Thursday, February 7, 2013

Cars.com Superbowl Commercial


I think the thing that caught my attention the most on this commercial was the comedy in it. It starts off slow and then gets to the punchline, which happens to be an unexpected punchline. The fact that it's unexpected makes the joke even more funny.

The reactions of the couple who are buying the car, when they're told that the "puppy" is actually a wolf. That facial expression makes the video funny, and also memorable

3.5 million dollars for 30 seconds.

You have to pay for actors, you have to pay for the set, you have to pay for the writers. Also, in the commercial, you would have to pay for the animals also. Wolfs are probably not cheap to include in a commercial. You would have to have the wolf handler also.

 Well, considering that the company sells cars, and cars are very widely priced, it's very hard to estimate an answer. But, with an average valued car of 30000, the company would have to sell 120 cars to cover the cost of the commercial.

I think Cars.com will sell more cars because of the commercial than the cost of the commercial. This commercial appealed to millions, and brought many potential buyers to the website.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

TED Challenge



TED - Technology, Engineering, and Design. This week, we were challenged to search for a TED Talk video that we felt was worth spreading and showing to others. I choose this video, thinking it was a nice video that caught my attention.

1.  The TED organization is about spreading worthy ideas involving technology, entertainment, and design.
2.The idea of their website is so people can easily navigate to find most recent updates, videos, and news. The website has an easy to navigate design and apparent links.
3.  The topics that most interest engineers are the business and science because both of these topics are associated with engineering.
4.  Lessons in business… from prison, 4 lessons in creativity, why architects need to use their ears

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Minecraft

Minecraft Building


I tried to emulate Frank Furness with his Victorian style building. This is what the end product looked liked:




Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Architect Notes


Video 1
  • less is more
  • big windows
Video 2
  • Shin Takamatsu
  • futuristic
Video 3
  • Andrea Palladio
  • clarity, rules
  • proportion
Video 4
  • Etienne Louis Boullee
  • Greeks / Romans
  • massive, repition
Video 5
  • Le Corbusier
  • sculptural, repition
Video 6
  • Frank Furness
  • victorian, pioneers
  • arches oversized
Video 7
  • Frank Wright
  • organic
  • long over hangs, ornate
  • detail, nature
Video 8
  • Antoni Gaudi
  • flowing lines
  • constant motion
Video 9
  • Tadao Ando
  • bold, brilliant
  • concrete
Video 10
  • Coop Himmelblau
  • shuffled
  • recontruction

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

CAD Work


Theres some CAD work being done in Coronado Engineering!

Each of the cubes done with CAD:

The animated explosion and sequence of it being put back together:

Finished Cube

Friday, November 23, 2012

Pieces have been assembled and colored!


My Cube Pieces


Here are the steps to put them together:







Sabrina's Cube Pieces



Here are the steps to put Sabrina's together:








Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Building the Pieces

Sabrina and I are working on building the pieces for our cubes! We are both building the designs we sketched out earlier.



Using wood glue, paper cubes, cubes, and sticks, we carefully assemble all five pieces. All the while making sure to not get glue anywhere in the workstation!