Nice Fit

Logo
physical symbol logo that would fit together.

designer children’s blocks

Via Amanda. They have these at her work, too.

Website design
I like the trend in portfolio sites like this:
http://www.toko.nu/
Not necessarily the links at the top, but:
- the use of large images
- one page, scrolling
- telling the story a piece at a time, with a few large images then a small paragraph caption.

More website examples
http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/
http://www.edhv.nl/edhv/
http://www.colorflip.com/
http://www.rawcolor.nl/welcome/
http://www.klon2.dk/
http://sleevage.com/
http://www.kenyonb.com/gallery.php
http://www.remocaminada.com/

Another website example
Love how this designer made an annual report about himself.
http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2007_annual_report/P1/

Company and website
One of my favourite Dutch design companies, a bunch of young Design Academy grads who actually live in Eindhoven (rare):
http://www.edhv.nl/edhv/

logos multiplied

magnetic wall logo/piece
For the exhibition, create a multitude of silhouettes of objects made of either:
1.) Vinyl static stickers
2.) Foamcore
3.) Magnetic stickers
+ the logo as one piece. People will then be able to reposition these different objects on the wall according to how the like them to fit.

Workplace observations
Thinking about mail, I thought hey, a great place to observe things fitting might be a postal office: like, scanners and conveyor belts and envelopes and slots and whatnot. And that also got me thinking that a great place to observe serendipitous fit is also at workplaces, where people who do similar tasks have though up new and lazy ways to make their jobs easier by hanging things in unintended ways, storing things in unintended spots, etc.

Eames on photography
“For the Eameses, and particularly for Charles, photography was not merely a way to record things, it was a part of the process of design, part of the process of understanding the furniture. It wasn’t a matter of taking these pictures and examining them later for flaws–no, it was the act of moving around the object, viewing it through the lens, making a series of decisions about taking a picture, and perhaps isolating and assessing the object without distraction or delusion.”
http://www.eamesoffice.com/index2.php?mod=photography

Video vs. Pictures
Video: showing multiple angles
Photos sometimes more effective: viewer fills in the blanks themselves
Example: stacking coffee cups, box, toaster
Video: conveying the feeling of fit is not effective in the video sketches so far: close-ups that really tell the story of surface, texture
Example: loaf: if you didn’t see the corrugations you wouldn’t get it
Sometimes the perfection of shape of foods are less satisfying
Consider that when making new objects: a human aspect: randomness, variation, imperfection
Anticipation: the ball bearing thing, that’s what makes it satisfying. The dynamic of an object on a timeline equals anticipation.

Video and expenses and true HD
1. Updated the site with party pic observations and the video test from today
2. Made an expenses spreadsheet, which would be interesting to fill with like ALL expenses. Nate has to do the same for his class and it’s a good way to see just how much a major project costs. So even though I bought my little camera for me, I also bought it as an integral part of the project. You should include everything you spend, too, as well as anything others spend for the project (say, someone prints us some photos for free, it’s still good to see what they spent)
3. Turns out we weren’t shooting in true HD, but rather 840×480 or whatever. That’s because (after I read around a bit) you can’t even select the true HD sizes (like, 1920×1080) because those don’t work with tape, only with the special memory cards. IE they better have those memory cards.

Way of showing fit
It might be an and satisfying way to show an object snapping into place by putting some chalk dust on it, and lighting in a way that will make the dust apparent when in the air. As the object snaps together, the dust rises, and it will emphasize the fit-event visually.