Changes

I exchanged one of the previous garments with a new one. I felt that "Georgina" wasn't going to match the collection regardless of how it was altered. It was really a conflict of material. The Suede texture didn't have the same tactile quality as the other garments, nor did the pattern of the dress (holiday themed floral) seem to work with the other florals I'm working with. Other than that, the name "Georgina" will remain the same for the replacement and this is the dress I'm currently working on. Here it is prior to alteration.

Goals: The full collection finished by the time we return from Spring Break because I want a good amount of time to work on my presentation.

I am taking a step back from the training log for a while. Need to rethink the idea of it all. Space is proving to be a real issue and I am not sure if I can make it functional for the user.

For now, I am working on the program itself, designing the information that I think is going to be the most important for the viewer to know about the race.

Update:

As of now I have just been doing size drawings and adding onto my thesis since my hand has been useless. I have made a couple of models in which I do not have pictures of just to make sure my table works. I have the angle of the sliders, and how exactly they work. and the length they need to be.

I will be using two different woods: wenge (pronounced wen-gay aka you were right Shaun) and Aspen. Wenge is a tropical wood, very dense and dark in color. Aspen is an almost white wood, with very little grain. I chose these two because, not only the contrasting colors, because my idea behind my project is not only merging two different types of furniture, it is also merging concepts of furniture, such as affordable modern/minimalist furniture that's usually not well built (Ikea furniture) with versatile small space furniture that serves many functions. (More in the thesis on this)

I have also made a small wood model of the table top out of Walnut and aspen, just to see how I would the contrasting woods. The reason I used walnut was because of the sheer expense of Wenge, plus the hour drive to get it. I will be using wenge in my final.

Linda Loudermilk Sustainable Fashion Designer

A few days ago Shaun & Prof. Rodemer both sent me an e-mail about a lecture at Taubman College of Architecture about Linda Loudermilk, coined by W Magazine as one of the top 20 innovators to watch. She's considered to be a visionary couture and eco-designer and her claim to fame is her becoming the first designer to create luxury, eco-lifestyle fashion. All her clothes are made from sustainable fabrics that she herself researched and developed. She targets luxury consumers and her mission is to inspire change within ourselves as consumers.

Her textiles are woven from natural sources like bamboo, Seaweed, Corn, etc. She collaborates with scientists and companies that create fibers without pesticides or other toxic processes and leverages manufacturers that do not poison the water supply.

I'm excited to attend her lecture today and will report back on the experience. For anyone that reads this and would like to come, the lecture's at 6:30 at A+A auditorium.

Animatic, Wish me luck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p50dN8xbgk

BBC: The Genius of Design

The Genius of Design
Episode 1: Ghosts in the Machine

The first episode of this new series tells the fascinating story of the birth of industrial design. Alongside the celebrated names, from Wedgwood to William Morris, it also explores the work of the anonymous designers responsible for prosaic but classic designs for cast-iron cooking pots to sheep shears – harbingers of a breed of industrially produced objects culminating in the Model T Ford. Includes interviews with legendary designer Dieter Rams and J Mays, Ford Motors’ global head of design.

ERA

I have focused my new images on find that medium between new and old. I want to combine the new and the old to create images that a bring out the era in which the cars are from.

Any feedback would be great!