4-Step Practice
Train Your Eyes to See Details
Each Stroke Carries Intent.
Step 3 the Power of the Small and Mighty
Methodizing Everyday Object
The reason for choosing simple household items is to help you focus on line quality and train your eye to capture the subtle details often overlooked. These everyday objects offer a valuable opportunity to analyze the design decisions behind seemingly simple forms—decisions that affect usability, cost, sustainability, and manufacturing.
Use close-ups, cross-sections, exploded views, and callout details, material and process, multiple angles to illustrate your observations. Label materials and processes to the best of your ability.
1. Research three products that have the exact same functionality but use different materials and/or manufacturing processes and perhaps are at three different price points.
2. Annotate the photographs, as appropriate, to identify the differences in materials and manufacturing processes.
Objective
Observe what impact the changes to materials and process may have had on the overall aesthetics, functionality, ergonomics, or values to the targeted end-users.
