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Welcome Home Andy Warhol

2008-04-28T00:54:00.001-07:00

Procrastination

2008-04-21T08:55:00.001-07:00

Sleeping Place!

2008-03-27T13:20:00.000-07:00

Awkward Sleeping Places

2008-03-26T06:11:00.000-07:00

Sleeping on a park bench?
Sleeping on the toilet?
Sleeping in the trunk of a car?
Sleeping in a tree?
Sleeping in a pool?

CAPitalizing

2008-03-24T06:05:00.001-07:00

"How many do you need?"
"As many as you have."
The deCAPitated bottles

For my first iteration, I made a decorative candle holder. The idea is for the candle, probably a votive to sit on the bottom blue caps (seen below) and for the light to shine through the translucent caps and also the small spaces between the caps to create a warm glow. The translucent caps can be replaced by opaque caps to create a more dramatic lighting effect by only allowing the light through the top and through the small spaces between the caps.

Oh Yeah.
Eriko's first iteration was a toilet paper roll holder.

The building process
Working hard!
For our collaborative iteration Eriko and I decided to take the decorative aspect of my 1st iteration, and the useful aspect of hers and combine those and make a baby mobile to hang above an infant's crib. We used recycled hangers, the bottle caps, and wire to hang them with. The finished product would probably use recycled fishing wire, plastic, or string instead of the wire for safety reasons. The glue we used on our projects was hot glue in place of EcoBond, an eco-friendly adhesive that adheres plastics.

The Baths of Diocletian

2008-03-24T01:47:00.001-07:00

2008-02-12T12:32:00.000-08:00

This is my 2x4 project. The assignment was to create a self-sustaining system using an 18-inch piece of wooden 2x4. We had to make no less than 6 cuts, and we had to use all the wood which hadn't been turned into sawdust. We couldn't use any adhesives, screws, or nails.

Mine is very simple, but as you can probably tell from my previous projects, that's my style. I appreciate simple lines, curves, and shapes.

Figures of Speech

2008-01-30T14:02:00.000-08:00

We chose as our visual representation for our essay, Figures of Speech, a cow and an Eames Chair because the general theme of our essay was how both designers and non-designers frequently misuse metaphors when describing a visual object or situation. We chose a cow because Caplan states that a metaphor is “for cows to graze in.” He then goes on to say that this is a metaphor for how people use metaphors but don’t understand their “function.” We also chose the Charles Eames chair because it’s something that he mentions as being a good design strategy, so we placed the cow on the chair to show how metaphors are misplaced. Throughout the essay, Caplan mentions several other metaphors which include a “horse’s ass,” a “pimple on a marine’s ass,” as well as icons on a computer.” We chose to place the cow on the Eames chair because this image is as confusing as he described many metaphors to be. This visual representation sums up the article because metaphors are often misused and misplaced.

1st semester

2008-01-30T14:01:00.000-08:00

This marks the end of my 2nd semester. everything below this post is from 1st semester.

Interior Environments

2007-12-10T02:00:00.000-08:00

Hotels sell themselves based on their interior environment. Luxury hotels and resorts give guests the opportunity to live in an extremely nice place without having to put any effort forth. Most hotels use warm, inviting colors and panoramic views to create a more relaxed vibe.

Shopping malls are designed with many things in mind. The walkways have two things that they must do - keep the shopper comfortable, and keep the shopper interested. By having very open areas, this mall is designed to allow shoppers to be able to see almost all of the shops on the same floor as them, on the floor above them, and the floor below them, by simply standing and looking around them.

This luxury bathroom combines dark woods with luscious greens and golds to create a very traditional, luxurious feel. The bathroom gives off a relaxing vibe and would make most anyone feel right at home.

A successful restaurant is a restaurant that can deliver both great food, and great design. Butter, a New York hot spot, combines a variety of different surface textures, lighting techniques, colors, and geometry to create an intimate, enjoyable dining experience.

Everything about the Georgia Aquarium is geared towards education. Everywhere you turn there is another opportunity to learn something new for people of all ages. The design of the aquarium is very beautiful and flowing throughout the exhibits.

10 Buildings

2007-12-10T00:43:00.000-08:00

The Mode Gakuen Tower in Tokyo, when finished, will house the Mode Gakuen School of Design. The building has been nicknamed the Cocoon Tower, and rightfully so as it does resemble a cocoon. I like the shape of this building and how it has the inset areas. It gives the building a lot of character.

The Westin in Times Square is a great addition to the already loud, vivacious vibes running through Times Square. The colors used and the angles make this building stand out amongst the other high energy designs surrounding it.

The Georgia Aquarium is a really cool building. The lighting design which can be seen at night, is amazing. The building is dedicated to educating people about the ocean and other aquatic habitats and does so very well.

Scotts Tower in Singapore which is under construction, looks like a group of floating towers. I like the look of the building because it has a kind of weightless feel to it.

The Louis Vuitton store in Paris, France has huge replicas of their current handbags and luggage collections on the exterior of the building. I think this is a very good marketing strategy. They sure are getting a lot of publicity.

The Hearst Building in New York City is the first Gold LEED certified Green building in New York. I think the building is very cool looking. the angles of the building not only look cool, but help save energy as well.

The Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan is currently the tallest building in the world. I think it looks like a series of blocks, like the ones that children play with, set on top of each other. It also looks kind of like a robot. It looks as if it's wearing some kind of belt.

The Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai is a beautiful hotel atop a man-made island. The look of the building is very exotic, and like the Sydney Opera House, mimics the surrounding water.

The famous Sydney Opera House. I think this building is very beautiful. The sails of the building remind me of the water which surrounds it. I think the building fits its surroundings very well.

I thought this was pretty interesting. These three buildings, all built in the 1960's, are part of a Navy base in Coronado, California. The building on the right is the most obvious of the three, it's shaped like a swastika, the Nazi symbol. Then you look left and see two other buildings built to the same scale as the swastika building. They are supposed to be two airplanes (enclosed in brackets) going to attack the swastika building. Honestly, I think the world could, or even should have been spared of this humor.

2.4 - 2.12

2007-11-20T03:59:00.001-08:00

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

Model-N-Box

2007-11-20T02:28:00.001-08:00

I think this was Josie. I like this one best because I didn't have to draw a face, and I'm still horrible at drawing faces. I think I was pretty successful with showing how her hair was done.

Zach. This doesn't look anything like him. =\

Phil. This kind of actually looks like him! Well, to me it does anyway.

sketch model shading

2007-11-20T02:24:00.001-08:00

La Corbusier Shading

2007-11-20T01:25:00.000-08:00

Three Boxes

2007-11-08T01:13:00.000-08:00

Class Shading & Drawing Groups

2007-11-08T01:11:00.001-08:00

Page 49 (2.1-3)

2007-11-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

2.1
2.2
2.3

Shading

2007-10-25T10:51:00.001-07:00

Ben Adams + Brandon Robinson

2007-10-12T04:01:00.001-07:00

Ben
Ben
Brandon
Ben - Middle - Brandon
The Middle
The Middle
More of Brandon
More of Brandon
More of Ben
More of Ben

Self Portraits & Display

2007-10-10T08:51:00.001-07:00

Zine

2007-10-09T02:58:00.000-07:00

Magazine Layout

2007-10-05T03:20:00.000-07:00

White Pencil Drawing

2007-10-05T03:18:00.000-07:00

Memory

2007-10-03T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Final Product

Trapezoid.
From left to right: My Junior Prom; My Senior Prom; Kevin's Senior Prom

First Iteration.

Very Simple.

2007-10-03T07:29:00.001-07:00

The Final Product.

First Iteration. Final Iteration.

Profile Pictures

2007-09-21T01:05:00.001-07:00

EUC and Keys

2007-09-21T01:01:00.000-07:00

Egg Project

2007-09-21T00:37:00.001-07:00

The entire project.

This is where the egg sits, and a view of the two windows.

This is the view through the top of the project.

This is the detail of how the project is held together. The tabs slide into one another to hold the cylinder together.

This is the "basket" that holds the egg.

Downtown Greensboro

2007-09-11T21:09:00.001-07:00

Bicycle!

2007-09-11T20:57:00.000-07:00

Around Campus

2007-09-09T22:32:00.000-07:00

The First.

The Second.

The second one, even though it took me longer to draw, looks more rushed. There are some differences between them such as the number of windows on parts of the building. The first one is more correct than the second. I found that the proportions were worse the second time I drew it causing me to have to change things because I couldn't fit the fourth window. I was really tired when I drew the second one. OH! And I've found that I'm terrible with drawing angles! I don't know where to go with them, and they turn out really strange. Such as the wall in the foreground! Ugh.

Negative Space Drawings

2007-09-04T23:39:00.001-07:00

This is my negative space sketch of a stool.
Ignore the bent leg.

This is a negative space drawing of some cinder blocks that I saw while I was walking down College Ave. in the construction zone where the sidewalk is closed. Not really sure why someone leaned over the cinder block on the right, but I liked it, so I drew it.

This is a negative space sketch of a chair. I accidentally used "Hairy Lines"!! SORRY!! =(

Blind Contour

2007-09-04T00:43:00.000-07:00

Blind Contour Hand - 22Aug2007

Crack Skull Bob

2007-08-28T12:06:00.000-07:00

So we get this assignment in my Design Visualization class, and we're supposed to create a blog. This blog. The blog that I am currently writing in. We have under "step three" on our sheet that we are to look at the provided links to other peoples' blogs and write about the one we liked best. I only looked at one, Crack Skull Bob. I was immediately intrigued by familiar scenes of Fairgrounds Coffee shop, and Granby Street, and other random scenes from Downtown Norfolk and the Ghent business and residential district. "That's where I'm from!" I say in my head. Then I begin to wonder, "Have I ever seen this 'Crack Skull Bob' carousing the streets of Norfolk?" And then I think, "Probably not, there are a lot of people in that city." So now it is time to go upstairs, but I just wanted to put my amazement on 'paper'.

Crack Skull Bob's Blog