Evaluating Des Comm

I was very pleased with the way Des Com worked this quarter.

A few specific things I liked:
1. Having "TA's" This made a big difference since we were such a big class. We always had someone to talk to each class
2. Teaching new methods instead of new skills. We learned several different ways to go about projects. We can always learn how to be better at certain skills, or learn new skills; learning different methods is also very important so we can start to create our own unique work flow.
3. The class had due dates and quantities of what was due, but some things were more guidelines. I am not entirely sure if that makes sense but I felt that having less restrictions on the projects made them more fun and made me try harder.

The only complaint I really had was the timing of the tea project with all of our studio work, there was quite a bit going on there and it got a little overwhelming.

Evaluating My Work

I felt like this was probably my best quarter so far. I made a big effort this quarter to break out of my own mold, at least in terms of my design process and style. I started out only doing this in Des Comm, I figured that that would be the class to do it in since if I have a bad project it was only 2 or 3 weeks wasted (probably not wasted, I would probably learn things). It might have happened on accident, but about half way through the quarter, I started to do it in my studio as well, and I changed gears on my project, and it is probably my most successful yet.
Next school quarter, I would like to continue pushing the limits (my limits) in my designs. I want to take advantage of the fact that I can do things that are a little more "out there", while I am still in school. Over my internship, I hope to take advantage of the situation and learn as much as possible. Since I will be living at home, I am planning to get a lot of personal things done that are hard to do when I am in school.
I also plan to continue blogging, I have enjoyed it and think that it is good practice to write and discuss design. I am expecting very few people to read it but it should be fun anyway.