Final post

When I started to write this blog, I thought I was going to write about graphic design.  I thought I was going to write about typography and different types of posters. I never thought I would write so much about 3-D printers. But it seemed like every week I would just happen to stumble across an article about it. And every article I read seemed to have a different use for application for this technology. It seems with this new technology you can do almost anything with. If you can think it, you can make it. As a designer that is very exciting. I didn’t write about this article but they are even considering making planes from 3-D printers. The possible are endless. I can’t wait to see what 3-D printers will be making in the next few years.

My persona was suppose to be talking about  graphic design. However it turned into learning a lot about 3-D printers and what they are capable of. I realized that design has endless possibilities. You see that from the 3-D printers because it can be used to make so many things. My plan to move forward is look at things in new ways. Design can be made out of anything. The 3-printer has proven that. I think if we think outside the box we can come up with more ideas that the 3-D printers can make.

social media campaign

Ben & Jerry did a social media campaign to get the word out about the newest ice cream flavors. They did this contest where they went around and if you tweeted where you wanted the truck to stop. If the truck stopped there you got free ice cream. Twitter played a big role. However I think they could have taken it further. Since they only did this in 5 cities to get more people to involved they could have used youtube also. They could have taken video of the people trying the new ice cream and see what they say. Then they could post it on youtube for people to see. 

Printing a Car

While surfing the internet I came across an article titled “New Zealand man creating Aston Martin Replica on desktop 3D printer. This caught my attention for two reasons, one I really like cars and its not just any car its an Aston Martin. The second reason is because it was being made by a 3D printer. I’ve written a most of my blogs on 3D printers so this would fit right in. 

Ivan Sentch is a programmer and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. He is printing a replica of a 1961 series II Aston Martin DB4. Unfortunately the article was very short and his blog didn’t have any good information. But it got me thinking. Could it be possible to use a 3D printer and print cars and have them work? When I started to think about this question I realized it is a lot harder then it sounds. Once you finished printing all of the parts you will need to put them together. So the person is going to need a lot of knowledge about putting the car together. Not only that they are going to need to know how to wire the car with all the electronics. That is just as difficult as putting the car together. So as far as the average person printing a car I don’t think it is practical. But for the overall idea of printing a car and make it drivable I think is possible. 

Storyboard

February 2014

While I was on Reddit I came across a title that caught my attention. The title of the article was “3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents,” written by Christopher Mims. Many people think that 3D printing is going to revolutionize how we build things in the future and I feel the same way. Other people take it further and call it the next industrial revolution. “In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire. These patents cover a technology known as “laser sintering,” the lowest-cost 3D printing technology. Because of its high resolution in all three dimensions, laser sintering can produce goods that can be sold as finished products.”  The printers that have this technology cost a lot of money, but when the patent expires different companies will be able to use this in their machines. This should drop the cost of this advanced printers. Once the cost drops more people are going to be able to afford them. With more advanced printers on the market people are going to push them to the limit and build new things. So the idea is that cost of many products should drop due the the abundance of advanced 3D printers.

Presentation

Books

In the book No Plastic Sleeves by Larry Volk, and Danielle Currier they talk about how there are many different way of presenting your work. I never knew there were so many different ways. I only knew of the post and screw binders. I learn that there are many types, like glued back-to-back binding, Japanese or stab binding, spiral binding and more. Some of these don’t seem as effective as the post and screw binder. 

For my presentation book I got a post in screw Pina Zangro. The reason I do not think the others are as good is because they cant be changed easily. For example if you got a glued back-to-back binding book it may look nice but when the time comes to change the book you will have to make a new one. Same with the Japanese or stab binding which is held together by string. Depending on what you want out of your binder and how much your looking to spend will determine what you get. 

When you get your presentation book you can’t forget about the layout of the pages. This is just as critical as the binder and the artwork you are putting into it. Even here you need to utilize a grid structure. You have to design each page as if you were on the computer. Larry Volk, and Danielle Currier talk about the use of white space. They say it is very important and if used effectively it will make your work stand out. This might be even harder then creating the work. Making you work stand out and really pop is a new challenge that I need to learn.