This week we took a much closer look at the appropriateness and necessity of our design. While we had a sufficiently functional space planned, we realized that it was not the BEST possible solution to our design process. With our concept (Convergence) in mind, we reexamined our display system first. We did away with our baskets and wall shelving systems. We knew we could come up with something more successful.
We took away our walls and have decided to suspend our ceiling from a central pole. We have designed a hexagonal booth/table that sits in the center of our space. Our employee will stand here. Upon the table we have created a series of displays that literally converge into each other around the perimeter. The peppers will be placed in the individual compartments (see below). I am very excited to have made this step forward. During our last crit with Professor Leshinsky, he told us that you know you have a successful design when one part of the design doesn't work without the whole. Our display system would not be appropriate for any other space, but for our design, it supports our entire concept.
On each side of the table itself, we plan to have map images of various regions of the globe (examples below). On each map we will have pieces of red painted museum board glued to the image. The pieces will converge to a specific point on the map where the peppers displayed above originated.
I believe my group made great progress this week. The final models are due this Thursday, December 9th. I am looking forward to sharing pictures of the rest of our design soon.
very nice work as a group. i know your group struggled to find that 'right' concept...listening to other designers AND three professors...not easy. editing and figuring out what NOT to do is sometimes more difficult than the doing.
ReplyDeleteit was a pleasure having you in class! i look forward to seeing your work in future semesters.