Inspirations

Practice with materials

Serial planes samples

Material explorations

Architectonic structure

Mid-term artist's statement

   Throughout the process of building our modular relief piece, working as a design team kept a set of ideas flowing and made problem solving easier. While our design as a whole was simple, the individual parts were complicated and time consuming to make. All of the parts ended up working well together, after several different attempts at their arrangement. The design and purpose of our modular relief is simple, but has a strong aesthetic presence when displayed with the right light.

    Making the serial plane samples was both basic and challenging. The ideas to make them seemed simple, but as you start to build upon them, more thought goes into the process than expected. I feel that they were a great exercise and first step into beginning to learn three dimensional design. Many of the techniques I  had used to make them, I brought into my architectonic structure, which was what made it so successful. The curvilinear sample structure was also a good starting point for getting into the architectural piece. I mostly experimented with paper in this piece, while sampling other materials. I also began to form ideas around which transparent materials I would use. Here, I experimented with a sheet of plastic and bubble wrap.

     The project I’ve enjoyed most has been the architectonic structure. I had started out with a very general idea, rather than a specific one. As I had started to build upon it, the ideas developed from there. I feel that I had to develop it this way, because drawing ideas out for a three dimensional piece does not give you the same result as simply building it does. Repurposed materials had also played a major part in the development of ideas. As I experimented with them, I found a unique place for nearly all of them in my piece. So far, this course has been more challenging in thought than in practice. Developing ideas on how to use the materials is more of a challenge than putting everything together, which creates a balance in the way we’re learning. 

Architectonic structure project in process

Materials used so far:
Foam board
Foil wrapping
Wire netting

Homework example (1-6)

1.Organization

http://www.designboom.com/design/colored-pencil-tables-by-nendo/

This piece displays organization by the arrangement of the tables by both side and color transition.

2. Synergy

http://www.designboom.com/design/the-may-design-series-2013-excel-london/

Many of the separate parts of the pieces in this series are simple on their own, but when arranged in a group or as a whole, they become more impressive.

3. Order and freedom

http://www.designboom.com/design/nendo-illuminated-for-wastberg/

While the last or lined up in an orderly fashion, they are all varied in height and shape, in no specific pattern, which allows some freedom between the structure.

4. Structure and Unity

http://www.designboom.com/design/money-jewelry-increasing-value-by-lauren-vanessa-tickle/

The piece is strictly structured throughout, and on both sides there is an obvious sense of unity in movement and shape.

5. Symmetry

http://www.designboom.com/design/nendo-80-sheets-of-mountains-at-stockholm-furniture-fair/

While there are changes throughout the sizes, if the separate curves were to be split in half, they all would be symmetrical.

6. Repetition with variety

http://www.designboom.com/design/baguette-tables-by-studio-rygalik/

The entire table is made out of the same material (baguettes) and repeated throughout, but the various lengths and subtle changes in shape change throughout the table.

7. Rhythm and gradation

http://www.designboom.com/design/genetically-modified-egg-by-dominic-wilcox/

The egg starts out circular and curved around the top, but as it gradually changes downward, its shape experiences a complete transformation from a circle to a square.

Homework Assignment 2

1.   Describe interaction and stability in 3-D form. What is the “three plane rule?” Give an example?

Interaction and stability in design refers to the way in which parts of a design work with and structurally support eachother. The three plane rule says that a structure is stable as a result of three planes meeting and intersecting with eachother. An example would be a fold-up chair.

2.   What is an environmental plane and planar structure? Give examples and describe it.
3. Define an architectonic form. List three examples given in the reading: (A). (B). (C.)

An envoirmental plane could be a wall, table, floor, ceiling, or the earth’s surface. A planar structure is something relating to or being structured in/on a plane. An architectonic form is a structure that relates either to architecture or design. Examples would be: regular geometric shapes such as rectangles, triangles and curves in circles, an emphasis on horizontal and vertical orientation relative to both gravity and the placement of elements, and emphasis on open and closed, interior and exterior spaces with a focus on their transitions between each other.

     4. How cans a reflective surface effect the transition of space?

         They cause the illusion of space that is entering a closed surface.

      5. How can planes define volume?

            A plane can define volume by virtue or by shape.

6. Describe the following organizational principles that relate to 3 dimensional forms: (Give your own visual examples)

1.            Organization- the pattern or structure that unites the parts of a piece together into a whole.

2. Synergy- the individual elements of a piece not being as impressive individually as they are in a whole piece.

3.            Order and freedom- the balance between expression and order throughout a piece.

4.            Structure and unity- the way in which the position, direction and scale of a piece contributes to its unity as a whole.

Symmetry- when a plane divides an o