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7 in 7: Day One – The Hero

Pre Work Write Up: The Hero v Precedents and their themes: Cloud Strife – Final Fantasy VII Video game Origin: Villager, Joined soldier to prove self. Weapon: Buster Sword – Ultimate Sword Token: White Materia (after death of Aeris) and the Buster Sword as his deceased best friends weapon. Clothes: SOLDIER outfit. (contradictory wearing the …

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7 in 7 — Day3 — Analog Animation

I watch a video about analog animation, that is cool, so I want to do by myself. The animation is a people running. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpjUYwO_V4&feature=youtu.be

7 in 7– Day2 –Go Yankee

I went to Yankee Stadium to watch baseball game, fans are so exciting to see Yankee could hit the ball, so I did this ‘Go Yankee’ hat, there are two iron wires in the hat, so when you pull the wires, the bat will hit the baseball, when you release the wires, they are separating. …

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7 in 7: Day 4

For today’s project I wanted to expand on my previous idea of creating instruments from Ikea parts. But instead of using those parts to create my own song, I built the sounds in a program so other uses could play the ‘instruments’ as well.   I have the basic functionality of the program working. There …

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7 in 7, fifth day!

Today i use Photoshop to create a flashing icon, it has three colors in three work status, blue, red and black, i create the texture into surface of this icon, it can make it to be true. and i set a light on this icon, it will make the people to feel that this is …

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Week 3- Reading response Week 3- Prototype

As a former industrial design student and a product designer, prototype is not a fresh concept for me. During the time when I was in another master program in California and my internship in southeast Asia, I have done so many kinds of prototypes: foam model, sketch model, commercial use model and models that were …

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7 in 7 5th Project- Save a piece of paper, Save a piece of tree.

The waste of paper napkins is not the only concern for fast food restaurants and cafes, but also it is a major concern for our environment. It seems difficult to prevent people wasting napkins in restaurants or cafes, because they are so cheap and very convenient to grab and use, unless there is some people …

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7 in 7- 4th Project- DNA Motion Graphic

The structure of DNA of all species comprises two helical chains each coiled round the same axis, and each with a pitch of 34 ångströms and a radius of 10 ångströms. Many of us may have learned this complicated structure in biology class in our high school. But no one really knows how pretty this system can …

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7 in 7, fourth day!

I like photography, because I want to use the camera to record everything. Lots and lots of wonderful memories they have left me with, making my life ever so beautiful. This is a glass cup, there are a bit of tea in the water in the cup. So I use backlighting to show this cup. …

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Reading Response — September 8 , 2013

  What is design? What is the best design? This is a common problem in every designer’s mind. As a designer, we always ask ourselves the same questions. Some times, when we finish a project or a create a new design that we feel that is the best, in fact, it is far, far from …

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