The Timeline shows our step by step process we will be taking towards designing the fixture.
-Angela and Brian
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Timeline
The Timeline shows our step by step process we will be taking towards designing the fixture.
-Angela and Brian
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
What is the Green Project?
Project Scope
The Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009 brings together the Lotus community throughout the Midwest region of the United States and provides a forum for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. As part of the conference through the Green Project, a design team will design and build a signage fixture for the conference that embodies the vision of the conference while taking into account the effects that the design process and final product would impact our environment.
The designers will create three different designs for consideration by the evaluation team. The designers will create 3D Solidworks models of each design for the evaluation process. The selected design will be built and displayed at the conference.
Project Criteria
The signage fixture needs to be portable and fix in a box that is no bigger than 1' x 1' x 4' so that it can be carried on the Metra train and not break while going to the IBM Center in Chicago and can be carried by a single person. It needs to fit through the security scanners at the IBM Center and be easy to assemble. The fixture needs to stand approximately six feet tall when assembled and occupy a footprint of no bigger that 2.5’ x 2.5’. The materials used to create the signage needs to be made from renewable and recyclable materials.
Project Goal
The team will evaluate different materials that may be used to create the signage fixture. In evaluating the different materials they will consider a number of criterions including how much energy was used to create the material, whether the material is recyclable, whether the material is created from renewable resources, and whether the material can be sourced locally in order to minimize the carbon emissions resulting from the shipping process.
In developing the design, one of the major goals of the Green Project is to track how much carbon output is saved by using online collaboration tools. The team will use established carbon emission guidelines to track how much carbon would be emitted if they met in person either taking public transportation or personal vehicles versus performing the same task using Lotus Quickr and other online collaboration tools.
From the Green Project site, visitors will be able to follow the designers as they develop the design and see how much carbon emissions is being saved by using online collaboration tools. The blog will include the development time line and video blogs of their progress.
Richard
Phora Group
The Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009 brings together the Lotus community throughout the Midwest region of the United States and provides a forum for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. As part of the conference through the Green Project, a design team will design and build a signage fixture for the conference that embodies the vision of the conference while taking into account the effects that the design process and final product would impact our environment.
The designers will create three different designs for consideration by the evaluation team. The designers will create 3D Solidworks models of each design for the evaluation process. The selected design will be built and displayed at the conference.
Project Criteria
The signage fixture needs to be portable and fix in a box that is no bigger than 1' x 1' x 4' so that it can be carried on the Metra train and not break while going to the IBM Center in Chicago and can be carried by a single person. It needs to fit through the security scanners at the IBM Center and be easy to assemble. The fixture needs to stand approximately six feet tall when assembled and occupy a footprint of no bigger that 2.5’ x 2.5’. The materials used to create the signage needs to be made from renewable and recyclable materials.
Project Goal
The team will evaluate different materials that may be used to create the signage fixture. In evaluating the different materials they will consider a number of criterions including how much energy was used to create the material, whether the material is recyclable, whether the material is created from renewable resources, and whether the material can be sourced locally in order to minimize the carbon emissions resulting from the shipping process.
In developing the design, one of the major goals of the Green Project is to track how much carbon output is saved by using online collaboration tools. The team will use established carbon emission guidelines to track how much carbon would be emitted if they met in person either taking public transportation or personal vehicles versus performing the same task using Lotus Quickr and other online collaboration tools.
From the Green Project site, visitors will be able to follow the designers as they develop the design and see how much carbon emissions is being saved by using online collaboration tools. The blog will include the development time line and video blogs of their progress.
Richard
Phora Group
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Inspiration Board
Design isn't just a verb or noun, but a process of finding a solution to a problem, whether it be a product, service, or a fixture for a conference. As industrial designers, we will be approaching this project using a step-by-step processes that we are documenting on this blog to design the fixture.
After our initial group meeting, we created a list of words that reflect the essence of the MWLUG conference and what the fixture should embody. We then connected the words to a series of images, creating a visual tool for us to take inspiration from. This inspiration board provides ideas on form, shape, colors, and ideas that will transfer into sketches of the fixture.
An example is the word “sustainable.” The connection to the images is both abstract and concrete. This not only helps us visualize the word for ideas, but it also defines the word in a uniform way that everyone can see and understand.
-Angela and Brian
After our initial group meeting, we created a list of words that reflect the essence of the MWLUG conference and what the fixture should embody. We then connected the words to a series of images, creating a visual tool for us to take inspiration from. This inspiration board provides ideas on form, shape, colors, and ideas that will transfer into sketches of the fixture.
An example is the word “sustainable.” The connection to the images is both abstract and concrete. This not only helps us visualize the word for ideas, but it also defines the word in a uniform way that everyone can see and understand.
-Angela and Brian
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Announcing the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009 Green Project
As part of the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009, we are announcing the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009 Green Project. Building upon IBM's Smarter Planet concept, the MWLUG 2009 Green Project focuses on the development of signage and fixtures for the conference using designs that incorporate recyclable and renewable materials and Lotus technology. The goal of this project is to create signage/fixtures that have minimum impact on our environment.
This site follows the progress of the design team comprised of Industrial Design students from the University of Illinois and staff from Illumen Group and Phora Group. The design team will use Lotus Quickr for team collaboration and project management using templates developed by SNAPPS in addition to other online collaboration tools for this three-month project. Through online collaboration technologies, the goal is to reduce the energy consumption that would normally be required if team members needed to travel in order to meet. During the course of the project, the design team will factor into their design the cost of materials, energy consumption use to create the building materials, and renewability of the materials. In addition, the design team will track the amount of energy saved using the online collaboration tools.
This site follows the progress of the design team comprised of Industrial Design students from the University of Illinois and staff from Illumen Group and Phora Group. The design team will use Lotus Quickr for team collaboration and project management using templates developed by SNAPPS in addition to other online collaboration tools for this three-month project. Through online collaboration technologies, the goal is to reduce the energy consumption that would normally be required if team members needed to travel in order to meet. During the course of the project, the design team will factor into their design the cost of materials, energy consumption use to create the building materials, and renewability of the materials. In addition, the design team will track the amount of energy saved using the online collaboration tools.
The final completed design will be displayed during the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference held on August 27-28, 2009 in Chicago.
IBM Business Partner, Taishan Works, will host the Lotus Quickr site.
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