Time Capsule!

Heres what it's going to look like in the lobby of Gatewood

classwork

I actually don't like this at all, because i'm not happy with the layout, or my drawings. Probably because it's not really the best I can do.

Time Capsule Zine

Shading Exercise

In class we practiced some more shading. I like mine, but I can tell the proportions are wrong.

More Blocks, but with people

Its a step up from drawing just blocks because for this assignment we got to draw people as well. I like this drawing but I could've used a little more contrast.

Time Capsule prototypes

Self Portrait

I made this about a month ago and its probably my favorite project so far because I love working with wire. I had to make eight self portraits and put them on a stand that expresses me. and what better to express my self than using some of my favorite materials and colors?

Sustainable Design

1. Green engineering- new efforts to make chemical engineering sustainable. designs of products are becoming more sustainable in the article "new trends for design towards sustainability in chemical engineering: green engineering" by J Gerna-Garcia. it explains ready-to-use tools to keep chemical engineering sustainable.

2. This room by HOK sustainable design uses water efficiency, energy efficiency, recycled materials and daylighting. this is a good example of showing how a beautiful space that is well designed can still be sustainable and good for the environment.

3 The solar refrigerator is designed to be energy efficient. Its design is very simple and could have been made more modern to fit the new style that has emerged. it was designed and introduced only a dew days ago, and won an award for being sustainable.

4. Cracklechute tunnel toy is a cat toy made entirely of recycled materials. the design is quite somple with a pop of red on the edges to add interest, but its still a fun toy for a cat to play with. who knew they made cat toys with recycled materials.

5. Baltix design company's logo is "green from the ground up" in which they use all recycled and environment safe materials for their furniture designs. the designs are modern and contemporary. Not sure if they are all very comfortable, but at least they are good for the environment.

6. This is the table in the last picture. it is made entirely of eco-friendly bamboo and I think it's pretty stylish. The color is really beautiful and would probably look nice in any home, yet it is made of sustainable products.

7. The two chairs are also made of green products and they range from 2000, to 5000 dollars for the pair. I like these chairs, but I'm not sure they are really comfortable. I would probably like them it they had arm rests. Also, they are a little too expensive for my taste.

8. The earth friendly bean bag chair located in the above picture is made out of soft hemp. I like this for a casual tv room or kids bedroom, but in my experience hemp isn't the most comfortable thing in the world. plus, for the price of 500 dollars im not so sure the chair is worth it.

9. The second image is organic fabric from furnature. it is really beautiful and would look pretty good as a sofa.

10. Also from Furnature is the Anson sofa. ( the first image) it's very classic and entirely organic with organic wood and fabrics. I like the curve of the back and arms, but I would never buy it just because it's not my style.

Chairs!

Here are some chairs I drew during class. I tried a new technique by using pen along with the pencil, but I'm not sure if it worked better. I do like my drawings though.

Time Capsule Ideas

Left: Is a possibility for a chair, maybe a bench. In between the layers would be artifacts that would barely be visible. I like this idea, but im not sure if it's feasible


Right: This would be a hanging capsule from the ceiling of the lobby. the outside is simple white, but then the inside is going to be crazy. this way you have to go right underneath it to see whats inside. also the shadow of the insides will hopefully be displayed on the lobby floor.

More Gesture Drawings

So here is another try for my gesture drawings, and I think I'm improving. We had five minutes to do this one, and I used the box theory that Suzanne taught us. I'm pretty sure it's helping me out, but I need to keep practicing.

Ten Designers

1.Philippe Starck- He's a well known French designer who has done interior design and industrial design. I particularly love his modern designs of furniture. They are very simple yet they look incredibly comfortable. He has designed toothbrushes, barstools, cafes in Paris, and even an aircraft.

2.Ron Dayan- Is another well known designer, who specializes in designing for the rich and famous. He decorates for homes all over the United States, and has been featured in numerousarticles. The only thing I didn't like about him, was that he wasn't so much of an interior designer, but an interior decorator.

3.Mauro Lipparini- is a designer known for "natural minimalism" who currently teaches as Florence department of architecture. His designs of sofas and storage units are very unique yet they look like they would still be pretty functional. His style is very sleek and contemporary.

4.Catherine Beyens- designs are different becuase they are not the typical modern contemporary designs that are popular today. she used to do fashion and interior desig, but now specializes in furniture design with wood. I like her designs, however some of them seem elementary and lack a uniqueness and creativity.

5.Aldo Cibic- designs with a sculptural viewpoint. I really love his coco lamp and other industrial designs because i love free-flowing sculptural forms. He is an Italian born architect and started his own business working on the industrial design

6.Thomas O Brien- is an interior designer whose style is "warm modernism." what I like about his designs are the colors that he used. he also designs furniture that looks as though it would be very functional for all types of homes.

7.Andree Putman- is probably one of my favorite designers so far because he does some really amazing furniture designs as well as interior designs that fit my kind of style. His stuff is so unique and he uses many different kinds of medium for his work.

8.Victoria Hagan- this designer is much different than the last seven because her designs are very classical. she uses clean white colors and intricate swirls and designs on her furniture. I love this style but I think it gets overwhelming if you have a lot of these types of designs in a home or building.

9. Loretta Spence- her designs are mediocre, but I thought I would mention them because not all designers are amazing. I like one of her designs from her portfolio, however, all of her other stuff looks kinda the same to me. she uses the same colors and ideas in each project.

10. Sherill J. Baldwin- okay so here's one more I didn't like very much because it just isn't my style. Her designs have lots of beige and brown which in my opinion is very plain. It also looks as though she is more of a decorator than a designer.

BLOCKS!

More Shading practice! I think I'm getting the hang of shading, and I am actually starting to enjoy drawing more than I was before. The first one is diagonal technique and the second I used cross-hatching. I think that the cross-hatching works really well for me.

Drawing In Class

Here are a few drawings I did in class to practice my shading techniques.

More Practice

These are a few more shading exercises that I did in the book. They are really helpful to me because I am starting to be able to locate the darkest and lightest tones and shade them. I like the second one better than the first but that's only because it is a better composition, which shows that the composition and proportions must be correct as well as the shading for a piece to be successful.

Drawing Practice

These are a few exercises from the book. I'm Getting better at shading, but I am still not completely happy with my work. I can't figure out what more I need to work on to makes these better.

Shading

Lately I have had to practice shading techniques so these are a few of my examples. I like them, but I wish I had a little more direction because I don't fully know how to use the techniques.

Gesture Drawings

In drawing class we have been working on drawing people. This is a gesture drawing that I did in about one minute, and I think it turned out really cool. For some reason though, I always sit where I have to draw people's backsides.