FINAL PROJECT

As you can see from my final project, the client enjoys traditional elements of design with a touch of bohemian and natural elements.

The sofa I have chosen is traditional in design. Covered with a light sage green fabric, it adds a modern flair, however with the fabric having harlequin lines accented with fabric buttons, it brings a retro 1950's feel to the room.

The accent chair (which would be repeated on each side of the chair for traditional symmetrical balance) is traditional but sleek in design. The fabric chosen for these chairs showcases overlapping shapes enforcing the Space of the design.

The bohemian style of the accent chair fabric is repeated on the sofa pillows and based with the dark burgundy fabric in the upper right hand corner of the board.

The upper left corner of the board shows the lined gold sheer fabric to be used for curtains.

The artwork behind the sofa is original in design. The circles are painted on cedar planks and are a blue in color that matches the print on the accent chairs. The burgundy paint matches the burgundy pillows on the sofa.

This design shows balance in the placement of the furniture, along with the pillow placement and the art work.

Line is shown in the curtain fabric, and the art work.

Space is shown in the placement of the furniture as well as the overlapping shapes in the accent fabric as well as the art work.

FINAL PROJECT JOURNAL

My final assignment was to design a project that incorporated two elements of design and one principle of design. The basis of this project is my future career, interior design. My design fundamentals chosen were: Space, Line & Balance.

I designed a small living room set up example board for a client who enjoys tradition but loves natural materials and bohemian designs.

I gave myself three days to complete this project.

Day 1: Trip to JoAnn Fabrics for fabric samples, assessed fabrics to decide which would work for my project.

Day 2: Return trip to JoAnn Fabrics to purchase foamcore board, scrapbooking paper to use as example of wall paint. Adhesive.

Day 3: Design board. Attach wall color example, attach fabric swatches. Attach printed out and colored examples of furniture, design wall art to hang behind sofa.

Revisions:

Many revisions occurred during this process; several in JoAnn fabrics when choosing wall paint color. Several in JoAnn fabrics, when I liked a certain material but then found out the material was not suitable for use on sofas or chairs. Other revisions were done during the final design process when I was once again choosing between fabrics. Not counting the many revisions done in my mind, prior to even stepping into the store to obtain materials.

Assessment: 100%

I have created a design representative of the Space, Line and Balance design fundamentals. I have presented it in such a way as to show the process of interior design. I have documented my process.

all photos on page: brendabrowning. photo. 2012

Chapter 13... let there be COLOR!!!

Additive and Subtractive color systems


"HTML Color Chart Codes: Deciphering the Meaning." Bright Hub. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/103020.aspx.



"Adobe CS Tutorials - Dreamweaver, FIreworks, Photoshop, Flash and Coldfusion." Adobe CS Tutorials - Dreamweaver, FIreworks, Photoshop, Flash and Coldfusion. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=0da63.

Changing the value of a color


"Monochromatic Still Life by ~laurichg on DeviantART." Monochromatic Still Life by ~laurichg on DeviantART. Web. 02 June 2012. http://laurichg.deviantart.com/art/Monochromatic-Still-Life-1764289.

Intensity of Color

"Ken's Sketch Journal: Color Intensity Study." Ken's Sketch Journal: Color Intensity Study. Web. 02 June 2012. http://kfostersketch.blogspot.com/2009/12/color-intensity-study.html.

Warm and Cool Colors

"Color Quiz! Are You Warm or Cool Colored? The Color Cure." Apartment Therapy. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/color-quiz-are-you-warm-or-coo-152079.

Atmospheric perspective with color


"130 Maggie Fields." : Illusion of Space by Atmospheric Perspective (38). Web. 02 June 2012. http://maggiefieldsdesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/illusion-of-space-by-atmospheric.html.

Complementary colors


Billaday. "Complementary Colors Mailbox." Flickr. Yahoo!, 20 Jan. 2008. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/billselak/2206739498/.

Triadic Colors


"TileTramp." TileTramp. Web. 02 June 2012. <http://tiletramp.com/2011/05/23/design-basics-color-schemes-via-color-wheel/>.

Chapter 12... What's the Value?

Value is an artistic term for light and dark contrast.


"Sketch a Horse." About.com Drawing / Sketching. Web. 02 June 2012. http://drawsketch.about.com/od/learntodrawhorses/ss/how-to-sketch-horses_10.htm.

Value contrasts

The relationship between dark and light. It's the only way we can percieve anything. We can read this writing because its value in accordance to the white page.


http://quizlet.com/2931297/art-department-vocabulary-list-flash-cards/


"Hotel Design Blog." Hotel Design Blog. Web. 02 June 2012. http://hoteldesignmag.com/.


VALUE EMPHASIS


"Monday, February 6th, 2012ASK HASKELL: What Is Correct the Height for a Kitchen Backsplash?" Blog. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.haskellinteriors.com/blog/page/3/.


Chiaroscuro

"Chiaroscuro by ~Oak-T on DeviantART." Chiaroscuro by ~Oak-T on DeviantART. Web. 02 June 2012. http://oak-t.deviantart.com/art/Chiaroscuro-144709854.

Value and aerial perspective


"Jim Leggitt / Drawing Shortcuts." DRAWING BIG! Making a 2'x5' Aerial Perspective -. Web. 02 June 2012. http://jimleggitt.typepad.com/jim-leggitt-drawing-shortcuts/2011/04/drawing-big-making-a-2x5-aerial-perspective.html.

Shading

"Time Off (Cowboy - Pencil Drawing)." Time Off (Cowboy - Pencil Drawing). Web. 02 June 2012. http://printsforsale.ca/gallery/buy_denis_mayer_prints/time_off__cowboy.

Chapter 11...It's an ... ILLUSION

STILLNESS

"Why Quiet Stillness = Inner Peace and Tranquility." An Island Perspective. Web. 02 June 2012. http://islandperspective.com/2010/03/10/why-quiet-stillness-inner-peace-and-tranquility/.

ARRESTED MOTION


"Rafting on the Waterfalls in Umbria, Italy." Italy. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/umbria/rafting.asp.

Suggesting motion

repeated figures

"130 Cate Brown." : Illusion of Motion by Repeated Figure. Web. 02 June 2012. http://catebrown18.blogspot.com/2011/05/illusion-of-motion-by-repeated-figure.html.

FIGURE CROPPING

"Bevo Beat." Texas Longhorns: Football, Basketball, Baseball and More. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/texas_exes/.

Blurred Outlines

"45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos | Smashing Magazine." 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos | Smashing Magazine. Web. 02 June 2012. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/24/45-beautiful-motion-blur-photos/.

Multiple images

"Brown University." Movement and Motion: Rovan Installation Opens at Cogut Center. Web. 02 June 2012. http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2009/10/rovan.

It's an illusion......

The Picture plane is the two dimensional surface on which shapes are organized into a composition.


Koktelashs, The Early Years: 1911-1929 Early in the Teens Tanalian Point Saw a Steady Stream of Dena'ina Visitors Coming and Going between Old Nondalton and Even the Stony River Country (the. National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 20 Apr. 2012. Web. 18 May 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/tanalian-point.htm>.
Foreshortening is a distortion of a shape due to perspective where in an object appears shorter than we know it to be. (Comes forward/Bigger - Further away/Smaller)

"Stock Photo - The Calf Puts out the Tongue in a Comic Foreshortening." 123RF Stock Photos. Web. 18 May 2012. <http://www.123rf.com/photo_8031000_the-calf-puts-out-the-tongue-in-a-comic-foreshortening.html>.

Size relationships to achieve space are important in design. It's creating an object that looks closer (bigger) or further away (smaller).

Vertical location is the spatial device in which elevation on the page or format indicates a recession into depth. The higher the object is on the picture plane, the further back it is assumed to be.


"Bell Tower." Behind The Scenes. Web. 18 May 2012. <http://blog.chinatraveldepot.com/tag/behind-the-scenes-2/>.
Aeriral perspective is the perception of less distinct contours and value contrasts, as forms recede into the background, colors appear to be washed out in the distance or take on the color of atmosphere.

"Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer." : Aerial Perspective. Web. 18 May 2012. <http://janetwimmer.blogspot.com/2010/07/aerial-perspective.html>.
Multipoint perspective is the system of spatial illusion with different vanishing points for different sets of parallel lines.




Amplified perspective is the dynamic and dramatic illusionistic effect. Created when an object is pointed directly at the viewer.


"130 Stephanie Sexton." : Space (36-42). Web. 18 May 2012. <http://130stephaniesexton.blogspot.com/2011/04/space-36-42.html>.
Isometric projects are spatial illusions when lines receding on a diagnoal remain parrallel instead of converging toward a common vanishing point.



Ambiguity is the obscurity of motif or meaning.

Pattern & Texture

Pattern, we see it everywhere. In nature, we can see a pattern in the way petals form on a rose, the way leaves form on a tree limb. Pattern is everywhere.  It's the repetition of a visual element or module in a regular and anticipated pattern.

Texture on the other hand, is the survace quality of objects that appeals to the tactile sense, for instance..the thorn on the rose, the bark on the tree.

Pattern can create an illusion of texture, but texture itself is associated with touch.


PATTERN

Thompson, Jim. "Budding Beauties." - 2011-05-31 15:17:00. Web. 18 May 2012. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/540873-Budding_Beauties.php.

TEXTURE (tactile texture)

"SitePoint » Learn CSS | HTML5 | JavaScript | Wordpress | Tutorials-Web Development | Reference | Books and More." Elements Of Design: Texture. Web. 18 May 2012. http://www.sitepoint.com/elements-of-design-texture/.


Tacticle texture is the use of materials to create a surface that can be felt or touched can be used in many ways in interior design by utilizing blankets, arts, etc. The picture above also shows an example of this tacticle texture.

A collage is artwork created by assembling and pasting a variety of materials onto a two dimensional surface. Can be used in original art. Here is an example:



"Collage." Citizen Schools Blog. Web. 18 May 2012. http://blog.citizenschools.org/ctnation/2010/07/15/collage/.

Verisimilitude is the accuracy or faithfulness in depiction or representation. To create something true or believable, believable in its environment.

VERISIMILITUDE & Trompe L'oeil
"This and That and More of the Same." : Amazing 3D Chalk Sidewalk Art Images from Julian Beever. Web. 18 May 2012. http://thisandthatandmoreofthesame.blogspot.com/2012/05/amazing-3d-chalk-sidewalk-art-images.html.


Trompe L'oeil

A fench term meaning "to fool the eye" objects are sharp focus and delieated with meticulous care to create an artwork that almost fools the viewer into believing the images are actual objects.

Get into SHAPE!!!!!

Shape is a visually percived area created either by an enclosing line or by color or value changes defining the outer edge. Shape can also be called form.

Lauer, David A. "Chapter 8 "SHAPE"" Design Basics. 7th ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. 152-53. Print.

FIGURE AND GROUND are words also used to discuss positve and negative space - Ground (negative), Figure (positive). Interior designers work with figure and ground space constantly. We must think about the figure and the form, but also mus see the negative space left around it to determine how we will best utilize the space.


"Moderncat :: Cat Products, Cat Toys, Cat Furniture, and More…all with Modern Style." Fill In the Cat: Design Project by Oscar Nunez | moderncat. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.moderncat.net/2009/06/21/fill-in-the-cat-design-project-by-oscar-nunez/.


Biomorphic Shapes

Shapes derived from organic or natural shapes.


"Amy Lau: Urban Biomorphic." Decorati Access. Web. 13 May 2012. http://access.decorati.com/2008/08/amy-lau/.


Naturalism, Idealism and Distortion

Naturalism....an object or portrait made to naturally look like it's reference.
Idealism... an object or portrait made to enhance the natural.
Distortion...an object or portrait made to have the proportions and forms of its natural reference.


"MARUBENI Art Collection." Thomas Gainsborough "Wooded Landscape with Peasant Courting a Milkmaid" Art Gallery Marubeni Corporation. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.marubeni.com/gallery/painting_f/paint_07.html.


"David (Michelangelo)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Oct. 2012. Web. 13 May 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo).


"Warped Paintings & A Proposition." Visual News. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.visualnews.com/2011/09/19/warped-paintings-a-proposition/.


NONOBJECTIVE: Nonidentifiable objects, shapes with no object reference and no submect matter suggestion.

"Carpe Diem..." Multiply. Web. 13 May 2012. <http://ultimatekyle.multiply.com/reviews/item/10>.

Learn your lines!

LINE

A line is an extension of a point, elongated mark, connection between two points, the effect of the
edge of an object.



line, space, shape and form, 2012, www.uh.edu, 12 may 2012

"Google Images." Google Images. Web. 12 May 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1>.

In design LINE can be used for several things... borders, mood, feelings, and defining shape and form.



An IMPLIED LINE is created by positioning a series of points so that the eye tends to automatically connect them.

Lauer, David A. "Chapter 7, Line." Design Basics. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. 132-33. Print



"Interior Design: Living the Jane Austen Life." Interior Design: Living the Jane Austen Life. 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 12 May 2012. http://www.elledecor.com/interior-design-blogs/stylemonger/living_jane_austen_life.


Psychic lines is where there is no real line, not even intermittent points, yet we feel a line, a mental connection between to elements.

"UFFIZI GALLERY." UFFIZI GALLERY. Web. 12 May 2012. http://www.museumsinflorence.com/uffizi/16/16.html.


Contour lines vs. Gesture lines

Contour lines follow the edges of a form.. their outline. Gesture lines show shpaes in less important direct form.

CONTOUR LINES

"Euna Kwon: Clock Repair Store - Contour Line." Euna Kwon: Clock Repair Store - Contour Line. Web. 12 May 2012. http://kwoneuna.blogspot.com/2010/06/clock-repair-store-contour-line.html.


GESTURE LINES

"Animal Shapes: December 2009." Animal Shapes: December 2009. Web. 12 May 2012. http://animalshapes.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html.

LOST AND FOUND COUNTOURS

Lost and found contour lines give us just a few clues as to what the picture is supposed to be of; but doesn't show the complete contour of the line of the figure or object.

I got Rhythm!

Rhythm... strange word isn't it? The spelling.. the meaning.. many things about it are just odd. I mean, automatically you assume that when someone is talking about something having "rhythm" that they are talking about music. And they probably are..because that's the most discussed and most known definition. But there is rhythm in design. Did you know that? I didn't. But the connection between visual rhythms and musical rhythms can be more than a simile or metaphor.1

Rhythm in design means that there is a repeating of a certain theme or motif in a design.1

And just like in music, rhythm often evokes emotions. When a visual experience actually stimulates one of our other sense, the effect is called kinesthetic empathy.1

Lauer, David A. "Chapter 6, Engaging the Senses." Design Basics. 7th ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. 114-22. Print.

Like in this picture... this design evokes emotions. Relaxation, calmness, peace. This is an example of kinesthetic empathy. Joanna, "Handcrafted Rhythm in a Tropical Retreat." Interior Design Daily. March 30, 2011. April 29, 2012


Alternating Rhythm consists of successive patterns in which the same elements reappear in a regular order. Motifs alternate consistently with one another to produce a regular (and anticipated) sequence. The predictability of the pattern is necessary  The repetition must be fairly obvious or the whole idea of visual rhythm becomes obsure.1

The pictures on the wall of this picture show Alternating Rhythm. Each picture is the same framing and theme, but different colors change the look a bit. But the pattern is predictable enough to anticipate the rhythm of the design.

A designer's world: Interior Design, "

A Little Inspiration For The Designer In All Of Us", April 29, 2012

Progressive Rhythm is the repetition of a shape that changes in a regular manner. A feeling of a sequential pattern. Most often achieved with a progressive variation of the size of a shape, through it's color, value, or texture could be the varying element.

A designer's world: Interior Design, "

A Little Inspiration For The Designer In All Of Us", April 29, 2012

Polyrhythmic Structures are complex patterns employing more than one rhythm or beat. For Example:

doublemesh.com, "Impressive Patterns Interior Design by Colour Courageously" , April 30, 2012

Notice the different angles and circles, the different colors... yet the circle in the cube match the wallpaper, the variety of the rock art matches the wallpaper, the structure of the chair matches the wallpaper. The "poly" is the different shapes and colors, the "rhythmic" is the repeating patterns.

As an interior designer, rhythm will be very important. You want your client to be able to feel emotion when in their home or business. I believe that I will be using polyrhythmic structures the most in design. Different shapes, patterns, colors dictate polyrhythmic structures and are constant in interior design.