Reflections

            It was a long and in depth process to redesign our flashlight. The project requirements contained many meticulous steps intended to refine and consolidate the ideas within the group. Throughout the project I had a very negative attitude about having to complete the steps I saw as arbitrary when taken into account the amount of other work needed to be completed. However, after finishing the project, my perspective on these steps changed from negative to positive. In retrospect of the project, I am glad that I was introduced to the different methods generating new ideas and studying each one in depth. By having to complete these busy-work studies, I learned more about the composition of the objects and how they exist with space.

          One unexpected thing this project did for me was manifest a deeper appreciation for industrial design and the work done by industrial designers. Not only because of my undying love for design, but for the massive amounts of mental and physical stress they pile on themselves in order to create an acceptable product. The many long hours spent creating this object are no match, however, to the feeling of accomplishment after completing the project. My primary sense of achievement in completing this project lays primarily with knowing that I learned more about idea exploration and the creative processes necessary to create a prototype.