it's always good to look back and see how you've grown as a designer,

as a person.


it's funny,
how we change.
we learn.
we grow.


and then one day everything is  d i f f e r e n t.

cabinet of curiosity

 

my cabinet was built to house a triangular necklace holder, a box to hold hair ties, and a rectilinear pencil holder. with all of these hard, straight lines i wanted to contrast them with a circular form for my cabinet. i wanted each artifact to have its own moment of display so i made the cabinet a series of circles that could be mounted to the wall. doors can be added or removed for versatility. the light, smooth acrylic contrasts the wood of the objects as well, making them really stand out. 

signage precedents

after looking at examples from asi signage and apco signs and thinking about the office space we're working with i stumbled upon a few sign systems that i found inspiring.


first i came across many frosted glass sign systems. these are clean and simple, without many colors or patterns to distract.

i also thought about using wood for the signage. my spaces are warm and rich and have wooden floors and i thought about using wood for the signs as well to keep with that feeling. i didn't see many successful signs online but i still don't see why it's not possible to try!

i came across some three-dimensional signs as well. i think that it could be interesting to have all of the letters individually recognized in the signage.

whatever i choose to do, i'll have to make sure it's purposeful and fits in with the concept!






sources:
http://www.impactsigns.com/interior-signs
http://www.signs.org/signdesign/
http://www.thesigncenter.com/product_gallery.html
http://www.bestsigns.com/gb_wood.html
http://www.signagenewyork.com/
http://www.miladisplays.com/glassnameplates.htm

halloweeeeeen!

i made my own costume this year. i have a white fitted dress and i went to the store and got some felt. i cut circles out, sewed em on and....

twister!
easiest costume ever. yay halloween! (:

hospitality design mag!

yesterday i met with my adviser to start to figure out what classes i should be taking to specialize. he gave me some resources as far as a direction to go in to see what i want to do future-wise. when i told him that i wanted to do hotel design he referred me to hospitality design magazine. who knew there were so many firms that specialized in hospitality! it was awesome. the magazine is way too expensive to subscribe to but thank goodness they have a newsletter!

blog that assignment 004

How will natural and artificial lighting improve your space?   



i think that by controlling the natural light (there's a LOT that comes into the space at the moment) it'll be an instant improvement. we've thought about incorporating light shelves into the space to help with that. as far as artificial lighting we've talked about utilizing it on our glass floating wall that we're going to bring into the space.
Will you use focal lighting to direct people?
by bringing focused lighting onto the glass wall we'll draw people's focus to the wall and consequently the desk for sign-in and information.
How will you create moments of interest within your space using light?
besides the wall and its created lighting interest we'll have moments of interest at the stairs where there's natural light as well as directed natural light in the space to the left of the wall where there is seating and teaser exhibit space. 

thumbnails for history group...

here are a few quick thumbnail sketches of what i think the signage for our exhibit could look like...

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!