A scan of my WIP for using an others style.

Inspiration

A bunch of inspirational pictures, mostly design objects but also a couple pieces of art.

DSDN111 card form drawings and sketches

 Wire form and foam form sketching.

Card form drawing.

DSDN111: Card shape Final

The final Iteration of the card shapes: The tabs have been worked so as to not be visible and keep the shape as simple as possible. This shape is based around the principle of figure-ground relationship.

DSDN111: Card Iterations

These are of the original Idea.

First iteration with pointed "feet" (I found they took too much away from the original Idea, hence Iteration 2).

Second iteration, this time with square feet that "feel better" and visible tabs on the sides.

DSDN101: ANAYLSE/DRAW

DSDN171 Of the relevance of a library in a design school.

Universities around the world have libraries, they offer a well organized sources of information through texts and books. But why would a school of design, an art based on visual appearance, innovation and the creation physical objects, need such a vast quantity of texts?

First, it is common sense that for an idea to be original and thus innovative, it must not have been thought of before and already put to use, hence the necessity of having a database in which one could search and see if an idea is truly unique.

Secondly, it is very clear that throughout the history of art and design, the styles of the past have had an influence on the present; as an example, it appears quite clearly that neoclassicism is based on the art and architecture of antiquity, and to do so, artists and designers would count on prints and texts relating of the discovery of these ancient pieces of art and architecture. So it appears that keeping a trace of what has been done to serve as inspiration for the present is a necessity.

Finally, not only does the past have an influence on current and future design, but so do the peers of contemporary designers, thus it is essential that a catalog of their works be created so as to have a means of reference and inspiration.

All this mass of information would be extremely tedious to search through, thus the necessity of a organized database arises. In conclusion, a library is needed, so one can search through and isolate relevant pieces of information without getting lost in a sea of irrelevant data.

DSDN171 Scholarly references for William Morris

Here are the four Scholarly sources asked for, and concerning William Morris:

Simon Poe. (Summer 2010). 'William Morris: A Sense of Place'. British Art Journal vol.11, p108.

Morris, William & Poulson, Christine. (1996). William Morris on art and design. Sheffield [England]: Sheffield Academic.

Harvey, Charles & Press, Jon. (1991). William Morris : design and enterprise in Victorian England. New York, Manchester [England], New York, NY, USA: St. Martin's Press, Manchester University Press.

Parry, Linda. (1996). William Morris. New York, NY, USA: H.N. Abrams

 William Morris. Windrush, 1883

 William Morris. Evenlode, 1883

DSDN101 pen drawing.

This is the scan of the drawing started in tutorial.

DSDN101

 This first picture IMHO has a sense of contrast and balance.

 These are lamps lined up using the right angle to get a sense of hierarchy and rhythm.

 This one didn't scan too well, but it's a series of lines obtained by lining up the windows and support beam of the room to give a nice sens of rhythm.

Finlay this is a large pipe supported by a thin wire giving the picture a sens of scale between what is essentially two cylinders.

Sorry for the small pictures but here are the first four pictures drawn through the card window