Week 8 : Progress

Still in the progress, 

Here's the 3D progress

Wire frame

Without textures

With Texture

Week 8 : Exhibition Profile

Here's my exhibition profile. my booth contains of 6 areas. There're information counter, product display, Testing area, stage, interactive area and cafe.

Week 7 : Layout plan

And this is my layout plan. We're requested to pass up these Layout plan, facade view, and side view. this is my rough idea. and it will be more details in 3D modelling.

Week 6 : Concept Board and ideation

Here's my concept board. I would like to create a booth with this feeling and i will use the square and mosaic tiles will be my concept. In addition, i will use those graphic below as my texture or poster in my booth. so that, it will look more intimate to the brand. 

Week 7 : 1st Sketches

Here's my sketches, initially i was decided to use the idea for my exhibition booth. From the top, we can see the shape of  h20 molecule, it would be my concept. My booth are contain some rounded and curvy shape to show that the water wave. and Blue and white is my color concept.I'm using these 2 colors because blue show the sea and the white show pure and clean.

After few sketches, I was changed my mind and do something different than molecule. Since the mosaic tiles will be using in my design, so I decide to us square as my main shape, like the sketches below.

Week 6 : Assignment 2

This week, we will going to proceed to phase 2, which is we have to design a exhibition booth for a company to promote their products. first, we have to draw our floor plan and facade view follow with the grid that lecturer given. 6m X 9m X 6m. I decided to choose a Cosmetics company. I was choosen the "~H20+" company.

Week 5 : Murphy's Law

These are some Murphy's Law examples:

-A slice of buttered bread, when dropped from a height, will always land butter-side down.
-Gerrold's Laws of Infernal Dynamics #1: If an object is in motion, it will always be going in the wrong direction
-Gerrold's Laws of Infernal Dynamics #2: If an object is stationary, it will always be in the wrong place.
-Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
-Everything takes longer than you think. Or, everything takes twice as long as it should; excepting that which appears easy, taking three times as long.
-Nothing is as easy as it looks.
-The first 90% of the job takes the first 90% of the time. The second 10% of the job takes the second 90% of the time.r
-Just when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in.



http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01537/examples.html

Basically, from this site, we can know that everything or anything will goes wrong no matter what happen. For my understanding, from this law, we know that nothing is impossible and nothing is possible. Everything is 50:50. For example, "Winning the lottery happens to everyone else", or we are overlooked somehow,when we think that everytings seems to be easy.For design, a single simple photo has tells it all, is more than a thousand words somehow.

Variations on Murphy's Law

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
2. Everything takes longer than you think.
3. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
4. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
5. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
6. Quantization Revision of Murphy's Laws: Everything goes wrong all at once.
7. Murphy's Constant: Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.

http://murphyslawdesign.com/quotes.html

week 4: the submission day

I thought that it is a very complicated and hard job for me at first. Yet, i felt good and accomplished with my works after i done it successfully though it is not really nice. =) It was so much fun. I was enjoyed the day my friends and I were rushed in the studio from 10 in the morning and end at 5 in the evening.Finally, I was done the 3D mock up, and submitted to the lecturer. and 1 more news was assignment 2 is coming...><

da ta.....done..=)

these are my friends and my works. 

from the left, chin ying yang, li ehui, and michelle leong (me)

the submission day

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week 4 : the design on the directory board.

All these are the process how I develop ideas from the logo. The wavy and curvy shape were used in the Gurney Plaza's logo. So i used the wavy elements to apply on my directory. 

step 1

step 2

step 3

step 4

drew the actual size in illustrator and print it out in A3. 

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Week 3: Reference

During the class, lecturer has been showed us how to mock up the storage0 box for carry our primary direction sign model. It is also quite interesting for me.

I had been McDonald Restaurant on Sunday morning. I saw the McDonald's Restaurant signage outside the restaurant. For me, i think the design of signage board was simple and nice, and it also do not have a complex design, just the logo on the top and restaurant name and the drive-thru.

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I did some research on the Mcdonald's restaurant sign board. Their design consists of 3D mock up and in simple shape. It is nice and tidy. It also won't confusing people the direction. So, maybe this design can be my reference too. =)

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Week 3: Sketches and Idea

Our lecturer has demonstrated how to model a 3D mock up during the class. He has also showed us how to use the PVA glue to stick the edge of the box. Well, it is interesting to me. After the demonstration, we were proceeded to the consultation session. I was consulted our lecturer with few sketches. I decided to choose the Gurney Plaza as the place to design the primary directory sign. Lecturer was gave me some useful suggest toward my design. No matter a signage for a park, a building or a company should not in a complex design, yet tidy and neat. So it won't make people confused. About my design, Gurney Plaza was located at Penang, and this building was near the sea side. So, my design will be a little bit curvy like the waves.A simple design with curvy waves shapes on top of my directory sign. 

Here some sketches:

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week 2: Environmental design can applies to outdoor as well.

Environmental design is not only can applies on interior but also can be applies to exterior design as well. This is a thorough understanding of fiction, your identity will bring alive the quality of communication you provide to customers.Responsible for the landscape designer will only use plants native to the region in order to avoid invasive species.In addition, the use of rock and pebble bed cactus also to eliminate the need for irrigation.Thorns of the window to prevent unlawful entry, large shade trees outside the large windows to reduce energy demand.Outdoor lighting can easily include a small solar panel will collect enough energy during the day, electricity, long-term use no electricity all night.

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week 2: navigational signs [roadside]

Modern environmental design concepts still used a lot of mass since ancient times, new technologies and concepts continue to develop. Except the navigational signs must be place in the building or company. There are also necessary to place beside the road. Photo above is another type of navigational board. This is also so called road board. It is different between the previous navigational board. These type of navigational boards were designed to be clear and direct in navigation. It is a must to have navigational board beside the road. So that, people will not going the wrong way.

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week 1 : navigational design

In my humble opinion, i noticed that there are many types of navigational design after my few days of observation. Navigational board can be also called as directional board. Okay, why we need it? So for example if we are at a stranger place, or maybe lost, navigational board or directional board will lead and navigate you to the right place. Beside this, if you are in the shopping mall but not really sure about where the shop placed, navigational board and directional board can help us too. Navigational board can be every where, for example, in shopping mall, road side, playground, garden, and so on. It is useful when we are lost. A good navigational board is in simple and clear navigational design.

In shopping mall, 

Photos above were taken in Gurney plaza shopping mall, Penang.shops from GF to 2F were categorized as departmental store.These four navigational board have in common in same design.--Only words. For me, these navigational boards were a little bit complicated and not really detail enough in overall design. 

Photos above were also taken in the same shopping mall but different place. For the design, for the first board, it have too less information in a huge space. But, those symbols and the directional arrows were giving the simple and clear message to people. 

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week 1 : another example of navigational design

Other examples :

This photo was taken at another place which is at Straits Quay. I personally like this navigational design. For me, it was giving the clear message and directional with directional arrow, symbols and description design. The font size of the board was perfect and nice enough.

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testing

testing..1, 2, 3...=)