instructional compositions

these compositions focus mainly on the images so that one attempting to make the thing they're making can check in and see if they're doing it right along the way. the second image contains limited but important text to help further understanding.



sources: www.ikea.com
http://www.socialphy.com/posts/art/948/2_000_000-Origami-Cranes.html

my contribution to the [i]lounge exhibition

my role in the [i]lounge group lies in graphics and signage. to come up with our proposal much brainstorming had to occur. our group had to think about location (gatewood building), signage (banners outside to draw people in and on the glass wall to tell them what's there), and way finding in the space. i've contributed in helping the group get together and figure out our exhibit. i've also talked with ayten and daniel about what the space will look like and the graphics going into it. from here we need to talk more about a statement that describes our exhibit, specific graphics that will be displayed on the signage (we were thinking about silhouettes of the artifacts), fonts that coincide with the look and feel of the exhibit, and the way finding on the floor (enough contrast to stand out but not too much to set it apart from the exhibit). for me, the main part right now is getting together with my group and discussing all of these elements and moving forward from here. i've had to play some catch up due to conflicting schedule details but from here on out i am 100% plugged in!

in class sketches

blog assignment 004

the ghm project.....currently.

principles:
RHYTHM: our design for the museum is history, history, history. from the railroads to the war history to the textiles industry everything will be cohesive with the exhibits and reflect the fact that its a history museum.
BALANCE: the entire space will be used whether its for storage, exhibit space.
EMPHASIS: the walls will be the emphasis as well as signage and color use.
UNITY: by bringing the history into the lobby we'll give the museum an identity and create unity.
PROPORTION: i think that by addressing the height of the ceiling we'll keep the proportion right.




elements:
LINE: most of our lines are going to be curved to keep with the curvature of the original space.
COLOR: we're still working on color. our first ideas were not so great (booooring). we're thinking of some sort of pop of color/fresh space!
SHAPE: circles. lots of them. well, curves. but that hints at circles. the huge curved wall in the space is responsible for that.
TEXTURE: for this i would say it can be seen in the way we bring in the textiles industry (like maybe some literal textiles?). the textiles industry is a big part of greensboro so bringing it in would be an awesome opportunity to bring in texture!
FORM: all of the curvature and breaking up of the space will totally change the form.
SPACE: by breaking up the space we'll be able to make it not so overwhelming when you first walk in. we want to utilize the entire space and do it effectively.

photoshop compositions

in class we've been working on putting compositions together via photoshop. we took our reception drawings and composed them together into a composition for today. here is my progress:

 first, i edited all of my images and started playing with how i could arrange them together

 then i experimented with adding background images

next i added text and a more appealing background image. i think this one is my favorite.

i played around a little more and this is my final composition! i made the background image lighter so that it wouldn't distract from the foreground images. i wish i could have kept more BLUE in it though, because that was the concept.

composition precedents

this poster is successful because it's balanced. there aren't any empty spaces, really.

this poster is interesting because it's not one single image-it's many that make up an image

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2010/12/35-best-movie-posters-of-2010-and-2011-movies-poster-showcase/

http://www.lifeclever.com/supercool-typographic-posters-of-supercool-cities/

photo studies

 for class today we were told to observe different types of reflections around different spaces.



floor reflections:

vertical surface reflections

shadow from daylight:

shadow from artificial light:

two point perspective exercise

for this assignment we were told to make abstract shapes that represented our concepts. mine was a bluebird feather. i'm not happy with the outcome-i think it turned out to look like floating french fries but i was trying to convey the movement of a falling feather.

reception space compositions

bringing the HISTORY to the history museum

IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES.


just kidding. but it was the revolutionary war. i'm talking about the battle at the guilford county courthouse in 1781.

after two years of cornwallis (british army) hot on his trail, nathaniel greene (us) stopped and gave him a battle at the courthouse. basically the americans attacked the oncoming british, the british fought back, many lives were lost. although greene was the one to retreat, the british lost 300 more men than the americans. this left his army tired and weak when they made their way up to virginia and their final battle where cornwallis eventually surrendered and the americans won their independence from britain.


and they all lived happily ever after.
just kidding again.



i think that it's a pretty important piece of history for greensboro and it can definitely be incorporated into the museum somehow. i'll be doing more research as to how to go about that.

source:http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-guilford.htm