Structure
Project Statement The objective was to create a room using triangulation and 1 or 2 point perspective. For my room, I wanted to design a space that included items that are special to me like my guitar and plants. The theme of my room is inspired by modern Greece architecture and bohemian […]
2D to 3D Translation
Project Statement The objective for this project was to use a shape that we created in project 1 and convert it from 2D to 3D.
Shape Grammar (point, line, plane)
Project State Create a composition using three basic shapes in a 8 by 8 square and invert the composition with another 8 by 8 square beside the first one (one will have a black background the other will have a white background). Process View detailed project process at Shape Grammar (point, line, plane): Process Reflection […]
Observation and communication
Project Statement The objective for this project was to create a narrative to guide someone through a map. This map is to have 5 locations, a legend, and 2 non visual communications. For my map, I chose to go with a implied shape of an heart and named my map “The Heart of the Garden”. […]
Activating form pattern part 1 & 2
Project Statement The objective for this project was to create a mondola using natural and synthetic form. There were 2 parts to this assignment; For part 1 we designed our Mondola’s in black and white and for part 2 we converted our Mondola’s to color. My intentions were to use my natural forms […]
Mashup
Project Statement The objective of this project was to explore different ways to communicate a newly found mashup word using isometric drawing techniques. when starting this project, I knew I wanted to create a word that communicated a message about my life and the space that I’m in. we used mashup words to create a […]
Layering
Project Statement The objective of this project was to construct a composition using paper layering techniques to emphasize and exaggerate a sense of depth and space. My intentions were to emphasize a microphone in a studio space snd tell a story about an object in a comfortable space. by choosing the right grey scale and […]
Dynamic Pages
Project Statement The objective of this project was to craft a composition using card-stock or Bristol paper and feature dynamic kinetic mechanisms or stop-motion animation to emphasize the formal principle of movement. We worked with a partner to collaborate and work as a team to conceptualize, design, and illustrate the idea of movement. My partner […]
Sketch-Book
Project statement The objective of this project was to explore how narratives play a role in helping designers communicate. We were to create a sketch-book with Ideas that are communicated and supported with a variety of visual (and non-visual) strategies, methods, and styles. For my sketchbook I created a multifunctional reusable sketchbook that can be […]
Mask-up
Project statement The objective for this project was to create a narrative to establish ideas that will help refine decisions in form, material, action (performance) and meaning. our narrative will address the theme of masking as related to a pandemic. My two partners and I studied emotions that we may hide under our mask […]
Checkmate
Project statement Work collaboratively to redesign the game pieces in chess. we will use chess rules, mechanics, and goals as the game system; the focus of this design is to use the system as a potential for a new narrative device. Our chess pieces will tell a story about two sides that work against each other for […]
Gifting Design
Project statement Meet and get to know a mentor that you choose and design a gift for them based on what you have learned through direct communication. Experiment with compositional attributes in volumetric space and form: inside and outside; complimentary relationships between a “packaged” or contained idea and the form/vehicle that contains it. The gift […]