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January 18, 2002  by Donald Lehman Sketch, sketch, sketch, sketch. And when you are getting tired of sketching, take a 10-minute nap and sketch some more. I am taking, arguably, one of the most important classes of my college career, Concept Design Sketching. At my school, this class teaches you to quickly sketch concepts so that anyone, even management types, will understand what you are talking about. Go figure. This importance of this skill is being pounded in to my brain. “Sketching is the most important skill you will need.” “IDSA says that sketching one of the most important skills you will need to have.” “Less talk, more sketch.” I know that there are those out there who say, “Gee whiz, I’ve got this spiffy Maya/Rhino/Solidworks/whatever dealie, it makes pretty pictures, I don’t need to learn how to draw.” Well, I’m being told that’s wrong. So wrong that if we go near the computers, we’ll have to sacrifice a toe as punishment. This isn’t like the “establishment” being afraid of technology and new ways of doing things so it tries to impose its ways on us. Common sense will tell you that you can output a lot more ideas in a short time span by sketching then you ever could by a computer. If you have read my journal back in October, you can see that the second year program at RIT is skill based. Learn how to do stuff this year; next year you actually design things. This approach makes sense to me. If you already know how to sketch, make models, work on the computer a little bit and you can do all of these things well, then you wont be hindered when you actually go to design something. All in all I have to say that things are going well. I finished last quarter without a hitch and this quarter has been pretty interesting so far. But if you will excuse me, my 10-minute break is up. “Building of Tomorrow, Here Today” Design of the Month club: Hayden Planetarium  It’s the year 2002. Where are all the flying cars and moon colonies damn it?! Well at least someone is still designing with George Jetson in mind. On a recent visit to NYC, I paid a visit to the new Hayden Planetarium. Pictures don’t do this thing justice. An 87-foot sphere encased in a 95-foot high glass cube. The planetarium is actually inside the sphere. You can quote me on this, “It rocks.” |
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