Exercises

I found this exercise to be somewhat tougher than other activities we have done in this class before.  I couldn't come up with any ideas for a while.  I thought about it for 5 days whenever I had some time, and it just did not come to me.  Finally I started to get some ideas and thought of a attaching the glasses on a wrist watch.  But I couldn't come up with an idea of how to stabilize the glasses on his watch, so I ruled it out.  I started to come up with a lot of ideas, but none of them seemed to be a perfect solution, so I kept ruling them out.  It was a very tough to pick which idea to go with before the actual process of making the prototype.   Finally I came up with my final solution, the arm band.  It was the first time I didn't like any of my own ideas, and it was pretty hard to deal with.  Hopefully this won't happen again.

Pictures of my Role Mole Solutions.

Pictures of my classmates' Role Mole Solutions.

This was the project that took me the most time to complete, yet was one of my favorite one so far.  First, I thought about how I could arrange the 6 cans of soda to position them with the least amount of volume waste possible.  Then I tried different kinds of possibilities that takes lesser materials and still be aesthetic.  Second, I made some testing prototypes to see if it really works.  At this point I already spent 2 full days, and I started making my prototype finally on the 3rd day.  I was learning how much time it could take if you have lots of ideas and not being able to decide which one to go with.  So I just decided to stick with one, start making, and adjust as I go along.  My prototype came out okay.  I could have done better if I planned better before I started, but then I probably couldn't have started for another week or so.  My girlfriend was interested in this exercise and made one with my testing material, within 20 minutes.  She is not a kind of person who does crafts and this kind of exercise, and I'm the one who likes to play with cardboard and making stuff like this!!  I was stunned how hers was more stable and used lesser material, and it was made in less than 20 min.
 

Pictures of my 6 Pack Holders.

Pictures of my classmates' 6 Pack Holders.