Preface
The technological age is upon us and so is the opportunity to design for its wireless generation: people born in the 1980’s and so forth. These groups of people are surrounded with laptop computers and other wireless technologies on a regular basis. In the past when laptops were considered a luxury, desktop computers basked in the market. However, on June 6, 2005, USA Today Newspaper announced that in May 2005, laptops outsold desktop computers for the first...
During the Spring 2009 semester, Far Coast Coffee (Coke-a-Cola brand coffee) asked Emily Carr industrial design students and UBC's Center for Advanced Wood Processing, to design a set of furniture to be used at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. Designers were only allowed to use blue pine wood, each design needed to be ready to assemble, and designs needed to follow Far Coast’s branding standards.
Each team designed a lounge chair, side table, and conference table to be featured at...
Using aircraft plywood, students had to design a product that relates to a cultural midwinter event. Objects needed to fit in a standard sized envelope utilizing the process of laser cutting, objects were limited to two shapes, and one shape had to be bent in tension. A number of these projects would then be selected by a jury to be showcased and sold at the Wood Co-op at Grandville Island (http://www.thewoodco-op....
