JOURNAL ::: 3

STEPHAN SAGMEISTER SHARES HAPPY DESIGN:

This was a great short video to watch and think about conceptually.  He mentioned how design can be happy visually and how that is accomplished.  Then, happiness can actually be evoked from design.  I really liked some of the work that he has done personally that was generated from those lists he had made.  I wonder if, when he is in this mindset of designing happiness, whether it's better to just let it happen on its own.  In other words, do you have to try to create happiness through design?  Or is it better to let it be created without actually trying to create it.  Again, I really liked the selections he chose to display when talking about happiness in design, I think they all really clicked.

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GARY LAUDER'S NEW TRAFFIC SIGN: TAKE TURNS

Gary Lauder has observed a problem and attempted to come up with a solution.  Stop and yield signs have been helped in ways and not in other ways.  Lauder detailed a financial plan of why it makes sense for them in certain areas and why it does, in fact, make sense.  He even invented a new sign, "Take Turns".  It's the hybrid between the stop and yield signs.  I wonder if this could ever actually take place, or is it just the concept behind the sign that should take off.  I would ask Lauder if there could be another solution involving stop lights instead of signs.  They are everywhere, and if a simple solution could also cut down in wrecks, injuries, and deaths.

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SAM MARTIN: THE QUIRKY WORLD OF "MANSPACES"

In one way or another, most people have a space that they can call their own.  Sam Martin had to share a space with an infant son of his, so he built a space in his backyard.  These places are hangout spots, working areas, etc.  But these spaces were designed by men who knew what the purpose of that room was.  The rooms are who these men are.  Sam Martin presents this interesting topic in a well mannered way to make us think about our spaces along with the design.  I'd ask Martin whether the manspace of his has created a better relationship with those who live with him?  Is it better to be able to get away in a space that is your designed area?

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HOW GOOD IS GOOD:

Sagmeister elaborates on the idea of how and why good design is good.  He simply bullet pointed many aspects of what design does.  Specifically, I enjoyed the equations that he made.  

Good Design + Bad Cause = Bad

Bad Design + Good Cause = Good?

I like how there is a question mark after the second equation.  I guess it could go either way, but I'd say more bad than good.  I would much rather there be both good design and good cause, because either way it is going to equal good.

BRADLEY'S DESIGN EQUATION:

Good Design + Good Cause = Good