Bad Design
For this project i chose the on and off button on my mobile phone. When i first got the phone i thought that the green button shown below on the phone was the on button. i got this idea because of the misleading design cues it was giving me. first of all it is green, a colour that represents "go" and "do" and second of all it looks very similar to the actual on button which is the red one across from it on the key pad. this misleading button confuses the user as they are unable to turn on the phone by the button they think is the on button.
To improve this design so it is less confusing to the viewer i decided i would change the appearence of the green button so it didnt look like a generic power button. i decided i would remove the right semicircle and dot from the green button so all that is shown is the green phone sign.
Postal Presents
For this brief i decided that i would design a cd rack. current cd racks i feel lack a connection to music as they are mostly just metal towers or plastic stands that have no link whatsoever to what they are storing; music. with that in mind i wanted to design a rack that had this connection. i came across my mothers vinyl record collection and realised that it was exactly what i was looking for, both a flat packable material and a material that has a direct connection to music. From this i wanted to folllow the curve semi circle shape of the record so designed it so the cd's would follow the angle of the curve. this i feel adds movement to the design and creates something quite aesthetic. i used alluminium as the base material becasue it is both light and strong whilst looking sleek against the matte black of the record. it also makes a great gift.
