Bio-Inspired Messenger...

I was overlooking one of my coworker's shoulders to see what he was working on, and felt another great idea come to me for my supportive visual when I saw this image:















I mean, how awesome would it be to create a messenger with an interface like this?

Inspiration/Reason 1:
I'm currently working on the new Interface for the RTI website, and we will eventually have our own messenger system instead of iChat. So I was thinking that this building is very inspirational in the fact that each person who works here (at RTI) is on a different level with color-coded available/away as you can see above.

This is also a great interface for us, since we are in three locations...We can be all connected in one building as an integrated whole.

Reason 2:
I need good examples of bio-inspired design projects to use in my reference guide for designers, and think that this would be very relevant.

Don't Be Designer B.

Key Words:
+ Seductive


Key quotes/sayings:
+ Waste is lost profit
+ Look at the world as an engineer. How can you improve it?
+ Grow an industry through design
+ "The world we have is the product of our thinking." - Albert Einstein
+ There is hidden ugliness beneath the surface of almost all products.
+ Only 1 in 10,000 products is designed with the environment in mind.
+ Sustainability definitely impacts your design; you have to look at the materials that are available to you first, and then design with those in mind.
+ FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)
+ The majority of consumers seek to satisfy their personal needs before considering those of the planet;
therefore, companies fear in alienating their base consumers

This Weekend...

This weekend will be spent on my Working Outline and my first chapter!

YaY MLA.