Joynisha's Interface Projects: Constructing Worlds PART 3

Friday, September 22, 2006

Constructing Worlds PART 3

PART 3

Tell us as much as you can about your box set by designing a minimum of 10 studies (visual, diagrammatic, verbal, gestural, sonic, etc.) that help us to see it in different ways. These "studies" can be very simple. For example, you might want to design a diagram that uses color to map relationships between surface that share the same shape, or a comparative list that presents the lengths of each of the folds. Your studies can also be more complex; you could write a narrative description of how to assemble it or develop a visual diagram that shows a step-by-step set of instructions for assembly. There is no limit to the kinds of studies you might do. Your studies can be digital or non-digital, they can be 3d, 2D, or time-based, and can use any kind of material that is appropriate.

I chose to do an 3D representation of my studies using lightwave.

In order to have the correct data to build these studies I first needed to decide what visual aspects of my box I wanted to study and also record them in a way that would be helpful in order to recreate my box. The 10 studies I chose were:

1. Artificial light vs Natural Light
2. Top of the box (with light on)
3. Fabric side of box (with light on)
4. Blue side of box (with light on)
5. White side of box (with light on)
6. Clear side of box (with light on)
7. Box upside down (with light on)
8. Box on top of another box (with light on)
9. Natural Light (with light off)
10. Darkness (with light on)

I did the studies while viewing my box in each of these situations, creating a small sketch of it and recording the information I observed next to it. After this was done for all 10 studies I then recreated it using lightwave. Here are the pictures of each respective study against there 3d interpetation.

STUDY 1 : Artificial light vs Natural Light