Judgment Day

This evening the owners of Giovanni's Italian Restaurant came by to review the bars designed especially for their establishment.

Though there were many interesting pieces, the owners were able to narrow down the winners to three functional and aesthetic pieces. Each artist chosen was able to utilized the available space in the restaurant without forfeiting the elements of design.














And the winners are.....*drum roll*.....

Nora Baz

Courtney Matzke



















Colleen Farris


















The Summer 2008 Design 3d class would like to thank Giovanni's Italian Restaurant for the opportunity to help create the best design for their space.

Final Project, Mid-Critique

The class had a progress critique to help resolve any problems students may be having with building a model, writing an artist's statement, photographing work, or drawing a mock-blueprint.

Critique images:

hard at work or hardly working?

Students begin their bar designs:

Giovanni's Field Trip

The students had the opportunity to go to our client's establishment, Giovanni's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, and speak with the owners to better understand what they hope to see in a bar design. The class first took a trip to the Giovanni's in Lake Mary to take a look at the current bar, then traveled to the Giovanni's in Oviedo to study the space they are to designing for.


Images from the Lake Mary Location:



































Image & blueprint from the Oviedo Location, this is the space the bar is planned for:

Conceptual

Conceptual artwork is art in which emphasis is placed on the processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves, the creation is merely used to convey a message to the viewer.

For this assignment students were asked to assemble/create a conceptual piece that was in some way still related to their original object. Any medium could be used for this piece, including performance art.

Artists to look at include: Marina Abramović (rhythm 0), Joseph Beuys, Lauren Greenfield, Orlan, Gilbert and George, Shirin Neshat, Guerilla Girls, Andres Serrano, Chris Ofili, Nan Goldin, and Kiki Smith, among others.


Some images of the student artists presenting/performing:

Student Discussion

Please post any issues you may had while creating the multiple projects and how you overcame them. What in the paper-model making process did you find simple/difficult?
Post any and all questions you may have had regarding process, transportation of artwork, and presentation.

How do you feel about the method of critique used in this class, do you find it efficient. why/why not?

A good question brought up about transportation of artwork is "what to do in the event of Florida rainstorms?" The paper models would seemingly melt away without protection, consider leaving plastic bags or a large Tupperware container in the class room so you aren't left stranded at the end of class.

Non-Representational

One students non-representational abstraction of a belly-dancer earring:




turn your head to the left for a better view!

Non-Representational

Non-representational artwork contains no narrative content, the content of the work is/are the visual elements and principals of organization.

Artists to look at include: David Haxton, Anthony Caro, Alexander Calder, and Jackie Winsor, among others.

Some images from lecture and critique:

Do schools kill creativity?

Students, please discuss this lecture.
Do schools kill creativity? How? Why? What can be done?

What is your reaction to Sir Ken Robinson's lecture?

Abstract

Abstract art transforms the objects meaning and representation through use of texture, scale, shape, color, and form.

Check out the gallery on our sister site Adlab to see past semesters works.

Student work:

Abstract

The second assignment is to abstract the original object, again students are expected to create these models using only paper, glue, and gesso.

Abstract artwork is art in which the depiction of real objects has been subordinated in favor of patterns, lines, and color.

The abstract models of your original object should still be slightly recognizable. Don't forget the litmus test! The litmus test consists of a stranger(most likely from the VAB hallway) determining whether the original object is still identifiable within your abstraction of it.

Artists to look at are Meret Oppenheim (fur teacup), Picasso(Les Demoiselles d'Avignon), Deborah Butterfield,Marcel Breuer(chair design), among others.

Some images from critique:

Representational

Here are a few examples of the representational work produced this semester,
assignment one - representational art

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