[re] visions—
This past week we turned in drafting portfolios in studio and this called for an abundance of revisions. We are able to re-do work for credit and attach it to the past work to show how the exercise was revised and improved. I was able to better assess my older work and do better revisions after going through new drafting classes and learning different kinds of techniques. Throughout history, design has taken this same idea of revision and revamping old ideas. Blakemore pg. 141, "Craftsman used native woods for inlay, whereby the surface wood was cut away and thin pieces were inserted for the design composition." The design world and genres have been edited, then brainstormed, then fused and finally, new ideas arise but with the similar idea of the past.
Chair revisions. The chair above, I drew and then drew again and made revisions.Audience—
A smart designer of any sort goes through a rigorous editing and planning process before presenting finalized work. One of the major components of the designing process is to always consider your audience and who you are designing for. A wonderful example was presented to my class the other day and our instructor told us of an upper classman’s work. In her work, she created a toy store and all of her views were done in a child scale perspective looking upward. I thought that was a beautiful example of tedious design work and planning. If no one stopped to consider their audience, then design would not be considered consumer friendly, personalized or useful. In in past, there was a need for private spaces and a middle class desire to resemble the rich, so there was special design consideration taken to create something to their needs. Blakemore pg. 156, "Three innovations to the internal arrangement of the palace were related to the stairs, the shapes of spaces, and the position of spaces in relation to the facade." The homes were placed together and in the same form as the palace so that from afar, they both look like palaces. There was a wonderful statement made for an educated and intellectual audience by Michaelangelo with the Laurentian Library Vestibule. It appears to be liquid stairs and feels outdoors due to the many windows. This gives the illusion of knowledge pouring out of the library and bringing the outside in.
Above is an elderly planning room.Character—
In a great designers work, there seems to always been this sense of character or presence. A well known designer has their own personal touch and that exudes a personalized design character. I am seeking to understand how to create this sense of character and intention in my work as a first year student. Historically in 1600 Blakemore pg. 152, "With the intent to reestablish discipline and spiritual life, reform measures emanated from the Council of the Trent." There was a sense of individuality of the period. I look at famous designers work and even those that have great differences and variations in their work, there is still this sense of similarity between parts, a true composition. A wonderful designer that does a brilliant job of creating variation and delight is Frank Gehry. You can look at his work and know it is his, even though no two buildings are the same. I am currently in the process of researching his IAC Building in New York City. I am aspiring to one day have my own design character and exude my own personal touch. When comparing design across the world, you can see how every country has their own personal character, specifically in exterior and interior designs.
You can see my outgoing character and whimsical personality in this project from first semester.
Transition---
We all have transitions in our lives and I feel that some transitions are harsher and more difficult than others. There are some transitions that we do not even realize have occurred until we are completely done transitioning through them and onto the next or the next few transitions. A transition in nature is like a flower that slowly takes root as a seed and grows to become a tall and beautiful flower. Where does the time go? In design history, there are various transitions, some more harsh and obvious than others. In English design history, there was a romantically harsh transition from the Gothic into the Renaissance period. I feel the most difficult transitions in my life where those that you did not brace yourself for and hit you upside of your head out of complacency. A time of complacent design was in Franc during the Baroque period because it lingered for such a lengthy time. Blakemore pg. 130, "Approaches to the planning and design of Gothic and Rennaissance buildings differed, the newer rend led by Indigo Jones. Architecture of the Gothic period was the outgrowth of ideas of many persons, and alterations were made as work progressed." Then the world changed around them and bumped them into the Renaissance period when they least expected it.
Datum—
One of the words of advice that I will never forget from IARC is the use of a datum line. Whether creating boards, laying out drawings, whatever it may be, to have a datum line is always a great impression on the viewer and wonderful reference point. There are also figurative datum lines in the history of design. If we revert back in time to France, we see that there was a historical datum where design was straight lined and war took precedent. Blakemore page 114, “When Henry II died in 1559 a thirty-year period of civil strife began….building activity curtailed during this thirty-year period of anarchy.” There are flat lines that halt design in history but the thirty year halt is one that really stands out historically.
Cite: brown chair: www.flickr.com/
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