eames molded plastic

i'm in love with a chair.
many more depictions of this beauty to come.
(see heather's drawing here!)

more illustrator fun

fonts
Arsenale White (with extra line added to the beginning of the L)
Vegur Light

colors
#3B3B3B (grey)
#889BB5 (blue)

wasting time on illustrator

This started out as a doodle in my sketchbook.. so many possibilities with this thing.. I like it.

design development 2

This past week was design development stage 2. Sara and I made some big conceptual and physical changes this time around. We found that our concept worked better with the addition of edge. EDGE : NODE : VISTA allowed us to better explain our decisions, as well as organize the circulation and installations within the space more logically.

According to Kevin Lynch, a city planner and author of The Image of the City, an edge is defined as a dividing line between districts, boundaries between two phases, and the linear breaks in continuity. Our large 3form features worked better as edges, allowing the actual spaces to become the nodes (strategic spots which an observer can enter, primary junctions) - together creating the vista notion. We also added 2 more colors to our scheme, a grey-purple and a yellow-orange, pulling from CBI's website navigation to help better direct traffic within our space, as well as warm it. Below are the images we created to help communicate where we are at this point in the design process.



first floor plan
second floor plan
perspective from conference space
perspective of chair display
perspective of reception with the Post Office vista
perspective of showroom from reception
perspective of kitchen/lounge
east long section
west long section
south cross section
north cross section
first floor ceiling plan
second floor ceiling plan

Our next step is further refinement and detail design for design development 3, to be completed by next friday!

what shade of green is that?

A poster/flyer I designed for Deborah Dunning, a guest speaker for IIDA.

nature in sketchup

Images of my final sketchup models of the nature I chose for our current project.

wpa poster

The Work Progress Administration (WPA) was the largest "New Deal" agency under president FDR. The original posters "..were designed to publicize health and safety programs; cultural programs including art exhibitions, theatrical, and musical performances; travel and tourism; educational programs; and community activities." (source)

Our assignment was to modernize the WPA posters, focusing on present day issues. I chose to focus on the plastic vs. reusable bag issue, something I have been trying to be more conscious of lately. Last semester, I gave a persuasive speech on the topic for a communications class, and what I found out then has really stuck with me. According to Reusablebags.com, 1 million plastic bags are consumed per minute! Plastic bags that end up as litter harm and kill animals, don't biodegrade, and are of the "12 items of debris most often found in coastal cleanups, according to the nonprofit Center for Marine Conservation." (source) By choosing reusable bags instead, we can make an impact.

I was inspired by the layout of this WPA poster, for it's minimal text and very large, bold graphic which communicates most of the point. I really enjoyed doing this assignment in Illustrator.

object persuasion

For this assignment, we were to create an persuasive Photoshop ad for the tables we designed in studio. We were to incorporate a "hero" shot of our models, a line drawing, some form of context, and informative text. I enjoyed this a lot, it is fun to play around with text and image placement.

urban pathway

For this assignment in 212, we were to find an image of an urban pathway, and use Illustrator to trace over it and make a vector. This was extremely tedious! But still relaxing, and I'm happy with the outcome.

scene of discourse

In 212 this week, we were to create a blend of images in Photoshop to convey 2 phrases we were given; mine were "dynamic movement" and "mysterious." This assignment was a lot of fun and stress relieving. All the photos in my composition were taken by me.

final 3dsmax renderings

These are my 5 final 3dsmax renderings. With this program, we imported our SketchUp models, reapplied materials, placed lighting, and adjusted views, and many, many settings. It was definitely a challenge to work out, but it was interesting to learn. I'm pretty happy with the results, but I think I like Podium better!

pattern perception

This half of the semester in 212, we are working with 2D graphic programs. Our first assignment was to take a picture of an "urban landscape" and create a pattern in photoshop, inspired by a traditional Victorian pattern. I chose a picture of 40bond in NYC, an apartment building.

This was really good practice with learning the basics of photoshop, it was fun to make.

process podium images

This week in Tina's class we have been working with Podium- a rendering plugin for Sketch up. These are some of my process images as I've been playing around with different lighting effects and views in my habitable wall model. Will post my final images soon.

sketch up: habitable wall walkthrough

sketch up junk

Today in Tina's class we learned about components in sketch up. Was messing around and thought these were neat.. Enjoy? :)

sketchup : habitable wall process

I am finally starting to get more comfortable with SketchUp. While I did run into a few problems from my last post (made the glass waaaaay too thick) it was easier starting over again since I was more familiar. For tomorrow, we were to generate 5 interior views of our space. I found this a little challenging, as my space turned out to be a lot smaller than I thought I'd designed. Below is a variety, though I'm not sure if I'm happy with them or not... I'll update more when my model is complete!