I took apart an old school gaf camcorder and did a series of studies from multiple aspects. I used Illustrator to create an instruction on how to operate this camcorder. I drew out it's components and its exploded view. And I made an enlarged foam model (4 times bigger) with an orthographic drawing. It was very interesting to study how the camcorder is put together and how it operates.
For Amy Leidtke's Design Principles I Class