2/24 physical build of space

Architecturally, I believe I've settled with my final design.  Attached are some pictures of a mockup of that, with some graphics inside. *the pins represent some sort of fence or railing. 

form of space

Today, I spent time looking at the interior space. I know I wanted an open and accessible roof, but I needed to see how that would interact with the space inside. 

After some initial sketches of trying to figure out how a ramp could work (with consideration of how tall a person would be), I came to a conclusion for now. The more refined design is the one rendered on Illustrator (the proportions are off). The blue area is where the path of the walker. The stairs are excluded from this drawing, but they are a simple set that come up to the opening seen on the left side of the roof. There are still obvious little changes I need to make in that overall drawing, but I feel confident with the idea. I'm thinking of maybe adding some lights so that at night the roof is lit up, or some important image/representation of Parker can be seen. Now it's time to design graphics and the interior!

space sketching

 These are super initial, but I definitely want to incorporate a big window of some sort, and then I think it would be fun to add some sort of deck (still unsure if this is even possible ha). 

Bird!

Charlie Parker, that is. This next project I'll be working on displaying a space for the public to learn more about this [local] man who created glorious music, in a way that reflects his "bebop" style. We'll also be designing some sort of physical guide throughout the space that also includes information on Parker. This space will consist of two shipping containers and it will "exist" outside of the Kansas City Jazz Museum.

Here are some icons/indexes/and symbols that somehow point to or represent (directly/indirectly) the man himself.

More pics of final

More detail shots!

final boxes

The final three boxes! I'm proposing the last blue & yellow model to "consumers"! 

1. overall front mostly

2. overall from back (note that the two boxes on the outside switched places)

3. overall of proposed design

4. alternative view

5. close up of one feature capitalizing "simple"

5. another feature

Each of these designs was designed with a word in mind to represent. The blue and yellow represents "comfort." To make it approachable and human, I included handwriting. The other font used (Neutra) is clearly more computer generated, yet holds a retro style, most clearly seen in all caps. The color choice was also intentional. Gold and light blue are both welcome and safe. The third box (on the first picture), which includes green and maroon represents "energy." This is most clearly executed through the disorder of the text (no grid/some entire bodies of text tilted) and the static on the page. I also used black to bring a bold presence. There is little consistency between the order of text, other than the font. It represents spontaneity and movement. My last design (the far left on the first picture) represents "refinement." This design is the most minimal and clean out of the three. I used a peach as my only color paired with black. Though hand-generated font doesn't typically come to my head when I think about refinement, my black watercolor font isn't overused, adding a bit of flavor to the box. This box has more alignment and consistency between bodies of text. My second font (Univers 57 Condensed) is applied in all caps. Because it's thin, it reads as more informational and minimal. There aren't extra details to the shape of the letters. 

Thank you! 
I will likely add more photographs soon of the other two designs, so you can get a clearer look at the details of those. 

final process

As mentioned in the previous post, there is still some updated needed before I finally submit these designs. Here are process pictures of those three. I dropped the lime, red, and blue design and instead am going for a "refined" style to expand the variety. I figured the green, pink and black one already qualifies for energy, and the purple one is comfort, so I wanted to bring something new to the table.

I changed the color palette to blue and a lighter yellow to add more comfort. I also expanded the title and made the lines thinner, so the attention goes to Rice Krispies.

For my energy box, I wanted to play with color, but I realized the more "tan" I went, it let go of "energy" and adapted more of a comfort feel.

Sooo I stayed with the original palette, and added color to the sides. I got rid of the black ends as well.

And finally I present my "refined" design. There's watercolor and then a condensed Univers that's in all caps. Black and the peach I used present a classy and sophisticated vibe. I had so much fun with the watercolor and I'm glad it scanned in/image traced successfully to where the audience can see clearly it's watercolor. !!!

boxes in context

Following are pictures of my boxes in context. For the purpose of today's class, I used my rough draft boxes. Because the final project is due this week, there will be more pictures to come which showcase my final designs.

I took pictures of my boxes against different backgrounds and then in the context of breakfast.

to scale

We brought to scale three of our twelve. The craft is rough, but it's so helpful seeing them this big!