CIID Final Project Week 1 — So it begins. This week we kicked off the 10-week individual final projects at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. The sudden switch from group work to individual work is daunting and exciting. Here I am, the captain of my own project, steering myself into the foggy unknown. My project criteria First, I…

How I iterated the interactions of a grid-based journaling app — During the Rapid Prototyping course at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, I used Origami Studio by Facebook Design to prototype high fidelity microinteractions of a grid-based journaling app. Prototyping a Journaling App My inspiration came from the 100 Blocks Day post on the blog Wait But Why. An average 16 hour day can…

How I make videos for my design projects using The CPH Way — Filmmaking is an important tool in my toolbox to prototype and explain design concepts to peers, clients, and the public. Most design students make videos for their projects. However, the style and execution vary greatly. …

My 2017 reading list to supplement my design education — One of the most impactful design books on my design education is Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby’s Speculative Everything. My paradigms about the nature and function of design shifted as a direct result of reading Speculative Everything. I used to think that the only function of design is to create…

Learn to steal colors like an artist — As designers, building a solid color palette is important when creating impressive visual designs. What if you can build a color palette from any inspiration photo? I recently learned a technique from Joshua Davis’s Computer Generated Graphics I course on Skillshare where I can build my own color palette from…

After the week 1 autonomous vehicle project, we are itching to finally start the Industrial Design Intense course. Our first project is to build computer mice models out of low density polyethylene foam. …