#027 Service design

D101 Task of the day

Today, like any other Saturday, there is no particular homework.

Just watch the video and think about this very special service design system.

Think about the service design where you live, the service design in your life.

Plusbus Shopping

In my country, The Netherlands, The National Elderly Assistance Fund has been set up Plusbus Shopping in various places and also in my hometown.

The bus ensures that the participants, mostly elderly and disabled people, come among people despite their limitations and that they can do their own groceries shopping.

The purpose of the bus is especially given that they have a nice morning or afternoon. Social contacts are promoted and loneliness contested.

Participants will be picked up at home. Together, they are going in a bus to the grocery shopping. There are always several volunteers on hand to help. Volunteers help with carrying bags, support walking, pushing the wheelchair. If necessary, groceries are brought inside when they return home. The participants and volunteers also drink a cup of coffee in stores. The helping retailers provide a cookie and during holidays something special. In the bus there is also place for walkers and people sitting in their wheelchairs.

#026 Fresh flowers from a little dragon

D101 Task of the day

Today, you will cook a Sacher Torte:

- two layers of dense chocolate sponge

- one thin layer of apricot jam in the middle

- one top coating of dark chocolate icing

- and one side of whipped cream.

Good luck!

Once your Sacher is ready, dress it up with little people and share a picture with us.

Set up your fictional world right on top of this decadent cake.

Create a landscape with characters!

Sacher Torte made of chocolate cake with a touch of rum, 
filled with apricots and a dark chocolate icing, 
whipped cream and fondant decoration on top.

Clearly, no people on top but a little dragon . . . 

Well, it tasted nice anyway :-)

#025 Waiting till the beloved guests arrive

D101 Task of the day

Today, once again, you will cook the same dish you’ve been cooking for the past two days.

But this time, you will cook it for your mom (or any other person you care for very much).

Create an ambience!

Everything is ready for dinner. Now to wait until my mom and dad arrive. I don't let my dad stay at home alone for dinner, I love him too much :-) so he's welcome too. No flowers because they make my mom sneeze, but a small gift instead.

#024 Pre-dinner

D101 Task of the day

today, you will cook your special dish for yourself + 3 friends. then, you will share 1 picture of your kitchen tools (and a short caption if you wish). nothing less, nothing more!

#023 Ready, Steady. . .

D101 Task of the day

Carefully choose a recipe to cook for yourself. Today, you cook your chosen recipe and share with us a picture of your starting ingredients. Nothing less, nothing more.

#020 Up in a Oneliner

Task of the day

D101 Go discover old, and newish things, artifacts and other oddities at a museum near you, or at any other nice place... Start filling up notebook(s)!

Up

in a Oneliner

I went to the jogging track in the forest with my kids and drew this oneliner from the leapfrog exercise.

#019 Favorite Paper

D101 Task of the day

Today we make a notebook (once again). This time, you will start from a careful choice of paper. Keep it simple!

#018 Japanese 4-hole binding

D101 Task of the day

Make a notebook, learn how to stab-bind. Share an image of your notebook (and caption) with us!

Notebook with Japanese four-hole binding

This notebook is made with 135 g. sketchbook paper. The cover is made of foam sheet. It feels nice and soft and comfortable when wearing it in my backpocket.

#017 My Golden Ratio Notebook

D101 Task of the day

Make a simple notebook according to the golden proportions. Then, post a beautiful picture of it. The type of picture that will get us all envious (that we did not take it ourselves)...

                                                                                                                                                 

My first notebook!

I never had a notebook before. Thankx to Design 1o1 I finally have one, made by myself, using the golden ratio. I am really looking forward going to use it :-)

#016 'Drowning' before drawing

D101 Task of the day

First, you will search for (and compare) existing notebooks from different people. Then, you will go to a stationery shop to check out various notebooks on sale. Once you are done, you will share 2 images of your favourite notebooks with us (with a short caption explaining why you like them so much).

                   

#013 Surfing the (Air)waves

D101 Task of the day

Observe your room. Look at the objects you have around... Old things, new things. Very old things, very new things. Set up some relations between them and share a story with us!

The Blaupunkt Sultan, a gift from my inlaws, representing contact with the rest of the world

a.d. 1950-1960 and it still works! :-)

And the ipad, my contact with the rest of the world a.d. 2013

#012 Transformation

D101 Task of the day

Make a shirt (or tee-shirt) for yourself. Draw, embroide, play with scissors, fabrics, glue or fire.

Dowhateveryouwant but plan it carefully! Share some images with us... :-)

                                                                                                                         
My friend left town for a couple of days.... so....time to remake his shirt ;-)

I hate to throw stuff away, especially if it is reusable, so here's a 10 minute no sew instruction

for reuse of an old t-shirt.

What it tells about me? Well, I can't sew

Finally: pimp your shirt with your favorite number :-)

#011 How-to

D101 Task of the day

Ingredients ready? Share your "how-to"!

#010 Move Forward

D101 Task of the day

Today, we go small! How would you represent yourself (and your personal universe) in two dimensions? Create your own miniature world and share a picture of it will all of us.

#009 Me

D101 Task of the day

Are your pencils ready? Get with a friend and make him/her draw your portrait. Then, draw your own self-portrait.

By myself, by my friend and by a Design101-friend

Quote: 

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk  

(Paul Klee)

#007 My Daily Observations

D101 Task of the day

Relax. If you want, you could share with us some pictures or short story on how you record your daily observations (if you do record them, of course...).

My daily observations

#006 'Ordinary' object

D101 Task of the day

If you feel like it, you could share with us an object (or "thing") you like.

Forkdog

Design is about transforming things in a meaningful language

A seemingly ordinary object like a fork 

is something  beautiful 

and every object has potential 

to become 

a wonderful piece of art. 

#005 Masks

D101 Task of the day

Post a picture of your mask.

Blind-date of the African Party Animals

My totem animals ready to party!