Studio is finished

Here is a shout out to all the third years that had their last third year studio review today, and all the fourth years that handed in the final report today (after much grief to get everything printed).

You may have noticed that the blog has been dead this past week or so, but that has been due to a crazy amount of work here at the school, finally coming to an end today for those of us in third year.

Coming up we still have a bit before we get to leave for the summer. Many of us still have exams. Around the school, in the next two weeks, we have our final pin-up, year end dinner and finally the annual grad show. So school isn't quite done, but I think we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

(^^^  I wish that was our summer!)

Third Year Toy Projects

Last semester, the third years designed toys! Here are some that were developed last semester. There were four categories: Eco-Friendly , Heath and well being, Do-it-Yourself and Inclusive Design. Take a look at more of the projects after the JUMP!

Jon Cairns - Inclusive Design Group - This musical ball encourages parallel play among autistic children.

Richard Whittington - Health and Well Being Group - Balooza is a ball shooting game that encourages active play.

Recess!

The snow has arrived at Carleton! Since the 3rd years' class was cancelled on the first snow of the year we decided some good old fashioned recess was in order! A few wet feet and frozen hands later, everyone was feeling preeeeetty satisfied with how today has turned out.

View from my office

21 Nov 2011 - Week 3 of my internship.

I'm just starting my third week here, and I'm beginning to get more projects. There is no looming deadline at the moment for our projects, so we are all taking it very easy. Actually, my coworker just left after lunch and I have the afternoon off now.  It's kind of weird like that.

View from my office

In response to BLMSA's post...

9 Nov 2011 - Week 10 of my internship.

Was supposed to stick around for 9 months, but cut it short to 3 months. I'll be finishing at the end of the month instead to switch to a different internship. Suppose I'll post a picture of my new office in a few weeks!

View from my office

13 Oct 2011 - Week 19 of an awesome internship

I should update more. I'm on week 23 now and it almost feels like it's ending too soon!

Meet Loki: Our Third Year Pet

Introducing Loki!

He's been around for a while, but we weren't sure if he was going to survive the orbeez... but he has! What a trooper. Visit him whenever you'd like, he's usually around the back of third studio...find him either on Michelle or Laura M's desk! Check out the results of our recent photosesh!

3rd Year Update

Research projects are almost due, and toys from our childhood are starting to invade studio. Things are still looking a little bare, but that doesn't stop us from making the most of what we have.

BONUS: We found a pair of studio pants. We foresee them trending in the near future.

Transformation Complete!

Third year studio has finally settled into its groove, with desk dividers taken down, spaces opened up and new shelves!

Add pictures of how you've personalized your space! :D

CIDSA Meetings

First meeting is September 14th.

All SID students are invited to attend CIDSA's weekly meetings, held at 10:00AM in the Review Room on Wednesdays. Get involved with your student association, your input is important to us. Can't make a meeting? Don't worry, we'll be posting the minutes from each week!

Vote Vote Vote!

It's election day! You can vote until 9:30pm today at your designated polling station.

Some information you might want to know:

1. Where do I vote? How do I know where I'm supposed to go? You can only vote at your designated polling station unless you have a transfer statement. Click the link to find where to vote in your riding.

2. What do I need to bring in order to vote? Bring your driver's license. If you can't find that, make sure you have two pieces of ID that lists both your name and address (i.e. your health card and a bank statement). If you don't have any of that, you can get a registered voter with the right identification to vouch for you (i.e. your neighbour, your parents.)

3. I hate the Harper Government, how to I vote strategically and make sure it doesn't happen again? Check out the recent polls of your riding and then make your decision. It's too late to swap votes now, but you could live in a strategic riding, which means you might have to change your vote from NDP to Liberal, or to Conservative, if that's what you want. Remember, Harper can gain a majority with only 35% of votes!

4. Why should I vote? Well, you can design the society you want. Only 22% of our demographic turned out to vote at the 2000 election. Get on that shit kids.

Happy Easter! and Announcements!

Hello everyone! Thank you all for another great year at SID! I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Easter.

I think it's finally safe to say that everyone's exams are done, and we can put this year behind us!
I want to thank the CIDSA team for their dedication and commitment, especially Carmen Liu, Jason Ham, Foong Ling Chen, Lena Sitnikova, Linette Brown, Jennifer Bin, Justine SDC, Minh Dao, and Phil So.

As your president for the year 2011/2012, I'd like to introduce to you next year's line up:

VP Internal: Justine Sun de la Cruz
VP External: Emma Peat
VP Finance: Lena Sitnikova
VP Publicity: Jon Cairns
VP Social: Laura Vo

Photographer: Maya Prasasto
Blog Master:Remi Ogundokun

We'll be looking for year representatives in September, so please don't hesitate to get involved, we're constantly looking for more hands, so the more, the better!

Stay tuned for more info about exciting plans for next year and keep on blogging.

Have a great summer everyone!

<3 Michelle Zheng

YO BROS

Blog Feature: Nat Overholtzer

Anything: Life at CUID would like to introduce a new feature and its focus is on student blogs! In the world of information overload, here's a sneak peek at how your fellow designers visualize and filter the world.

First up, Nat Overholtzer and his repository of forms!

http://shapeshifting.tumblr.com/

An effect achieved with magnets. Neat, huh?

Designing for play

Ever think about designing play structures? (some third years have to) Well, here are some good sites on designing areas of play, or toys, or anything related to playing..

http://www.playatlanta.org/

Playable design - They hold an annual competition on toys, or play structures
http://playabledesign.org/

Playground charity organization?
http://kaboom.org/
read article: http://kaboom.org/blog/summer_play_three_big_problems

Blog about playground design:
http://playgrounddesigns.blogspot.com/

Calgary Playground Review:
http://calgaryplaygrounds.blogspot.com/

Flikr photostream on playspaces
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rethinkingchildhood/

Design for play guide
http://www.playengland.org.uk/resources/design-for-play

Have fun!

Museum of Civilization, Exhibition class

For exhibition class, we took a trip to the Museum of Civilization. This is what we learned.

ILLUMINATION: lighting by design phootos

Hey, these are the only photos I had from the night. If you have any good ones, feel free to add it to this post, or make a new one with the same tag.

The illumination- Lighting by design exhibit was a lighting exhibit at Le Petit Mort showcasing lighting projects from ID students. For all those who came out that night, thanks for your support!

More after the jump!

ILLUMINATION: Lighting By Design

COME ONE, COME ALL!

The 3rd year students have been working their asses off all semester and would love everyones

support! Come check out the show this Saturday!

WERD TO BIG BERD

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Vice competition

Jim wins, ofcourse, but with ONE HAND IN HIS POCKET.

Bjarki vs Guest Lecturer. On your mark...

get set...