创意与设计更新：旨在给人留下深刻印象

伟大的设计往往始于一个要解决的好问题。 This year, 上学校 students in 贝博体彩app’s Advanced 3D Design class—taught by Director of Creativity and Design David Dixon and Technology and Design Teacher Andrew Shirley—tackled several design challenges that drew on students’ creativity and tested their ability to design for a specific audience.

 

 

在秋季学期，该课程与马萨诸塞州什鲁斯伯里的汽车经销商Sentry West Lincoln Mazda合作，完成了两份独立的设计简报。 第一个挑战是重新设计Sentry West的标志和绑带，以更新2019年的信笺和网站。 这个项目为学生提供了学习品牌的机会，并探讨了简单的图像和文字的强大组合如何向客户传达意义。

 

The second phase of the project was to design a takeaway gift for Sentry West customers that would be small in size but reflective of the company’s brand and customer base. 这两个挑战都要求学生综合他们所学到的马自达和林肯公司的品牌，并通过他们的设计作品传达他们的理解。 “The students’ designs needed to reinforce the company’s reputation for precision, craftsmanship, and reliability and to intentionally represent those qualities,” says David. 学生们设计了各种各样的产品，包括耳塞、便携式扬声器和充电宝，所有这些产品都融入了与Sentry汽车品牌相呼应的设计和标志元素。 今年1月，学生们向西哨兵学校的工作人员展示了他们的标志、系带和产品设计。

 

 

高级3D设计专业的学生也挑战了自己的建筑项目，解决了他们在贝博体育校园中确定的需求。 学生们在这个项目中以小组为单位工作，并为他们的建议创建了小规模的模型。 Among their ideas were the Igloo, “an eco- friendly hangout space for working out, studying, eating, and more”; 专门为低年级学生提供的室内游戏和聚会空间； 位于根建筑天井的户外社区空间； 和一个圆形的科学大楼，将适合哈洛圈内的开放草地空间。

 

 

在春季学期开始时，高级3D设计专业的学生为Bose公司做了一个设计简报，该公司位于马萨诸塞州弗雷明汉市。 Working with 贝博体育app parent Ben Davies P’30, Engineer Leader at Bose, students were tasked with proposing mechanical alterations to the company’s Frames product, a pair of sunglasses with built- in speakers. 设计的目的是设计眼镜的可调节性，以便用户可以定制眼镜的适合性和声学性能。

 

The 贝博体育app designers started the project with a tour of the Bose Rapid Prototype Lab, a professional scale open-plan version of 贝博体育app’s makerspace, where designers and engineers have all the tools at hand to develop and test concepts and ideas. 这个空间本身就是贝博体育app学生的灵感来源。 “It’s light, airy, open, and flexible, and nobody is cramped or sitting on top of one another,” notes David. “You can move easily between the spaces, and everything is carefully arranged and designed to be accessible. You immediately know that you are walking into a place that supports imagination and creativity.”

 

Bose的工程师指导贝博体育app的设计师，帮助他们讨论和评估他们的想法。 一旦学生们画好设计草图并制作出原型，他们就会在Bose做一个两分钟的演讲。 The Bose design team was impressed by the students’ approaches as well as their confidence and ability to articulate their ideas. David注意到，一位高级设计总监评论说，他希望他在学校的时候有这样的经历！

 

 

The capstone experience of Advanced 3D Design was a “passion project” where students were given free rein to design or create something that was important to them. 学生可以选择任何激发他们想象力的设计项目。 “My goal for them was to end the year on a high note exploring their creativity and enjoying the freedom that provides,” says David.

 

五月底，学生们在火星厅的一个展览上展示了他们的项目，以及他们今年的工作作品集。 这些充满激情的项目不仅反映了贝博体育app设计师的创造力和技术能力，也反映了他们兴趣领域的惊人广度。 The designs and prototypes included a sturdier music stand, plans for an underwater café, a modern glass-paneled redesign of Steward Dormitory, and a working copy of “贝博体育nopoly,” a 贝博体育 version of the classic Monopoly game.

 

激情项目是贝博体育app设计师表达兴趣的理想工具。 Anna Yang ’19, for example, is particularly interested in renewable energy and addressing the problem of climate change. 她的项目以透明的太阳能电池板为特色，可以用来取代任何类型的玻璃。 虽然面板看起来像平板玻璃，但它们将结合微小的棱镜来捕捉紫外线、可见光和红外光。 “I was able to design something to improve people’s lives, and that’s one of my ideals,” she says.

 

Matias Ortiz ’19 knew that he wanted his passion project to connect to his love of music. 他想过创作一首歌或一种新乐器，但最后决定自己做一把吉他。 在没有指导的情况下，马蒂亚斯自己摸索出了建造过程。 几个星期以来，他切割、打磨、涂漆，剪断塑料上的线和洞，然后把这些碎片粘在一起。 这个项目对Matias来说是他课堂经历的完美高潮。

 

“Throughout the year, we have done a lot of sketching and designing,” he notes. “We have used a number of apps, but I wanted to use my own hands.” 制作吉他让他有机会看到整个设计过程，直到最后。 “I can start with my own ideas, make a sketch, know what it’s going to look like, and now I can actually build it.”

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