that instead of taking time and money to print it out and make it. That being said, it was a prototype, and it was not until we made it and played with it that we could see what we needed to change to make it better. Lukas asked us what we would do if we were funded and what direction we would want to take the game. In class Logan and I had no answer. We never thought about past being a project for class. I guess that after reading our last reading assignment, I would want to use the "kit" to really get deeper into the minds and feelings of those we are trying to teach about. Maybe even pushing the product farther into the digital age would be an avenue that I would explore.

Andrew Blauvelt Refelection

I must admit that this article was more pleasing than the last one. The only thing is,,,,,, as I was reading it I kept running through something a past instructor said to me once. "Almost no design is original, It is just an extension of a copy of a copy of a copy. You can always go back and find that your design even if unintentional shares many qualities of other before it. The more I look around at "trendy" shops, the more I see a style reminiscent of previous decades. There has been a huge push for the "retro" look and with the success of Apple, the simple design seems to be the next movement. For me personally, I have always been drawn to the "simple" designs. I love Swiss posters which I know are not always simple, but they embody my belief to "Get the point across"