What Makes A Good Design?

Essay 1: In addition to the two criticisms that Hume makes of the design argument that are described in this chapter, Hume presents a third. He says that even if the design argument succeeds in showing that a designer made the universe (or the organisms in it), the argument does not succeed in establishing what characteristics that designer has. For this reason, the argument does not show that God exists. Is Hume’s claim correct? How seriously does this undermine the design argument?

The design phase is very complex and interactive in nature as it aims at incorporating the needs of all parties involved in the delivery of a successful project, (Sebastian 2007). Such complexity and interactivity requires the symbiotic relationship among the parties to be mutualistic in nature. Mutualism relationships enhance the ability to achieve desired outcomes in a manner whereby each party benefits. For example the architect is able to gain revenues as a result of his architectural designs while the clients achieve a project outcome that meets their desired requirements, (Energy Star 2014).

If we examine our existence through a dichotomous lens of internal and external experiences, it is easier to understand the importance of graphic design. Everyone, to some extent, is trapped within themselves. There is me in here, and you in there—a separation exists. We find common ground in the external world where there are certain rules that most of us have agreed to play by. Graphic design functions as a catalyst for either strengthening or disintegrating these rules. It screams, “Continue! Begin! Stop!” The graphic designer must work through the external world, understand its rules, and journey through their internal world in search of a project’s solution. If the solution is successful,

1. What are the primary principles of Universal Design AND how can these be applied to educational contexts? (2 points) Universal Design is the practice of incorporating the needs of disabled individuals into the buildings, schools, and businesses. The primary principles of Universal Design are equitable use, flexibility, simplicity, perceptible information, forgiveness of mistakes, decreased physical effort, and space.

First, he thought of the purpose of the design. Was it for a certain company or group, or was it to express something. He had to be creative and include many perspectives in a usually simple design. He also had to make the design interesting to gain it more exposure. He needs to think of what community or demographic will be viewing the design, and fit it to that demographic.

The elements of design were created by Arthur Wesley Dow to help people see, describe, and create visual qualities in a systematic way. It consists of 7 elements: line, shape, form, colour, value, texture and space.

I have loved design for as long as I can remember. As a child, my favorite playtime activities were drawing, crafting, building with legos, or assembling my erector set; I always liked creating the scene more than playing the game. I am attracted by diverse facets of design; whether I am creatively arranging spaces within a structure, fitting together the wooden limbs of a table I have crafted, or laying the pages of a book, I love the challenge of taking a jumble of ideas and making them into something cohesive and beautifully presented. What attracts me most to design, however, is the human aspect. I love collaboration and I have spent my education and career as a designer focused on bringing people to the center of my work. The best kind of design is multi-disciplinary, participatory, and hands-on; when everyone contributes ideas and gets their hands dirty, the end result is more likely to be both

The first artist is Leonardo, called Leo in TMNT. The characteristics are not horribly paired, but they do not quite match up perfectly. Leonardo the creative/painter/sculptor/inventor/ architect/absolute genius does not quite fit into the leader/tactical/listening persona. Leonardo da Vinci had a workbook packed full of ideas which was written mirror image and backwards, because he was left-handed. Leonardo invented many things we still use today such as the tank, in a way the helicopter, and the parachute. On the other hand, Leo is a leader definitely not the inventor of the group, yet he is intellectual and strong like his artist counterpart. The character traits of the two Leonardos do not match up because one is an inventor whereas the other is more of a leader. Leonardo’s character should have been that of Donatello, because Donatello is the inventor/smarty of the group just like Leonardo da Vinci.

Cotwin design control is a common and classy research design for examining risk factor and outcome. The difference within participating twin pairs clearly points out the association between a constructive environment risk factor and an outcome variable. Which means using twin pairs for these kinds of study can significantly reduce uncertainty. And this is especially true when using monozygotic (MZ) twins who share 100% of their genetic material. Furthermore, the study involves dizygotic (DZ) pairs can examine the differences in the relationship between the risk factor and outcome association by zygosity. (Goldberg, Fischer, 2014)

The argument of design isn’t about the question of God’s existence but about the answer to the nature of God. The Design argument, also known as “a posteriori”, is to prove the existence of God who has the characteristics of being all- powerful, all- knowing and benevolent.The intelligent design is about observations and coming to conclusions which try to prove the natural world is created by an intelligent being. An analogy was presented between human artifacts and nature to determine that the creator of this natural world must be intelligent.

Dr. Latisha Smith, The Universal Design principles products I encounter are: • A handicap accessible symbol alongside distinctive areas. • GPS devices allocate direction considering commute. • Cash registers eminently retain instructions prior to maneuvering. • Technology devices such as, computers and IPad.

Indeed, the working scenario where design centers on is quite complex and unpredictable. Inserting knowledge in a context of totality, such as the environment in which humans interact, allows the complexity of this environment to be seen in a globalized and interdependent way, retrieving the sense of unity that has been lost by the values of specialness; complex because, as stated by Couto et al. (2004) design focuses at the human and the environment in which it interacts, requiring an accurate vision of the designer to understand the complexity of human and environment interaction; unpredictable, because, according to Wyatt (2014), unlike other professions who walk in a more usual speed, in the creative industry, changes occur at the speed of light, as technology and fads run by leaps and bounds. As it is stated in Designing for the 21st century: Interdisciplinary questions and insights:

We are all part of an interlinking system, a system that needs balance with humanity and nature at the forefront. As Designers it is important that we take self interest out of design and instead collaborate within our physical environment and make sure that from the get go, our designs should work around a collaborative system that has a wide breadth of professional fields and influence from existing infrastructures found within our world. Victor Papernak writes “eighty percent of the environmental impact of the products,services, infastructures around us is determined at the design stage.” I have chosen to explore collaborations within the natural world, our industrial ecology and social design as examples of how important working together with other professionals and the environment we live in are for the bigger picture. In Victor Papernak’s book Design for the real world, Papernak uses an anecdote to stress the importance of collaboration for successful design.

The most beneficial thing that came out of the collaboration was the ability to nip the problems from the beginning. It saves so much time and money if the problem can be stopped or prevented in general. For instance, during the case study when designers wanted the “Breeze” to be smaller, the engineer Frucco was able to tell them right from the start that the charging station wouldn’t fit in a smaller model (Ivancevich, Konopaske, & Mattenson, 2011). It saved time by not having to create a model and recreate it.

Finally, many tools were used to document our site visits that would used during the modeling of the buildings. As stated before, PlanGrid was very useful when viewing the construction sheets. PlanGrid was used on an iPad for easy access during the site visit. The iPad, as well as our phones, was used to take pictures of any notable changes or major features of the buildings. The pictures were used as references during the modeling portion of the project. A measuring tape was also used to take the dimensions of sections of the buildings that were not clearly labeled on the construction sheets. For example, the Architecture Annex’s terrance needed a measuring tape to measure its dimensions because the top-down view was absent from the