Week 11 Origination

Today,

We looked at John Maedas ‘The Laws of Simplicity’ Law 10 - the One. Had a Logistics report and

Answer the following questions as succinctly as possible in your own words

10 mins: Cut & paste into your blog and start answers / 10 mins: Open discussion

1. What does Maeda call the 3 keys?

Key one is away – putting complex things away, hide them, only have what you need in front of you.

Key two is open -  new experiences, gain trust, flexible and overall allowing yourself to give or receive information.

Key three is power –   Power is energy in all the forms it comes in.

2. Describe how you have used these in your work towards 10²? Give at least one example of each key.

Away- Ive constantly stopped my design and hid it back on my usb, disconnect it from my laptop and pretend it doesn’t exist.

Open- Open discussions about the headline, we were all honest because we wanted it to look good. I was open with others and I received open comments back.

Power- I put energy/power into the sponsors when Warwick, Rachel and I went driving around when we could of saved time, energy and power by picking up a phone that uses 1/10 th of the power.

3. Describe an incident in the production of 10² where technology has been an enabler…. and another where it has been a disabler!

Enabler: Exposé Software has made it easier to switch between windows on a screen rather than go through all of the windows to find what your looking for.

Disabler: Technology Felt like corrupting my finalised Design, for whatever reason it decided to. It Disabled my happiness that Day. Technology 1 Josie 1.

4. At this stage in the exhibition process you are all working on some element or process for the big event. List 3 things (in your current project) that you could take away to simplify and one thing you could add for meaning.

Reference: Screen Shot - Colours to yet be determined

I could take away my 3 circles in my design as they have caused me enough trouble but I really like the idea. If I removed the circles and replaced the 3 circles with one I would not get the look I want but it would simplify the design.

Logistics Report: Draft for the video ad- very funny :) , Invitation is done- mark is doing a 16X9 version for the tv ad.

 VIDEO:

This Video shows the simple way you can change a room to appear larger by moving and organising. Although this is just a room instead of an artwork, you could apply the process to your design easily and reduce the complexity.