PROJECT FOUR: DESIGNING A STUDIO SPACE FOR A TRAVELING ARTIST DESIGNER

For this project I was assigned the loading dock which I was to transform into a studio space for a traveling designer or artist of our choice. I chose Su Blackwell as my client. She uses books and transforms them into a new, beautiful story that pops from the pages of the book. From her work I was inspired to design my space based on the concepts of discovery, escape, mystery, rising, awareness and lastly a feeling of trap then release.

View standing on loft looking at window platform.

View standing on window platform looking at loft.

View of bedroom/relaxation area.

View standing in studio, with staircase at the right that leads to the bedroom and view of kitchen straight ahead.

View of studio space and loft.

View standing in kitchen.

View of south wall.

Plan from second floor.

Plan from first floor.

Below are section elevation drawings of the proposed space.

Below are views of the 3-D model of proposed space.

PROCESS WORK FOR STUDIO SPACE DESIGN

Below are all my process drawings and designs.

(The first three images are part of my final design that I did not choose to put on my board, but all the other pictures are of previous designs of the space that changed for my final.)

First proposed model. The loft area ended up not reaching the total distance of the south wall, the bedroom space increased, and I added another level change by a large window that I installed to allow more natural light to flow in. I also exchanged the spiral staircase for a ladder and added a window stretching the span of the east wall.

CLUE FIVE: PICK A CAR ANY CAR.

This is a drawing of my beloved car, Beatrice. She is a Buick Skylark.

CLUE SIX: REDESIGN THE CAR & CLUE SEVEN: MORE STYLE

Other than myself, if you spot another Buick Skylark on the open roads, the driver is almost always an elderly person. Seeing as this was my brother's car first, (who purchased it from an elderly woman) he thought it would be fitting to name her Beatrice. Beatrice has won the hearts of many despite her few rough days when the windows won't work, or the CD player randomly ejects a CD to the backseat while driving, or the left flicker clicks 2,000 times faster than the right. But that's what makes Beatrice, Beatrice. I thought what better way to enhance beatrice than adding a wheelchair side car which people can enjoy at any stage of life.

I knew watercolors would give me trouble, but yet I seem to always turn to them. I guess I am scared to use a lot of color, and so I had to go over this a few times with watercolor to make it stand out. It was still hard for me to capture light and dark areas of the car so I went back with a color pencil in some parts to add more depth.

CLUE FOUR: CHANGING COLORS

CLUE THREE: WEAVING IT TOGETHER

These were the 3 patterns that I picked in which I created the furniture and structure of the room from.

CLUE TWO : PROCESSING PATTERNS

These twenty five patterns were derived from a pack of stride gum.

CLUE ONE: STORYTELLING IN PERSPECTIVE

The caf.... Not even sure how I feel about this place. Sometimes eating a blueberry bagel and a slice of pepperoni pizza everyday can get old, not to mention unhealthy. But I know I will miss this smelly little place as soon as I have to prepare my own set of meals next year.

Oh the people that you see at coffeeology. Just as I packed my bags to go, a man dressed in the most gaudy attire on stilts came to grab a cup of joe himself.

In both drawings I wanted to try new things. Number one: not using a straightedge. I have an incredibly unsteady hand and a straightedge has become my crutch. (Although I did cheat a bit in the first drawing, but decided to toss the straightedge aside a few minutes later.) Number two: drawing people. Clearly I still need help in this area and I wish in the bottom drawing the composition would be more clear and the writing larger as you can barely see it once it has been scanned.