The Clip - Group Brainstorm

Here's our group brainstorm for Industrial Design, where we focused on the extremist components of Mass Production versus Niche Design, and related them all to the fundamental principals of Renewable Design

Curatorial

“Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

In this piece by Liam Gilbertson, the designer takes the rigidity and strength of the straight form and the sinuous and sensual curvilinear form and effectively juxtaposes them in a visually literal fashion.

The straight form, displayed here in a Constructivist nature can be identified by the interplay of straight and diagonal elements (Zurakhinsky, May 2012) interestingly holds its roots in mathematical modeling for geometries found in nature, and the stainless steel material used suggests the notion of sterility in relation to its interaction with its fluid counterpart.

The curvilinear form, with its soft, undulating folds is a distinct descendant of the Rococo movement, with its "emblematic S-curve" and "whiplash curl" (Coffin, 2008) it achieves a natural fluidity not unlike the nautical ornaments by Meissonier. The origins of this piece stem from a driftwood sculpture in London and uses a layered, subtractive method to achieve an organically infused structure displaying a depth within fluidity, opening the eye the another perspective of fluid form. When put under a light source, this particular method and the vellum paper used in its construction give rise to a layered light and shadow composition furthering the image and understanding of fluidity within the form.

Ultimately the aesthetic achieved in this piece is a mirror imaging of the elements of linear and curvilinear form synthesized from individual origins and composed in an juxtaposing interaction whereby reducing both forms to their basic elements in structure.

Coffin, S. D. (2008). Rococo : the continuing curve, 1730-2008 (1st ed ed.). New York, NY: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

Zurakhinsky, M. (May 2012). Constructivism, from http://www.theartstory.org/movement-constructivism.htm#

Oberfell, W. (May 2012). Wertell Oberfell, from http://www.platform-net.com/

 

Turner, B. (July 2009). Driftwood pavillion by AA Unit 2 opens, from http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/03/driftwood-pavilion-by-aa-unit-2-opens/

http://quotesondesign.com/ (May 2012).

DSDN101 Group Work - Poster

This is our poster for "Spot Cleaning Company"

In our group were Jack Hawke, Jessy Bell, Zak Gatara, and Liam Gilbertson (me). All images are copyright free or based on fictional characters.

DSDN111 - Photographs

Here are some of the photo's I have taken of my finished model. These are unadulterated, untouched by Photoshop, and have not been cropped. I've narrowed it down to 6, and I'm tempted to take more photos, but these so far have been the most effective angles so if there was to be another shoot, it would most likely be the same shots but with different lighting or depth of field. Now just to narrow it down to 2!

DSDN111 - Progress, finally.

Finally getting a move on with my Fluid Form models. I've been racking my brains for ideas, but until now they haven't been ah...... flowing. Well in the groove now, I think this is number 15 in the making.

One Word Film

Here is the final cut of my One Word Film for the word 'intoxicate'

I have changed the music from "Jump Around" by House of Pain to "23 Flavours" by Gramatik from his new EP "#digitalfreedom" due to copyright issues. The track can be found here on SoundCloud. I also quite like his spiel on copyright issues on the same page. All other sounds on this video have been recorded by me.

One Word Film - Process

This is a screenshot of the process I am using to add sound to my completed animation

I have opted to use a multitrack session to record individual voices for all the characters and insert music, and down-mix all the sound to one track which I will cue at the very start of the animation. I removed all the sound that I added before as I was unhappy with the quality I was getting from the mic I used, and whilst adding sound to a finished animation is a bit risky because you can't easily modify your flash to accommodate for changes in sound, the "Sound Referencing Video" function in Audition has been immensely helpful in getting the cues to trigger at exactly the right point. As it is a multitrack session and not a single waveform it also offers the flexibility and ease of modifying a single track at a time without affecting the others. I really don't know what I would have done without this program, and I think I have Adobe to thank for that. I have also chosen to use "Jump Around" by House of Pain as the music in the background of the clip.