S5 Hidden material characteristics

Soft mosaic collection, by Jürgen Mayer for Bisazza, 2004

Surprise as a Design Strategy

Geke DS Ludden, Hendrik NJ Schifferstein, and Paul Hekkert. 2008. Surprise as a Design Strategy. Design Issues, Vol 24, No 2.


S1 New material with unknown characteristics
S2 New material that looks like familiar material
S3 New appearance for known product or material
S4 Combination with transparent material
S5 Hidden material characteristics
S6 Visual illusion

What makes life worth living?

Mihály Csíkszentmihály, the world's leading researcher on positive psychology, questions "What makes a life worth living?" in this 2004 TED talk. The answer is NOT money! He emphasizes that we can find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about an emotional state of "flow", or full mental immersion. He proposes 8 types of flow states, varying in their skill levels and challenge levels.

Experience Enrichment 2008

Have a look at some of the works from the Experience Enrichment 2008 project:

Lyvia Alam
Derek Mansur
Saba Zare
Andrew Cook
Eric Chau
Mina Chung
Hollie Baigent
Ray Paraan
Thomas Wilson
Jennifer Rondolo
Philip Serna
Michael Brock
Jeffrey Chandler
Jessica Tong

Sample Sketches

Here are samples of pen/ink sketches done by former UNSW students Sin Ee Wang and Wilson Du, and also lecturer Andrew Fowkes. These are the type of industrial designer sketches that we're asking you to do for Task Two, Product Sketching; not "still life" charcoal paintings, so please avoid smudging pencils or pastels as shading.