Assignment Week 5: Due 03.03.2011

Scale figures!

Hi guys, here's a nice image for inserting scale figures, just put it into photoshop and scale/adjust it as necessary!



-jat

Space Walk

There will be a field trip to explore the open spaces around Boston, including the New England Holocaust Memorial, North End Greenway Parks, Rowes Wharf, Children's Museum Plaza, Fan Pier Harborwalk, and the ICA Deck. Please bring a camera and sketching supplies.


Meet outside the Government Center T station
Sunday, February 27 @ 12 noon


We highly recommend everyone to come on this walk as it will play a major role in the beginnings of project 2. If you do not attend, you will need to visit these spaces on your own to complete the assignment.

Assignment Week 04_FINAL REVIEW_Due 02.24.11

Here is the details and requirements for the final review next Thursday. If anyone has questions or concerns before Thursday, please email us or post your progress so we can give you feedback. Can't wait to see everyones work!

Assignment Week 3: Due 02.18.11

This week will be the first go at a full scale prototype of our cardboard chairs. With inspirations and ideas from last weeks research, we will translate our ideas into our own chair designs.

Think about what you learned from your case studies and joint studies--What techniques did you find successful? Is there a certain attitude or concept you want to pull from a chair you studied?

Think about the material -- What is cardboard good at? Bad at? What textures does it have? Is there a grain? How can you exploit its material properties?

Think about how you want to use your chair-- Is it to be in a bedroom? A public plaza? A gallery opening? Is it for relaxing? Working?

Be CREATIVE and have FUN!

Week 2 Workshop

Just a follow up to our Week 2 Workshop....Enjoy!

Aggregations

Just following up on last weeks discussion...there was a question brought up about the definition of aggregate/aggregation..

An aggregate is a collection of items that are gathered together to form a total quantity.

1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole

2. To amount to; total

3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means  

Christian Boltanski, Monumenta 2010

Tara Donovan Untitled (Styrofoam Cups) and Untitled (Pins) 2003

Many artists and architects have been exploring ideas about aggregation, from aggregating of everyday objects to fabricated units. 

Assignment Week 2: Due 02.10.11

As a team we will explore precedents in chair design. In the first class we studied the classification of chairs. We looked into classified over 200 chairs into the following categories:

Folded, Molded, Classic, Woven, Aggregated, Piece Meal (Multiple Pieces), Simple Structure, Creative, Weird, Anticipates user to sit a specific way, User allowed to choose how to sit in, curves, Laminated, Smooth, Well used space, Upholstered, Natural, Transformative, Nesting, and Movement

This week for our homework, we will further explore our favorite chairs to learn about how they are put together, how they work with materials, and what ideas we can learn from them to inspire our own designs next week.

SPRING 2011 SCHEDULE

Thanks everyone for a great first class! Here is the schedule for the spring semester.