Course Reflection 5

The past week in class has been very informative. We covered two main topics: Color & Designing for the Environment. On monday I learned techniques that I could use if I was limited on color choice such as the Bezold effect. This used lines with color between the spaces to give colors either a darker or lighter appearance. I also learned that tint, which I originally thought was to darken something like windows, was actually the addition of white while shading is the addition of black.

Designing for the environment gave me an insight of how wasteful some companies can be. I've realized that the more I grow up, the more I know about the world and how we as a human race are slowly leading to its destrustion. Frankly, it angers the he'll out of me that we are such a wasteful, careless race. Don't get me wrong I am wasteful too but there's not much I can do besides go to school and learn how to fix or help prevent environmental destruction. Still, this lecture gave me hope. Since design is practically in everything we do, if we design while taking the environment into account, then we might be able to make a large enough impact that we can coexist with nature and flourish. The lecture gave me insight on the 6 stages of design and how designers spend large ammounts of time making sure that their design does what is expected and what consequences it will have. It is essential to map these aspects of design and in turn the world should be a better place to live for everyone.

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