Design Manifesto

My own personal process with design has grown and developed as this first year in the IARc program has moved on. In the beginning I started out very unsure of how to in fact start what I was doing. But as I completed project after project I came to realize that I had already had a process of my own, and it was working for me. I begin each project by reading through the project guidelines, and after this is done ideas come rushing through my head so fast its hard to even remember all of them. Because of that fact, I write as many of the ideas down as I can at the moment. After that I look back over the project sheet and see if there was anything I missed and to help me decide which direction i should go in.  Once I choose my direction I head to the sketchbook and start drawing some things out and writing information down to elaborate on my idea. I also go on to the computer and look up some things that have previously been done and some things that I feel go hand in hand with that I have in mind. Over the rest of the duration of the project I build up on what I initially created, making adjustments as necessary [which I plan out in my sketchbook], and going back to the original guidelines to insure that I am staying on track and not losing what the essence of the project is about.

Conquer World Hunger

Unity

• 8 randomly selected people from the United Nations are invited
• Ceremonious event  
• Unifying to fight world hunger
• Humbling ourselves
• Small and intimate 
• Bring the outdoors inside 
• Low lying table
• Plush floor cushions (orange [color for hunger awareness])
• Table
• Made of 4 small tables that can be connected at the corners
• Needs 2people to connect together 
• Use the 2people on each corner to connect the table (representing the unifying of the different nations)
• Food
• Chicken, fish, rice, salad(s)  
• Lemonade, teaCook together

Unit Summary

Unit One

• Finding out what it meant to design ("There is a great need to revise and broaden our view of the human situation, a need to be both comprehensive and more realistic, not only about others, but about ourselves as well." - E.T Hall)
• construction
• meaning
• symbols in design
• the symbols all had their own meaning to the that stayed strong throughout time
• circles groves and stacks came into the picture

• The circles, groves, and stacks all represent sacred places
• this is true throughout the history of design
• Ancient Egyptian pyramids were made of stacks 
• Pyramids of Giza: 2589 BCE
• Stonehenge: 2500 BCE, England
• Circle of tall stones that puts emphasis on the importance of what is inside
• Light shines through at certain times

• Combinations of groves and stacks
• temples & palaces
• Acropolis: Athens, Greece: 405 BCE
• Parthenon 
• stacks (columns <3types doric, ionic, corinthian>) 
• design got more sophisticated
• made so that it would look perfect
• matching the need and represent the meaning of the building in the way that it is designed

• Design changes as needs of the people change
• Commodity, Firmness, Delight
• commodity (function)
• firmness (structure & stability)
• delight (satisfying aesthetic features)
• Precedents help mold design
• Different societies have different ways of designing the same kind of building
• their own style unique to the country
• Many different building forms in western civilization
• plan
• road/street
• aqueduct
• bath
• basilica
• temple
• arch
• column
• market
• forum
• amphitheater
• colosseum
• dome
• Colosseum: Rome, Italy: ca 72-80 CE
• center of Roman society
• tells history of the society on the building
• ties in circles, groves, and  stacks (key ideas from the unit)
• fits 60,000 people
• still used today as a precedent for the design of present day colosseums 
• high commodity, firmness, and delight 
• the essence of unit one can all be found in this building

Reading Response 5

Blogpost 5

Balance. Unity.

The waves all move together.

Harmony lives on.

Babette's Feast

The culture that Babette was used to and the culture of the small town were quite different, and throughout the film we see this in not only the way that they act, but also the design and food they are used to.  Because the sisters grew up in a small, modest, Christian town, this reflected in their attitudes towards life as well as the look and feel of the town and even the food that they eat which was most apparent as Babette prepared her feast.  The lifestyle that she had grown accustomed to in France was much different than that of the small town.  Food was more of a ritualistic event that people actually enjoyed what they are eating and socialized more with one another. It also had a much more elegant and extravagant look to it due to the candelabras, table cloth, and numerous plates and glasses. The difference in the cultures was extremely evident because when the people of the town saw all those decorations and the varieties in the food they thought it was a sacrifice and that they were being poisoned so they attempted to not enjoy it at all. which was not the case in the end.

Reading Response 4