No. 9 The Design Generation of the National Museum of Archeology

One discussion leads to another, one argument leads to another, one hour leads to another, till its 14:30 and we were asked to leave the studio.


But we now have conclusions, about some parts of the design. This physical model helped us a lot in terms of scale, to see if the elements are in proportion to each other and changes in layout so that it would be better. It was much faster for us to take decisions and change plans with this model, instead of when things were only drawn on paper.


Sorry for the poor quality of the photos!!

View of the layout, although it was an early stage and many changes were done later on.

Discussing possible changes for one the rooms.

Some changes to one of the rooms.

No. 8 FOLDING - Design Generation

Folding is a design process; design methodology using physical modeling. The creation of a relationship between material and structure, which produces from. This process started around the mid 20th century, and some important people who forms part of this section in design are: G. Deleuze; G.Lynn; Guattari; Claude parent.

Folding – design generator has 4 transitions:

Matter and Function: Matter the paper have one constraint, the continuity of the surface, but a series of transformations could be applied to it. Fold; press; crease; pleat; cut; twist; wrap; hinge; weave; compress and unfold.

 Algorithms: Are recipes, step by step instruction of how to solve a problem.

‘When folding a piece of paper the series of transformations resulting into the paper fold artifact, is a genetic algorithm form’

Spatial organizational and structural: creating a structure with space and volume, whilst introducing topology and tessellations.

3D Prototype: The end product is a structure resulting from the whole process.

An interesting article regarding folding is found in the magazine AD 1993 "The fold: Leibniz and the Baroque: The pleats of matter."

    

These designs were not done by myself :) but shown during last Monday's lecture. I hope I will be uploading some of my experiments later on.

No. 7 Neri OXMAN

Neri Oxman completed med school at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later on ventured to London to get a degree from the Architectural Association School of Architecture. She isn’t so much on architecture and design, she states that their revolution lies on the surface.

‘Forget about the way it looks, think about how it behaves’

Neri Oxman herself.

Holding her fabrication of skin-like membrane, done with a 3d printer

Her work is more on material ecology, and studies how the material reacts, in a way to suite the need of people. To produce a different kind of design is to start thinking and looking also at material in a different way.

http://vimeo.com/7806194

This video shows Oxman speaking about designing form. At some point she states 'What does a material want to be?' The only reason that a chair is of a certain design is because we have decided it should be this way, but what if we look at what the material can do and give us, what if we take it to its limits?

No. 6 Sketches of FRANK GEHRY

This is going to be the next movie / documentary that we should be watching.. I haven’t seen it myself, but taking a look at the trailer should give us a hint of how this architect’s mind work.

‘That is so stupid looking its great’ he said in the trailer.. Maybe we should start thinking this way.. Not to be practical, but there should be no limits to our design.

His architecture is a breath of fresh air, a new way to look at architecture. We need a breath of fresh air at that old museum :) 

http://www.sonyclassics.com/sketchesoffrankgehry/main.html

No. 5 To Think outside the Box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQN0qrQ0AI

This video has nothing special, but the last part, made me feel that if I think beyond, I can create anything I want, with any material...

We need to think outside the Box a lot!!

No. 4 New Approach

Being in the digital era we are now encouraged to develop more computer programs, rather than sketching the traditional way. I was actually researching some information about the new times in design and came across this article, which in some ways and after reading it made quite sense to me.

I believe that we are living in new times and we have to start changing our ways of doing things, this one is about design.

http://www.designophy.com/article/design-article-1000000106-forget-brainstorming.htm

No. 3 Presentations

Criticism is the judgement of the merits and faults of the work or actions of one individual by another (the critic). To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of prejudice or disapproval.

Another meaning of criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature, social movements, film, arts, and similar objects and events. The goal of this type of criticism is to understand the work or event more thoroughly.

Gabriel: His presentation was flowing from one slide to another, showing various works and materials he has worked with during the past year, especially. Captured the audience attention from the very beginning and that is a very good asset. Finally I think it is very good to criticize your own work, but you have to be very careful, because at that stage you were showing your work, and you have to make us believe that you believe in it.

Sirach: A very good presentation showing your work, mainly ceramics although it shows that you have experimented with other materials. At some stage I expected to see something different because the slides seemed to be all with ceramic works, which seems very much like your slides because the pieces seemed to have some things in common.

Richard: I found you quite informative, and cool while presenting, you were very confident about your work. I have to admit I never liked sketch up much, but I think you did quite a good job with that interior.

Stephanie: You said it yourself, you have more to look back to, and you clearly showed different areas you worked in. I really like your object drawings, because you manage to include every detail. Above all, your work shows your style, and I think your own work shows improvement, throughout stages in your life. Welcome to the new one, the DIGITAL ERA (which I know you hate with a passion).

Ishmael: You showed a lot of various works in wood, and other materials of course, which is very good. You also mentioned techniques used which were various. Although I don’t like much the photo editing, I believe that it’s your style and you manage to show it throughout, because nearly all photos seemed to be edited. (I believe editing is very good and I love it myself, but sometimes especially when you want to sell, it’s better to present it as simple as possible, because you have to show that it already looks good without the editing).

Cassandra: I believe you improved a lot, and your work is really good, simple and presentable. Know I think you have to start believing in yourself and your work, because I am sure it will help you make another step forward.

Christine: You had final pieces, couldn’t you say something more? I believe you needed to give more information, because there was a lot of silence, and it looked like you weren’t confident about your work, (when you should be).

Christian: Different materials and experimentation. I envy you for having such knowledge on 3ds max and how you go around with it.

Lorriane: Same as Chris you have a wide range of experimentation and knowledge on materials. Also some 3d knowledge.

Martina: I think your paintings from A-level are great and it seems you worked on different areas on art not just on the design part. The model of last year’s assignment looked very good and showed that you worked hard, and when you mentioned a different material that you used, I think was really good because no else did, and you showed that you not only researched basic materials that one find in workshops.

Cristina: I think you are hard working; really got some good ideas to project but just don’t state ‘din ghal qalbi hafna’.  It’s not enough to sell. I think during the last year you’ve been here you managed to experiment with a lot of different materials, which is very good.

Nicole: I believe your use of pencil is unique. Something which I really admired is that you managed to incorporate something you love to do i.e. Modelling with your work. The change of workshop I believe helped you a lot.

Mark: I could hear you doing your presentation!!! I think you might have some really good ideas of design like that of the chair, now be more confident. After all the hard work you do in wood, you deserve more!!

Sarah Jane: I think everyone, must have realised that your favourite work was the crime scene. The moment the slide arrived, your face brightened up. I think you need to start working more with precision and neatness. Also a good composition of slides, but sometimes they were too crowded for a simple 15 seconds.

Vanessa: I believe at this stage everyone ones that you love working with organic and linear, cause you mentioned it with every slide. I believe you have a quite unique style, and use it well; the chaos thing need to be more organised to be a good chaos idea. Or else everyone will be lost looking at your slide without understanding anything there is.

Tamara: I think you would have done great also in graphic design. At least my first impression of your presentation, and I can very easily imagine you thinking out of the box, cause your ideas I believe are simple but very effective. I think it’s time you get your hands dirty know.

Elisa: A lot of your slides showed the same photo shoot, I believe you worked hard for that one. What I found interesting in your presentation was the final one, you put the piece to test, by giving it directly to children to play with. Very helpful for evaluation.