Thursday, April 29, 2010

Designing Happiness:























Our next challenge for 2nd year studio is to spend sometime thinking about design happiness. Naturally some of the first things that come to mind are Patrick’s lectures on “commodity, firmness, and delight” as well as F. L. Wrights more famous design Fallingwater. To further my attempts in trying to decide what true design happiness is I decided to make a list of all the things that make me happy (whether those thoughts refer directly to design or not). The list is as follows…

“Liberty of London” for Target …Guess by Marciano…Yellow Diamonds…Wireless connection…Spell Check …High heals…Cloths from my grandmother’s closet…Learning new languages…Trips to new places…Outside…Grass…Trees…Nautical things…Roller coasters …Kindness…Puppies…Bunnies…Gowns …Persian influenced design…Arts and crafts style…Alice in wonderland…Fluffy mattresses…Hidden messages…Green …Tea…Coffee…Chocolate…Treasure…Gardens…White Russians!...Cinderella…Pinup girls…Virgo…Pillows…Natural things…Shoes <3…The word “cellar door” and yes, that’s from Donny Darko…Sparkles… I like things I can’t understand or wrap my mind around… flats… popsicles… flowers… horoscopes… cookies… boats and snow boards… buttons… lace… BIG HAIR… the beach… crab legs… clams… gnocchi… Banana Republic… Playing dress up… wine!! Polka dots…. Ice cream… friends… the 1930’s movie “Top Hat”… the color combination red, black, white… Hypnosis… horoscopes… sandals…. Shiny things… swimming… climbing trees…. Hiking…

India: Day 3