Innovation=Design=Tell=Story

Stories--Child to Parent Bedtime Ritual. Lies that contain some truth. Tales of the past. Creative thinking in a book. Form ideas + Principles. Tell of the Past. Talk of the Future. The Passing On of Information. "A Mid Summer Night's Dream". Historical Knowledge or Myth. Fiction or Non-Fiction. Contain Characters, Symbols + Artifacts. Short or Lengthy. The Content can contain information for both children + adults alike. Abstract or Every day life reflections. In "Understanding Architecture", pg. 96, Roth speaks on many parts of stories as it relates directly to architecture, "...to tell a story through images of men, women, and animals relate dto the building's function." "This story-telling is most self-evident...." + "The general disposition of figures and narrative have been established in the portals of Notre-Dame at Chartres"...

These women tell a story through their facial expressions, body language, location, clothing. I have observed nature + people often this week + have noticed how people themselves + their actions can create moods, spark ideas + create stories in and of themselves. "When working on your opus this week remember, we all have our own stories to tell. Carry your sketchbook with you everywhere you go. Put your investigations, inspirations, notes, whatever, inside this opus. Make it your own."--Suzanne Cabrera. 

This is an image from Grimm's fairy tale, "The White Snake". This fairy tale was assigned to me in class and I was to read, interpret, and later use it as an inspiration when designing artifacts

 that tell the story best.  

Artifacts--can connect a story, "objects that shape our world"--Patrick Lucas stated in class, physical representations, important, personal, good + evil, big or small, symbolic, tell a story within themselves, speak volumes, are in stories, homes, studios. Can engage others, may be accommodating, firm + delightful, can develop importance over time, the flower + bike in "A Mid Summer Night's Dream", contain history. "Understanding Architecture" by Roth, pg. 95 says, "..and among the important changes was the incorporation of large, massive ornamental reflecting panels." "Ornament can serve an expressive utilitarian purpose as well."

This locket above serves as a representation of my artifact I am creating to respond to my fairy tale, "The White Snake". 

Multi-View--surrounding, many ways to observe, a newness to a sight once viewed, the quiz in Stoel Burrow's drafting course--draw this house: top view, front view + side view, seeing through different eyes/new opinions, zoom views, In "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" film--Bottom's transformation, the close-up shots and distant shots and how they differentiate from the play's original form, a walk in someone else's shoes, the interior of a delightful + detailed basilica or cathedral [Understand Architecture. Pg. 66 Image of: Notre-Dame de Chartres] [IAR 221-01+02: "a bicycle shed is a building, Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture."--Nicholas Pevsner, works on more than one level, varying sections, opportunities. I learned this quote about how design works on multiple levels in IAR 221-01+02:"design...deserves attention not only as a professional practice but as a subject of social, cultural, + philosophical investigation".--Richard Bucchanan + Victor Margolin

The car views above were apart of my week when my cubicle mate, Brittany Stiles + my good friend Derek Evans were comparing Mustang's. I began to look at their cars + compare them for myself, leading me to create sharper top, front + side views when sketching plans for my studio model for Pat. 

Cycle--repetitive. continuous. beginning + ending. circular. forever. day to night returning to day. routine. the water cycle. air. the ocean. history. thought/memory. going back to the starting point. movement. circulatory function. system. In a "Mid Summer Night's Dream"--the lovers falling in love with the same circle of people over +over again. returning back. In Studio, my process of sketching an idea leads to executing an idea which leads to presenting my idea which leads to editing and sketching once again. In an example from IAR 221-01+02, we covered how history repeats itself in design. The example was: "great-grandma had a chair in a parlor, which made it's way to your grandma's kitchen then made its way to your parent's living room which made it to the attic and then the grand children need the furniture for their apartments and houses and then the trends return/go vintage. "Understanding Architecture" pg. 83, Roth: "Modern architects have, in a sense, had to rediscover tactile texture, for it was suppressed..."

In "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" the fairy is amazed by such a simple object that serves an important purpose in our daily lives as modern day Americans. This way of thinking about simplicity + every day objects helped to fuel my studio project; stream-line design with multiple purposes with lighting. 

Translation--barrier-breaking, formulating an idea for someone to understand in their terms but with your meaning and intention, language, music, one can get lost in it, as the fairy did in placing the love flower on the wrong mates in "A Mid Summer Night's Dream", interpretation/interpreter. I was able to translate my favorite artifacts from my life + recreate them to the best of my ability in my sketchbook for IAR 112 [these items were my interpretation of what I am about], I later translated my drawings to my classmates in IAR 112 "show + tell" of our artifact renderings. Designers translate their ideas, personal stories, trials  + errors to create their original work. 

Everyone brought in their own drawings of their favorite objects into drawing class + shared their items individual importance. This process allowed me to place more detail + love into my daily drawings + even take more time to perfect simple sketches. "To treat every project as though you were giving it to a loved one"--all my professors in IARC.

To Sum it Up:

Gestault said, "the sum of the parts makes the whole." This certainly is the quote of the week. I was able to learn + explore many different types of design, history, drawing, methods + learn more about myself + my classmates this week. Reflecting back, I feel as though the individual stories that we all bring to the table, not just as classmates, but as human beings, is inspirational + forces one to step out of themselves + see the world around them. The images of the women hugging + Grimm's fairy tale "The White Snake" all speak of a different story,a different time, a different motive. Although our stories are different as humans, we can all relate in that we are different. We each have our own artifacts that place importance in our lives, we can together work as a team to see things from not just one perspective, but from multiple views, and as we all cycle through life, we can translate our stories through our actions + words. 

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