Monday, April 23, 2012

Depot Concept Model

The inspiration of the concept model was a flagpole holder. Movement, asymmetry, space and contrast of straight and curved lines guided the process. There was no emphasis in the inspiration piece so no focal point was added in the concept model as well. The flat metal and museum board were bent and curved to create contrast and form.

Inspiration Piece: Flag Holder


The metal and the white museum board were used to contrast each other. Both of the materials are bright and creates a nice and clean look.

Concept Model

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Academic Showcase Reflection

The Academic Showcase was an awesome experience. One of the posters that I went to was #255: Greek Row Park. This particular project focused on how to bring the community together. Designers, landscape and Greek Row students came together to work on a charette. They wanted to turn one of the unused areas into a park where people could hang out and play.

The poster layout of this booth was very organized. The information was on an 8.5’x11’ poster and the writing was short, simple and straight to the point.



The second poster was #86: Linear Urbanism. Matt Milcher is from Spokane, WA and he was at the booth explaining about his collaboration with two other designers from Serbia and Brazil. This team project focused on how the cities were expanding wider. Matt researched on Spokane while the other two designers focused on Belgrade, Serbia and Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Textile Reflection

The idea generator of this textile design was a flag holder. The form givers were: movement, space, form and contrast of straight and curved lines.


Idea Generator: Flag Holder

Below are the different modules that I came up. Each one shows the elements and principles that I took from the inspiration piece.



I chose the one with different sizes of squares because it had most of all the elements and principles: movement, asymmetry, space and unity.


 
The final textile is 36'x36' and each module is 1'x1'. By making the modules smaller, the textile looks a lot cleaner.


This textile design was a great experience for me. I learned how to design my own fabric and how to get it printed.