VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS STUDENT JOURNAL WEEK ONE - IDEATION
PANEL AND FOLD SYSTEMS ---------------http://fresh.co.nz/25-reasons-to-buy-coffee-filters/ http://www.emmalee-design.com/art-design/coffee-filter-rose-tutorial/
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MEASURED DRAWINGS - COFFEE FILTER/ PANEL FOLD SYSTEM
MEASURED DRAWINGS The reading, “300 years in Industrial Design” also greatly informed my final measured drawings. The drawings in this text were precise and did not represent the typical sketches I would create when being asked to draw a still life. In particular, I was impressed with the sections of the ceramic handles. Alough my object was much more two dimensional, I was impressed with the clarity that the artists used.
Coffee filters are an example of a panel and fold system. the filter itself consists of two panels made of a filter material that are joined together by indents in the paper at two of the edges and a bend at another edge. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Indents in the paper that act like a tounge in groove system to hold together both panel sides of the filter
When given the task of accurately measuring my object (a coffee filter), I began by tracing the outside of the perimeter. Firstly, I used a thick artline pen but soon realised that this line was thicker than the object itself and the result was an uneven line. I then used a pencil and finally a 0.05 weight pen which produced the most clear and accurate result. After this method, I also used elements of reading Miralls’ and Pinos’ technique in “How to lay out a croissant” (Miralls and Pinos, 1988/1991) and used a more systematic appraoch when drawing the coffee filter. I firstly began by mapping out the four key points of the filter with small, unoticable points and then joint the three out of the four lines with straight lines using a ruler. I then reverted back to my original method and traced the final curved edge in order to represent the filter in the most truest form.
Elevation 1:1
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Not to scale
Section 1:1
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This dimensioned sketch is a drawing of the coffee filter once one of the sides has been disconected and thus the once three dimensional object becomes two dimensional. I feel that this sketch clearly shows the panel and fold system - two panels joint together at edges to create a three dimensional object with more structure.