lots and lots and lots of dimensions …. :)

A little while ago I completed a period of work experience with architectural firm, Durbach Block. The company is known for their Balsa wood mock up and presentation models of residential and commercial architecture which they fondly present to clients. I was given the task of completing (in a few days) a Balsa wood model of the Centre Le Corbusier to present to them at the end of the stint. The images above are of the mostly completed model which they were thoroughly pleased with.

Neil Durbach, part owner of the practice, commented that “many people simply end up presenting a pile of sticks to us at the end!”

During this period I also had the privilege of site inspecting the half - constructed Roslyn Street building which the practice also designed, accompanying Neil Durbach and two others. It was a fantastic “behind the scenes” look at a fantastic piece of architecture loosely based on the designs of Antonio Gaudi.   

This website I found a little while back is shaped in the form of a blog, and presents articles on how to make and design items “cheaply.”

I found this article (http://www.vvank.com/09/make-a-muji-wall-mounted-cd-player/) really fascinating, which shows how to create a Muji wall mounted CD player from a few spare materials (I have not attempted it yet). Maybe you could give it ago and send / link some pics to this blog??  

Designer Dror Benshetrit builds a wall using his brand new Quadror system that allows two interlocking members – pieces of wood cut in a particular way – to fall apart but stay together in a unique and very supportive way.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1

Workings: poster mash - up

Below are photos of some of many workings that went into the design of my poster mash - up. The images taped to the wall were to keep record of how the colour changed (cool or warm) after filters were applied or adjustments were made. This way, previous experimentation could be used as a semi - reference to the work currently being done on screen. 

Attempting to chose the right type of 3D glasses for Melendez’s head … unfortunately I couldn’t and so I made a pair using Photoshop which you can see on the page to the right. The parchment sample behind the glasses was used as a colour reference to successfully match all foreign elements that would be added to the self portrait. As the parchment was such an obvious part of the painting, elements needed to complement each other. 

Alternatives

Although we completed this assignment a while back, here’s some other images I was considering for the poster mash - up:

A 1960s family

Baldassare Castiglione

It was great seeing the whole group put together our (whole) colour wheel today! Many of the pieces were really successful, but one thing was definitely learnt … uniformity amongst the group. We didn’t fully consider how the gradation of each colour would be displayed, resulting in many varying gradient designs. 

The Prussian blue segment above was completed by Rainbow and myself, made completely of magazine cut - outs :)