Week 12 Blog Exercise / Visual Techniques

One of the areas of design I am very passionate about is green technology.

Below is a device that allows you to charge a usb appliance using the energy that you generate while riding a bike.

Descriptive Words:

Depth

Balance

Mechanicalness

Asymmetry

Economy

Next is a window blind design that absorbs solar radiation during the day and provides light at night with the stored energy.

Descriptive Words:

Regularity

Symmetry

Unity

Harmony

Simplicity

The two designs are both have been created with energy conservation in mind. The first was a device that has a compact and economic form so not to be too bulky for a bicycle rider. The window blinds are a simplistic idea: if you have to cover the window from the sun, why not get the benefit of the energy instead of wasting it? Both create a sense of depth. The bicycle unit while mechanical in nature, is asymmetric while still maintaining a feeling of balance. Each window blind is in unity with the other to make a regular pattern of blinds. This pattern gives harmony to the window and lends to a calming effect in eye of the observer.