Saturday 2 October 2010

It's nearly upon us

The new term, first of third year, begins on Monday and I'm not ready.
We were given the task this summer of choosing our first project of the year and doing the majority of our preparation research for it before we start back. Well, I haven't done quite enough yet. I picked the subject matter for the project back in June, only a week or two after the end of term, with the intention of getting a head start on it and being ready to start making as soon as I got back to uni. This was a little optimistic of me.
I have the model subject matter, which is good. It's a concept design for a temporary venue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's designed to stand in the square outside St. Giles Cathedral just off the Royal Mile. It's a contemporary and very sleek design, utilising the space wisely by splitting the area it cordons off into two level by use of a ramp. It's a university piece by freelance designer Jonathan Knox and is named 'Street Per_Form'.
I looked into a few other designs, both architectural and product design-based but chose this piece quite simply because it's an interesting design and would, I think, make a really nice model at the right scale and with the appropriate materials.

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