THE FIRST PROJECT ---finish

To finish a project isn't easy. First, we have to get many research and think about many ideas. Second, when we decide what to do, we have to make models and try if the idea can be put into practice. Then, finding many different materials is also an important stage. At last is to finish it.

I had tried many times of my product. During those weeks of making this project, I really didn't sleep much. Thanks god, it is so wonderful that the project was finished! But it also means that we will have a new project soon.

April 18 was the important day that we have the presentation of this project. Needless to say, most people of our class didn't sleep well on the early day. During the presentation, we saw the products of whole class. Many products were so gorgeous, everyone did good jobs!

ENGLISH WRITING CLASS MID-TERM

We took the mid-term of English Writing Class last week. We have to write a paragraph and a title about card slave in the mid-term.

Convenient or Not

Using a card is convenient, but not so good. When people go shopping, they can just bring a card, not money. By using cards, they often forget how mush they can afford. Then they buy more and more things until the bill is sent to their house. Unfortunately, some people don’t have money to pay the bill, so they will become” card slaves”. It’s not a good situation. People should use their cards more carefully and pay more attention on how much money they really have. By doing those, they can avoid becoming a card slave. If a person become a card slave, a card is not convenient to him anymore.

MY CLUB

In March 23, I went back to my senior high school. There was some activities were held by my club.

I had joined guitar club when I was in the senior high school. Our club is unlike many guitar clubs in other schools. We played the classical guitars. The kinds of music we played are not only those songs that people usually sings, but also those music that were written by Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart,..., or from many operas and musicals. There are vew teenagers played the classical guitar. Because there not so many young people have interesting in classical music, and the classical guitar is more difficult to learn then the other guitar.

We had performed in many differend places. For example, restaurants and a band shell. We even ever had been invited to a a radio station and had a live program! Though we are graduated from senior high school, but we still played guitar together once a week!

ILLUSTRATOR PRACTICING

This is one of our graphic design homework on April 4. We have to practiced using a software that named "Illustrator", and draw 40 patterns. It is just a small homework, but Illustrator is also a software that I had never used. I have apent much time to try how to use this software. By practicing drawing those patterns, I found that using this sofware is really fun!

On April 4, our teacher gave us a grade of this practicing homework. I got a high school. Besides, Eleano said that I must spent much time and really did a hard work. It is not a big bussiness but I feel so happy, beacause I seldom got a commendation from her. I will work hard sustainably at every project!

THE FIRST PROJECT ---stage2

The first two weeks we have to talk with Eleanor, our basic design and graphic design teacher, about the idea that what product we want to do. At first, I think about many ideas, like a cup, boxes, lamp,...ect. But the first time I discussed with Eleanor, she didn't like any of my idea. She wanted me to think a new one, too. It really made me feel very sad at that time, I even doubted about if I can learn Industrial Design well?

I still tried to think with diffrent opinion and think about many details, went to discusse with Eleanor again. The second time talk with she is smooth going. And Finally I choose the glasses box. Because when we buy glasses, we can also get a glasses box from the store. But the boxes there are always ugly. So I think of making a glasses box by the papper cutting pattern, it might be beauty. Then I make the papper model of my idea.

Those are the patterns that I want to use. They are birds that symbolize lucky and the coming of spring. The two patterns on the top will be put on the glasses, and the circle pattern will be cut on my box.

THE FIRST PROJECT ---stage1

The first project of basic design this semester is to choose a pattern of traditional papper cutting, turn it from 2D to 3D and make a new product. At the first stage, I had some research from websites and found some products that interested me. Actually those products don't have any chinese pattern, but they gave me some ideas about this project. Here are some pictures of those products that I like, and they are really can be bought im Taiwan.

Cuckoo Forest Clock

I think the shape of this clock is nice. It combine the traditional cuckoo clock's bird with trees and animals. If I have the clock in my room, I think I will be happy when I see it!

Lumen Oil Lamp

The shadow of the lamp really catch my eyes. I think it is a simple design but creats glamorous result!