Observation Journal - Task 2

On week 2, we were taught to write a specification for our furniture in the sketches we do. Specification is detailed description of the design and materials been used for that particular furniture. For example, the measurement, materials, for which part and lastly its finishing/furnishing used. This is to make it easier for other people, such as the manufacture, to understand. 

For the weekly task, we were given 3 images and we will need to sketch it out, minimum of 2 sketches and 2 specification per image given. Here are my sketches;

Reflection:

I had difficulties on writing the specification at first try. It was new to me and I become so confused. However, as I practice and study more about it, I've started to get a hang of it in the end. However, there is still much for me to learn and I will try my best to polish up my specification writing skills in the nearest future. 

Observation Journal - Drafting Table

On the first week of sem 3, we were told that for semester 3 Detailing and Working Drawing class will need a journal to do our daily task that will be given to us every week, For this week, we were given a task to draw a drafting table. However, since the lecturers have not teach us how to draw it properly yet, this first task is a test to see how we, students, are able understand the basic for this class fully or not. Since the task is drafting table, we have a tons of it in our classroom studio, here are some photo I took;

My sketches for this task:

This is my front cover I drew for the journal:

Reflection:

In this class, we are not required to use any ruler for our drawing. We are only allow to use artline pens such as 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 tips. It was very hard to keep a steady line while drawing and I keep on having crooked lines a lot of times. I'm hoping in the nearest future, I will be able to improve my drawing in this class in terms of lineweight and the quality of my straight line.

SEMESTER 3 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Memoribilia

This is the final project of this course. In the previous project assignment, where we design based on type of music chosen by us, were also used for this final project. However, we were told that we will get different type of style. After the lucky draw, I gotten RETRO for my style. Thus, for this final, I will be designing based on hard rock and retro.

We were require to design a retail shop related to our music, After gone to several tutorials with our lecturer about the design until it finally approved, we need to presented 6 A2 presentaion board, a model of our retail shop and a sample board.

My shop name is BLACK FLAME and other than music cds, it also sell leather jackets. 

This is how my set up during the presentation day.

Model

Sample Board

(ps. the bottom right is part of my other subject assignment which related to this final project)

Reflection:

When doing this project, I was so excited to do a fashion retail shop. At first, I thought it was hard to combine it with retro style. However, after discussing with my lecturer, I came to fully understand what I should aim for, Througout this project, it was fun and interesting, It was a good experience for us. I want to say thank you too all the lecturers that helped us throughout this whole semester and also to my coursemates. Let's do our best in our next semester. 

The Playlist

For this assignment, we were required to do a listening booth, based on the study of compact space. By understanding the mechanism, such as 

-Stress
-Contractible & expandable
-Folding
  -Hinging (flexible joints)
- Assembling
  -Rolling
 -Nesting
  -Expanded & retracted
-Sliding
 -Inflation

our task is to design a space of 1500(L) x 1500 (W) x 2400(H)

We were given 4 weeks to do this assignments. 

My final presentation board:

My final model:

Top View

Here's a video to show how the mechanism works:

Reflection:

When I first receive this assignment, I wasn't sure what I was suppose to do and it was very confusing. After the mock up session, I finally understood what I was suppose to do for this projects. It was a bit challenging assignment, because we need to apply the mechanism into the model as well. But still I'd tried my hardest to finish building the model. I was actually enjoyed doing the furnitures rather than the walls and such. I hope I will be able to polish up my skill more doing model making in the future.

Rhythm Wall

"HEAL MY PAIN"

Our next assignment is making a rhythm wall based on the our music genre, which mine is 

Hard Rock

Basically we will need to design a rhythm wall that give off an impression about the type of music we are working with. For this particular assignment, we can use any type of material we want, as long it is white, because our final model suppose to be a colourless. We will also need to used the basic design elements into our rhythm wall, which are; 

-point

-line

-shape 

-value

-size

-space

-texture

-colour 

Final presentation set-up

Front

Back

For my wall, since my genre is Hard Rock, I want to do something that is related to bones. This is because bone represents permanence beyond death and it is also the last thing left of us. At the same time, bone also represent our truest, barest self in each and everyone of us. 

Secondly, I was inspired by butterfly and it's symbolic meaning. Butterfly itself have a lot of meaning. According to Greek myth, Psyche(which literally translates to mean "soul") is represented in the form of a butterfly. By using the Greek myth, I decided to portrait my butterfly as the soul of a person.

In the end, I decided to combine the idea of the bones and butterfly together. The structure of the design is based on our rib cage, however, the shape is like the butterfly's hind wings.  

As for the barb wire in the background, it represent a barrier wall, to protect ourselves, so that we won't easily get hurt and stay strong. That's how I feel what hard rock all about. It may be hardcore to some people, but I personally think it just an act of defense and to release from tension.

The elements I use for my wall is point, line and shape.

Reflection:

I think this assignment is interesting and I had fun making it. I had always been inspire by butterfly, even in my previous assignment, during foundation, and I was glad to be able to use it even when the genre is hard rock. It was a bit challenging when the model wall need to be all white, because colour helps in designing to portrait the feeling of the art. However, when it is colourless, I feel like the model art are more direct than usual.  

Inforgraphic Board

Our very first assignment when we started our semester 2 is a infographic board. For this assignment, it is based of music genre. We did a lucky draw in class to divided everyone into groups. The reason why we did a lucky draw for the genre music is mainly because we aren't able to choose what kind of jobs we were given to when we will start working in the future. I've gotten myself HARD ROCK music genre. We were told that this genre will be use to all of our assignment for this semester.

Since this assignment is a group work, my group member are Chia Kha Wen(Cherry), Chiang Shu Ling(Mishu), Dickson and Claudia(she was transfer to another uni on presentation day but she did help us for this assignment). We were given a week to complete this assignment.

This is our board in the final presentation.

When doing the board, we divided ourselves into different task. I did the drawing of the person in that board. Other than that, we helped each other on the rest of the board. As for the information, I did the fashion and mood.

Since our music genre is hard rock, we come with an idea of a person screaming till his flesh torn to represent what kind of song hard rock is about. Since this type of genre have loud screechy vocals. The guitar represent those intense intrusmentals that is often emphasize in this genre, We keep the colour minimal in the shade of black, white and red. 

Reflection:

This first assignment took me by suprise. I didn't expect that we will use music as our inspiration for all of our projects throughout the whole semester. I was glad they did a lucky draw for the genre of the music because that's how reality works. We can't choose what kind of projects we want in the working industry. Since, I got Hard Rock as my genre, they said it will be tough for some people because it isn't the type of music a lot of people listen. Usually people will able to listen to punk music but rock is totally in a different stage. However, I always listen to hard rock music since little, so I will able to manage it somehow. Since my other member does not listen to this genre, it was hard for us to come up with an idea but we still able to pull it off in the end. On the presentation day, the lecturers told us that will need to put more visual and less words in our board.