-got to work and got things all nice and ready for the Areaware pres
-walked over a few streets and up the stairs to the Areaware office
-presented the projects to Noel and Laura (head peeps of Areaware) and took some notes
breakdown of the notes
Rotary timer "DIAL"
-scale timer disk down to the size of a regular phone dial (3-4" Diameter)
-materials discussed: Corian and other plastics, Porcelain, wood, painted metal
-under $50
-pursue same language as coat rack
-gradient behind circle
-RBW to propose second colorway
Bell Timer "LIBERTY BELL"
-"looks like a ghost"-Noel
-key to being a good product is having a genuine Bell ding
-have to be able to hear it from the toilet
-Ding could be a mechanical spectacle
-beautiful noise = classic
Trivets
-want material variations
-materials (bottom to top): cork, silicone, wood
-Under $40 moves as gift
-packaging: pizza box style
Stool
-sell it flat packed or assembled
-make a prototype of leg
-not visually appealing with two different materials
-looks top heavy
-Laura really liked the stool version better than bar stool
-pursue mini bench combination or table
-they would like people to start coming to Areaware for small apartment solutions
Modular Candle holder
-Not elegant enough
-pursue Jewish market (Menorah)
-different colors (vintage colors)
-rugged man themed
-sell in sets of 5
-fabricate out of toy metal (nickel)
-nesting tube candles
-decide who consumer is
-really emphasized using RBW language
-overall I would say the meeting went very well. We only threw out one idea...so we got 4 on the board. (def an eye opener seeing how everything works)
-looked at a few timers after the meeting
-ate some vietnamese vegan food
-got back to studio and worked on redesigning according to the notes I jotted down
-found Papabubble (candy store featured on coolhunting)
-we had a winter intern applicant stop by from Parsons
-left studio around 6ish
-for the sake of breaking this repetitive routine of walking 3rd ave everyday I took 2nd (its nice and dirty/smelly)
-unfortunately took a deep breath of air as I walked over a very stinky manhole
-took the sub to meet up with Pamage
-walked the trail
-ate some amazing Korean food
-awesome fried dumplings
-took the sub home
-sleepy dude
-another sleepy dude
-got home and became quite a sleepy dude
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