Using whatever method you’d like, design an artifact that addresses your gap for
you personally. That is, solve your own problem. Create some kind of visual expression of the design. Create some kind of simple prototype of the artifact.

The goal of this assignment is to get you going on doing some design. This will probably be frustrating, as you don’t yet have many tools at your disposal. Still, give this a good try, but don’t spend more than about three hours on this challenge if you are frustrated.

By “prototype” I mean any approximation of the artifact that communicates the main concept or lets you try out the concept. This could be a cardboard model, something made out of LEGO bricks, an object glued together from foam or wood. In the case of apparel, you could cut up an old article of clothing and modify it with a stapler and tape. In the case of a web site, you could create a mock-up in PowerPoint. The prototype is intended to be very rough. I’m just forcing you to try something out early in the process.

Well, finally I got to decide what my gap is... and now, I'll try to show you my idea as clear as I can.

Watch the Visual Expression I video and use the techniques you learned to draw a sketch of a chair.

The goal of this assignment is to get you comfortable with the basics of sketching to ensure you create a quality output of the visual expression of your design to submit.  You will be using these guidelines from now on and will get a chance to practice with your own gap in Homework Assignment 1.4 “Design for You.”

As you go through your day, make note of things that annoy you or cause you extra effort, time, money, or discomfort. In the language of this course, find some gaps in your user experience. Identify at least 10 of these gaps.

Select a gap that will form the basis of your class project. Your gap (course project) must meet these criteria:

• You personally experience the gap (i.e., you want to solve the design problem).
• You have access to at least five people who also experience the gap, or a closely related gap. This access is ideally face-to-face, not solely via the internet.
• You can imagine creating some kind of design and prototype of an artifact that would address this gap within the next 8 weeks. In other words, the challenge is not so complex that you cannot imagine addressing it in this course.
• You can imagine the gap being addressed by an artifact in a domain that interests you personally (e.g., physical product, architecture, apparel, graphics, web design, furniture).

• A better way to organize my wardrobe.
• I always end up with tooth paste in my hand while brushing my teeth.
• I need a website to address all my proyects.
• A better way to manage my duvet cover (*)
  
• I have problems knowing how much liquid there is left in a brick
  
• The mirror gets steamed up everytime I get a shower
  
• Lately, I have too many unpaired socks
  
• My drape always gets caught when the window is open and is very draughty
• It annoys me having to look up the expiration date product by product at the market
  
• Some kind of alert thar reminds you that the commercials have finished

(*) My Gap: The chosen gap concerns my inhability to manage my duvet cover

Create a website for your project (1 point).
Post a photograph of the artifact you love and write a short explanation of why you love it (1 point).
If you have not already, please see the notes on student photography (1 point) 

Juicy Salif (1990)

I kind of find this juicer a piece of art itself... and it may be.
It's simple and it fulfills its function and the user needs with a surprisingly elegant shape.
I found out about it back in 2 004, during one of my first desing lessons in Industrial Desing. It caught me... how Starck had reach such a neat solution while I was finding my home juicer ugly, messy and so tricky to clean.
It doesn't look like any of the other juicers I used to see in shops.
It was the first fime I fell in love with an object

Considero este exprimidor casi una obra de arte y puede que lo sea.
Es simple y cumple su función y las necesidades del usuario con una forma sorprendentemente elegante.
Lo descubrí en una de mis primeras clases en la carrera de Diseño allá por 2 004 y me sorprendió por cómo Starck había resuelto de una forma tan limpia un artefacto que en mi casa ocupaba bastante más sitio, y que era complicado de limpiar... No se parecía a nada de lo que había visto hasta la fecha.
Era la primera vez que me enamoraba de un objeto