I am happy with the way my interpretation of my clients ritual turned out. I think going for a more conceptual approach and looking at the unknown side of the ritual worked out in my favour, allowing me to get more creative and come up space that allows for the process of the ritual to happen while placing a lot of emphasise on the darker unknown aspect. I think it works aesthetically keeping or basing the outer structure of the original house because it almost looks as if the space is in an old skeleton which gives it the lighting effect as well as an airy, freaky aspect. I think these things help create a feeling of being inside or underneath the frame of an old bed which works out well for my design response.
The critique I received after my final presentation was mostly positive I thought. One thing that didn't go so well was the ordering of the slides, and in particular the positioning of my lighting test where I had it near the start which confused the audience because they hadn't actually seen the relevance of it and Mitch said it almost looked like it had just been put in there because I had to have one but then saw that it made sense once I had reached the end of my presentation. Apart from that though I feel like I got across what I wanted to show and I think most of the images helped show my idea in a clear manner which was good because I suck at trying to put into words what I actually want to say.
I went through about four or five different designs before reaching something that represents and defines my clients ritual clearly and creatively. I often have to keep restarting designs when working on a project as I loose focus on what the design response should be or become unhappy/unsatisfied with what I'm working on. It's a bit of a waste of time, but I'm sure as I progress into the degree the process will become more refined and time efficient.
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Liam Carroll2nd Year Spatial Design Student at Massey University in Wellington. Archives
April 2015
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