2014年10月23日星期四

My new website- cerrateng.com

Hi, recently I'm busy at organizing my works and building my website.

cerrateng.com

It's still on its way but I would like you to take a look and give me some feedback.

I'm looking for internship in the next summer after going to Singapore INSEAD MBA program for 4 months (which is cooperated with Art Center). And that's why I start doing my own website earlier.

2014年10月2日星期四

Notes of Interesting article

German Running Machine Provides Alternative to Bicycles

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/fliz-german-running-machine-bicycle-alternative.html

This is so weird hahaha. Is that comfortable to ride??

Microsoft’s Cube: A Connected Dance Experience

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/microsoft-cube-kinect-dance-experience.html

Not super innovative. save it because it may apply to my project.

4 Wearables That Give You Superpowers
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3036295/4-wearables-that-give-you-superpowers?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tech-weekly-newsletter&position=2&partner=newsletter#7

Wearable Quadcopter Drone Makes for Next-Level Selfies

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/wearable-quadcopter-takes-drone-selfies.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_campaign=Daily+2014-09-30

I would like to have one if this product is released!

This Is What It's Like To Wear Smart Spandex During A Workout
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3036376/wearables-week/this-is-what-its-like-to-wear-smart-spandex-during-a-workout?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tech-weekly-newsletter&position=6&partner=newsletter#6

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER WEAR ORANGE TO AN INTERVIEW

http://www.fastcompany.com/3036012/how-to-be-a-success-at-everything/why-you-should-never-wear-orange-to-an-interview?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=colead-weekly-newsletter&position=1&partner=newsletter#9

Black conveys leadership.
Red was a color of power.
Blue gives the impression that the person is a team player.
Gray reads as logical and analytical.
White gives the feeling of being organized.
Green, yellow, orange and purple are associated with creativity.

"Orange, however, topped the CareerBuilder list for the worst color, with 25% of employers saying it was the color most likely to be associated with someone who is unprofessional."

>>> Really? I'm surprised orange stands for unprofessional. Although I would only wear black or white to interview...

4 Oculus Rift Developers Who Are Going To Blow Your Mind

http://www.fastcolabs.com/3036224/app-economy/4-oculus-rift-developers-who-are-going-to-blow-your-mind?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fast-company-weekly-newsletter&position=5&partner=newsletter

>>>This must be exciting for video game players (such as my classmates in my previous university). I'm wondering if I'll feel dizzy to play in this headset.

LOVE POST-IT NOTES? YOU'LL LOVE THIS NEW PRODUCTIVITY APP THAT DIGITIZES THEM

http://www.fastcompany.com/3036302/fast-feed/love-post-it-notes-youll-love-this-new-productivity-app-that-digitizes-them?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fast-company-weekly-newsletter&position=6&partner=newsletter#4

>>>It looks pretty handy!! I'll download it once I get my iPhone 6!! :-D

(I just dropped my iPhone5 into the toilet a week ago T____T)

iTunes store

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id920127738?WT.mc_id=www.post-it.com/plusapp

The Most Hated Design Trend Is Back

Skeuomorphism: In the software world, it's all those buttons, shadows, gradients, chrome, and textures that designers use to make digital software resemble the real-world objects they're meant to replace.

"a canny and monstrously effective solution to a daunting problem: how to make an input method once only seen in science fiction movies seem as normal and friendly as... well, as dialing a phone."

" It can be any shape, any size, but the reason it looks like a watch is simply for the sake of familiarity: to ease you into something new. "

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3036347/wearables-week/the-most-hated-design-trend-is-back?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=codesign-weekly&position=2&partner=newsletter

2014年9月8日星期一

[PSFK]The future of light

Slide download:
http://www.slideshare.net/PSFK/psfk-presents-the-future-of-light

Clyde- expressive light:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metamanda/clyde-an-expressive-lamp-for-creative-homes

Clink Street Bridge Tunnel - Philips Color Kinetics LED Installation

glow in the dark skatepark

http://www.designboom.com/design/glow-in-the-dark-skatepark/

LED engagement ring

http://io9.com/man-builds-induction-powered-led-engagement-ring-wins-509501196

Heineken Ignite

http://vimeo.com/65401519

The Bay Light

https://givelove.thebaylights.org/keep-em-lit

Water Light Graffiti

http://vimeo.com/47095462

Nike #MiPista

http://cargocollective.com/jesusrevuelta/Nike-FC247-MiPista

Immaterials

http://www.elasticspace.com/2013/09/the-immaterials-project

emart sale navigation

MIT Guilding Light

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669110/never-lost-mit-creates-wayfinding-arrows-projected-from-your-cellphone

PHOTON SHOWER for Jet Lag

http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682499/a-cure-for-jet-lag-take-a-photon-shower-courtesy-of-delta-at-ted2013

Gravity Light

http://deciwatt.org/the-challenge/

2014年9月5日星期五

Note (Interesting online articles)

The Go Bag Reinvents the Disaster Relief Kit

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/go-bag-disaster-relief-apparel-kit.html#!bPUApU

Ocean Fishing Net Flashes LED Lights to Save Fish from Extinction

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/ocean-fishing-net-led-lights-fish-extinction.html#!bP2hGB

>>>I'm curious if it will work...

2D Camera Etched into Wood Shoots HD Video, Selfies

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/2d-photography-wood-selfies-design.html#!bP2jfs

>>> $150 is too expensive for me (it depends on the photo quality)

Data analyst digs into Rappers’ vocabs to produce colorful pictorial

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/rappers-vocabulary-lexicon-colorful-illustration.html#!bP2lvX

>>> really interesting!

Motorcycle Fueled by Bacon Grease Crosses America, Stars in Movie

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/motorcycle-bacon-grease-web-documentary.html

>>>Love to see it comes to a movie!

A Modular House That Hangs Precariously From A Seaside Cliff

http://designtaxi.com/news/369099/A-Modular-House-That-Hangs-Precariously-From-A-Seaside-Cliff/?interstital_shown=1#.VAyLdP9FrDA.facebook

Diners Can Go Halfsies to Solve Issues of Obesity, Food Waste and Hunger

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/diners-halfsies-obesity-food-waste-hunger.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_campaign=Daily%202014-09-03

What a good idea! But it doesn't apply in LA area. I seldom eat outside and normally I finish the whole dish. (I've been in strict diet for over 3 months that I mainly eat salad.) Follow FB page and see how it goes!

Man Eats Pasta Off Subway Platform to Endorse Cleaning Product

http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/bissell-employee-eats-meal-subway-platform-vacuum.html

http://youtu.be/NHznDFD3V3k

>>>OMG.....it's really disgusting....I will NEVER do that!!
However, it's an effective advertising...

2014年5月30日星期五

VISCOM 3 (Visual Composition)

In Art Center, product design students have viscom for each term. Viscom 1 focus on the line drawing (draw straight lines by free hand) and perspective. Viscom 2 emphasis on the shadow and shading. Now I'm in 3rd term, and so far I have 3 classes of Viscom3. Our teacher, Fredo, asks us to pay attention to composition and contrast in terms of scale, line weight, shading.... Let's see my 2nd week homework- Chess.

And let's see my 1st week homework.

Composition-wise I did better than the first week, right?

Haha I think so.

But I spent too much time on each page (A3)- almost 3 hours!!

I should sketch faster... !!

Before I came to Art Center, I didn't know how to "sketch".

I could "draw" something (slowly), but I couldn't sketch quickly.

BTW, I have never been trained before. I loved to draw when I was a child, but I stopped drawing for about 7 years. (The reason is the long story~~ haha)

And I hated to sketch product! (Because my sketch was shitty and I hated it.)

I couldn't barely draw a box in perspective in the beginning of the first term. So I've improved a lot in 9 months hehe. Still have a long way to go!

Below are some drawing I put in my entrance portfolio.

I didn't know how to use marker (copic), and I watched some lecture video on YOUTUBE. This one was the first time I tried to use marker. But I didn't know I should draw on marker paper instead of regular paper.

Now I don't have time to draw slowly haha. I haven't draw creature or figure for a long time. hmmm... I'll take illustration class in the next term. Hope my figure sketching can improve a lot! ;)

2014年5月24日星期六

PENSOLE - Footwear design program in Portland

It has been insanely busy over the past few months even in the spring break. I was going to go back to Taiwan but finally I went to Portland for footwear design program- PENSOLE!

Check out this blog!
http://artcenterpensole2014.wordpress.com/
25 of us took turn to record every day. We had a lot of fun, but the class was really intense so everyone got not much sleep. The lecture was consecutive 14 days. We learnt how to work in a group, sketch, material... The most important thing I would say learning to be professional. The founder of PENSOLE- D'wayne, he is one of the best teacher I've ever had. He gave us a quote, a recommended book, and a website a day regarding to how to be successful. He want us to improve everyday, always be better than yesterday.

At the final presentation, out sponsors- NIKE, ADIDAS, COLUMBIA, UNDER ARMOR, VANS came to the studio. I was in the VANS group, and our theme is about sustainability. So I focus on the improvement of manufacturing process, and I didn't change the appearance too much because VANS always kept the heritage. (I've sketched some weird shoes but they didn't fit the image of VANS.)

This is the prototype I made. :-)

At first I made one by paper but it looked like a toy because of the stiff property of the paaper. I didn't like it so I went to the thrift store, bought a pair of jeans and cut it. The shoe is still in my room. Haha I brought it back with me.

We present as a group. We had been through a hard time, and some conflicts happened. Honestly, I was very uncomfortable about this. I always try to avoid that. Sometimes I just kept quiet and I realized that was not good. Trying to speak out my ideas loud is kinda contradict to my personality and culture from Taiwan.

I'm still struggling. Haha. Always remind myself to speak even though I'm stumbling. lol

I went to Mt. Rainier by myself after the program and it was amazingly beautiful.

And it was SNOWING! in MAY!!