Day 4: Tightened Fan Drawings

I'm liking this one.  There aren't many desk fans outside of the retro market that aren't an eyesore.  The only downside of this design is lack of an oscillation feature.

It could be done, but would make the design significantly more complicated.  Still, it would be interesting exploring the idea of an oscillating action that can't be seen from the front -- similar to the vertical adjustment already in the design...

Day 4: Executive Desk Fan

Day 4's design is a clean, modern solution to the desk fan, including a sketch of a foldable, travel version.  The idea is, that rather than the cumbersome and unsightly pivot mechanism of the typical fan, the fan motor pivots from behind and tightens with a knob on a sliding vertical groove.

Buttons would be flush and electronic, not mechanical.  One touch for high, a second for medium, and so on. Likely a soft blue LED ring light around a single button, rather than the multiple buttons of the larger drawing.

I may follow this with a rendering tomorrow.

Day 3: Cheating.

OK.  This is kind of cheating.  I didn't do this for the "30 days" project, but as an illustration for my lovely wife's blog -- but it is 3D, so I'm going to claim it as "product design" and not "graphic design", and let it qualify for this month.  ...I know, technicalities.

I'll be back tomorrow with new sketches on a completely different theme.  Wheels, perhaps? ... or an electric fan?

Day 2: Watch the Second.

Day 2 gets to be a watch as well.  Hi, Suprise... it's me, Dwight. Anyway -- Since I had already done the sketch yesterday, I thought I'd go ahead and execute this one, as well.

Day 1: Final Concept Art

Here we are then.  A clean faced time/date mechanical, a clean time/date chronograph, and an oversized numbered chronograph.

Oh, and for the record, it is not my plan to finish each days design/designs to this degree.

30 Days of Design Discipline -- Day 1.

Well, here it is: Day 1 Watch Design.  Really, what else would Day 1 be?  Funny, I happened to design a new DK logo along the way and think I'm going to keep it.

If I make the time some days, I may be doing a computer rendering as well, so watch for those...

30 Days of Design Discipline...

I am beginning a little project which I'm calling "30 Days of Design Discipline".

The idea is to "fire up", test, and excercise my creativity and design skills, as well as respond to the discipline of creating at least one strong design per day.

This month will be entirely product design... Watches -- of course,  automotive related, environmental/spatial, a guitar, some furniture, lighting, maybe a wine opener... We'll just see where it goes (and I'm open to suggestions).

I may renew my subscription for another 30 days, and do 30 logos in 30 days, or posters... or? But that is to be determined.

Here we go!