Success Parameters in Arts, Crafts, Design, Architecture, Planning, Management and Business (Part I)

Fine Arts, Crafts, and Design

  • Gakuen Tsumiki – Good Design Long Life Design Award 2011, JIYUGAKUEN INSTITUTE FOR ART AND CRAFT STUDIES
  • These building blocks were created through a joint study in 1949 with Arata Endo, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed the Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan.
  • The defining features of these blocks are their simple shapes and beautiful colors.
  • The spherical block, a favorite among children, has a satisfying size to hold—2 sun in diameter (approximately 6 cm).
  • This measurement serves as the basis for determining the sizes of the other shapes.
  • The spheres are also designed in such a way that they can be stacked without rolling.
  • Building blocks are enjoyable toys through which children can cultivate their creativity while playing and express their free and imaginative minds.
  • By using architectural modular principles, we set the diameter of the most fascinating shape for children—the 'sphere'—at 2 sun (approximately 6 cm), which is a size a child can grasp.
  • This sphere size serves as the standard reference for the dimensions of the building blocks.
  • The 10 different shapes were designed with the intention that, when combined, they would create a harmonious balance with each other.

Design for Solution - Seeking

  • Design is solving problems (John Maeda).
  • The process and methodology in finding practical creative solutions is known as “Design Thinking”.
  • Start with the goal you want to achieve, and not start with a problem.
  • Design thinking is different from the scientific method which starts by first defining all the parameters of the problem to find a solution.
  • Stages in solving engineering problems:
    • Formulate and define the problem.
    • Simplifying the problem.
    • Conduct solutions/analysis results for problems.
    • Verify the resulting solution results.
  • It is a creative process that focuses on 'generating and building ' ideas.
  • Divergent and convergent thinking patterns.

The Design Process

  • The design process is what puts Design Thinking into action.
  • It's a structured approach to generating and developing ideas.
  • The five phases of the design process:
    • Discovery
      • I have a challenge. How do I approach it?
      • Steps:
        • Understand the Challenge
        • Prepare Research
        • Gather Inspiration
    • Interpretation
      • I learned something. How do I interpret it?
      • Steps:
        • Tell Stories
        • Search for Meaning
        • Frame
    • Ideation
      • I see an opportunity. What do I create?
      • Steps:
        • Generate Ideas
        • Refine Ideas
    • Experimentation
      • I have an idea. How do I build it?
      • Steps:
        • Make Prototypes
        • Get Feedback
    • Evolution
      • I tried something. How do I evolve it?
      • Steps:
        • Track Learnings
        • Move Forward
  • The Design Thinking process oscillates between divergent and convergent thinking modes.
  • It can be helpful to be aware of the mode that corresponds to the design phase you are working through.

Success Parameters of SRD Work

  • In the SRD area, the work/products produced can be categorized into:
    • Material works (products/artifacts)
    • Works that are ideas/messages (example: advertising/campaign messages).
  • Because works can be something 'real' (product/artefact) and 'virtual' (idea/message), this is also a consideration in seeing their success/failure.
  • The parameters/measures of success can consist of:
    • Works have an impact and influence on society and its lives.
    • The work (design) is able to solve the problems that trigger the creative process.
    • Works gain recognition from the environment in the form of awards.
  • The description of the three parameters can be expanded and related to the context of the work itself.
    • Example: The impact and influence of design can be seen from:
      • Sales figures increase due to product appearance and/or promotions carried out.
      • The development of consumer communities, such as users of certain brands of cars who continue to interact with each other.
      • The work creates a new trend in society. An example is the Toyota Kijang car which has succeeded in becoming the standard family car in Indonesia.
      • The works improve ease of use, etc.
      • The works are eternal ( ever lasting ), even after the work no longer exists/is produced.
  • Good design must necessarily have an impact on people's lives, no matter how seemingly small. Good design changes things.
  • The typical understanding of design is that it's about aesthetics, styling, or form. This is a limited view. While these are often the tangible outputs of design work, such artifacts are meaningless if they don't somehow engage a new activity. The measure of success for design is the degree of its impact.
  • By applying good design to products in categories where users have low expectations for visual appeal, functionality or usability, design helps to create entirely new market niches and even new product categories. By delighting users who merely expect to have their functional requirements fulfilled, companies are using design to help breed customer loyalty.

Architecture

  • Millard House - Frank Lloyd Wright, 1952, Pasadena, USA
  • The Millard House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976, for its significance in architecture, engineering and landscape architecture. The house is also located within the Prospect Historic District which was created in 1983.
  • In his autobiography Wright wrote that he chose concrete blocks since they were “the cheapest (and ugliest) thing in the building world,” and he wanted to see what he could accomplish.
  • The house stands out as a lasting example of Wright's innovations in building technology.

Success Parameters in Architectural Design

  • Functional & Operational
  • Aesthetics
  • Physical & psychological Comfort
  • Accessible
  • Effective Financing
  • History Preservation
  • Security & Safety
  • Sustainability

Functional & Operational

  • The building can function, be used well.
  • The building can be operated properly.

Aesthetics

  • Interesting sensorial experience, pleasant to see, feel, hear.

Comfort physique & psychological

  • Ventilation
  • Lighting
  • Acoustic
  • Comfort thermal
  • Health environment
  • Give privacy , security , intimacy , feeling accepted
  • Giving a sense of belonging

Accessible

  • Facilitate:
    • Senior groups
    • Children
    • Pregnant woman
    • Visual impairment
    • Usage of wheel chair
  • Accessible for people with special needs

Effective Financing

  • Selection of building elements and systems based on consideration initial cost and operating costs throughout recycle his life building .

Historical Preservation

  • Special treatment for historical site where building development required preservation , rehabilitation , restoration , reconstruction

Security & Safety

  • Protection of residents and assets from:
    • act of crime by humans : vandalism , theft , terrorism ,
    • natural disaster : earthquake , storm , flood , land landslide
    • design failure

Sustainability

  • Performance elements building that concerns environmental means:
    • Optimization of potential land
    • Optimization of energy use
    • Preservation and water conservation
    • ‘Green’ building material

Success in architectural design can measured

  • Design accepted by client , user and building owner
  • Design approved by governmental institution that provides building permit, and given a Building Permit (IMBV)
  • Design get award : competition , appreciation in the mass media , etc.