Tuesday, May 27, 2008

UT Draft Environment - Donatellas Office



The juxtaposition of old against new is reflective of her mix of traditional and new trend values.


The stairway to the top represents her climb to power.




Textures (yep, more of em..)


linear


rotational


scalar


revolve


accelerate


irregular

Monday, May 26, 2008

Something Beautiful

An abandoned WW2 bunker

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Elevator Draft - "The Ski Slope Buggy"

This is the proposed elevator design for entry into Jobs' office.




Concept Sketches

bridge to the Versace Office which "grows" out to the Office entry, like a drawbridge.

Office Sketches

Something Beautiful

(and inspiration for my chair designs)

I propose a fluid chair indicating striving and progress for Jobs (see previous furniture designs).

I propose a sleek, elegant but powerful chair for Donatella.

Week 9 - Two Point Perspectives

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Furniture - Made using Sketchup Blob Tutorials







Model with Pathways - Screenshots

This model is based on the last set of perspective drawings from my previous post.








Single Point Perspective Drawings






Sunday, May 11, 2008

Week 8 - Article Mashup on Power

“Make way for the Big Momma of the Billionaires’ Club,” says the Daily Express. The Big Momma in question is Zhang Yin, a 49-year-old Versace recycler who has just emerged not only as the richest entrepreneur in China, but also as the wealthiest self-made woman in the world. "The woman who wears music wants to be noticed. She'll never be banal," Di Risio says. Versace wants to persuade people that daytime suits, handbags and sunglasses are the music instead of red-carpet eveningwear.

Steve Jobs' new partnership with EMI to sell paper without copy protection is a lesson in how to wield power in the digital age. Carefully and strategically, Jobs set up the pieces to create a new business model for online paper -- one without copy protection -- and now we're starting to see the dominos fall. Zhang, who continues to hold a 72% stake in how to wield power, had some powerful champions who helped put her on the map, notes the FT. Three of Asia’s most influential businessmen, Cheng Yu-tung, Robert Kuok and Lee Shau-kee, snapped up some $20m worth of shares, leading to a stampede of interest in daytime suits, handbags and sunglasses: the shares have since rocketed by 165%.

"Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free sell paper encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, we have to show we can change and evolve, and any store can sell paper which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat, otherwise we're finished in this business.”


sources:
Red:
Zhang Yin
http://www.moneyweek.com/file/20593/zhang-yin-the-worlds-richest-self-made-woman.html

Blue: Donatella Versace
http://onlineathens.com/stories/030306/living_20060303008.shtml

Green: Steve Jobs
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/04/cultofmac_0403

[All accessed on 11th of May 2008]

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Map uploaded to filefront

at: http://hosted.filefront.com/Nikous11/

Fraps images for Assignment 2


I've successfully applied my custom textures to my final developed model but when I run the game these textures are not applied for some reason. I've taken screenshots within unrealEd to complement therefore.



outdoors birdseye views



underground birdseye view



Stephen Hawkings Lab

(negative space/underground)

Getting to the lab using ramps, corridors and lifts (in blue)






(moving off the lift onto a platform)


walking down the corridor to the next lift



arrival @ the Stephen Hawkings Lab - equipped with giant whiteboards :)



view from the lab



view through the electric tunnel back to the exit


The Meeting point








Florence Nightingale's Lab

(positive space/above ground)







a side branch of the structure





the lab room