Towards the unknown

One of my aims here is to learn some new 3D-modelling program. Today I tried to get hang of 3ds Max with poor results. I need to watch some tutorials from Youtube...

An idea from a football match

Yesterday was a productive day in my work. However I felt a bit insecure about my wall materials so I was happy to go a Leeds United football game and come up with an idea. I find my inspiration from everyday life so I wasn't surprised when I found my inpiration for a wall material from the seats of the stadium which created this interesting pattern that reminded me of a roof panels that I had seen in Finland. It's fun to solve problems when you're not deliberately solving them.

http://www.vastavalo.fi/kuvio-toistuva-repeated-pattern-toistuva-kuvio-374780.html

Ideas for the Library

Lighting and wall panel idea

Inspiration from Lapland

Saami Runes from a shaman's drum

http://www.thuleia.com/rumpukuviot.html

http://www.thuleia.com/rumpukuviot.html


 Centre piece for the Library entrance

Feeling lost and found

So last week was a panic week. I really felt like I have no idea what I'm doing or how and why I'm doing it. But I came to a conclusion about what I really, truly want to do, and that is the library. I am a interior architecture student after all. I need to do a project what I believe will help me to be a professional interior designer in the future, a project that will support my portfolio and my studies back home in Kuopio. 

         Now I am going to design the room divider but in my own terms. I will design it using the knowlidge that I've got from product design but I won't make the final model of it. I will use CAD to visualize it ( I want to learn a new 3D-modelling programme. ) and I'll explore how the structure will work but the main focus is on how to use the product in my library environment and creating the library space.

        I got a huge amount of support from my tutor ( thank you ) and we decided to go back to my first idea of the room divider. So now I'm looking into the size and the form more closely to make the product work. I'm also modelling the library again. When it comes to the library design I concentrate on the different functions in the space and the materials. The aim is to create an stressfree environment for working and studying.

         I'm happy with my project now. :)

Folding...

I found that the previous model and idea for the room divider won't work because of the size. So, the new idea is foldable modular system that allows user to create own environment. Here are photos about where I am the moment with the idea.

Maybe...

In order to make my room divider to work, I think I need to consider making it smaller, or from smaller moduls. This have to be done in order to make it easily movable and safe...