Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingDESIGN PORTFOLIODesign Studio 1 2012

Laura Morrisons3328551Nicholas Johns

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask One: Composition: Notan - Exploring Symmetry and Pebbles Exercise

Aims:

Notan: Exploring symmetry: Expanding the Square. Create a 150 x 150 black square and develop a notan pattern, a pat-tern that unfolds ‘hinges’ from the edge of the paper and mirrors the internal patter.

Pebbles Exercise: Explore the compostion of positive and negative space through arrainging five black amprphous, pebble and shapes on a 150 x 100 sheet of white paper.

This Notan square respresents Movement. The square is not proprtionately symmetrical however each of the figures have been reflected out from themselves to create sym-metrical sharows. I feel like by creating the individual reflections the sense of movemnet within the square has been heightened and the figures dance between the positve and negative space.

This Notan Square represents Tension. While the two opposing guns give a quite literal sense of

tension the vertical lines in behind give the picture a trapped or almost claustrophobic effect and add to the atmosphere of the compostiion by

refferencing prison bars. Although the lines are not quite perfect I feel like this notan saure

captures the feeling of tension well.

Notan Exercise:

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask One: Composition: Notan - Exploring Symmetry and Pebbles Exercise

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask One: Composition: Notan - Exploring Symmetry and Pebbles Exercise

Pebbles Exercise:

This group of pebbles represents Community. I was attempting to convery a sense of unity by placing the pebbles in a rounded formation as a group, with the larger pebbles on the outside and the smaller pebbles in the centre. Imagine the larger pebbles are older, stronger like adults and the smaller pebbles are younger and weaker like children. The positioning of these pebbles gives a feel of protectiveness and I feel this conveys a strong sense of community.

These pebbles represent harmony. None of the pebbles are the same shape or sze

however the larger pebbles are in opposite corners which gives a sense of balance and if you imagine water running between the pebbles it would flow down two pathways

in a harmonnising nature between the pebbles.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Two: Element Arrangement

Aims:

Arranging Elements:Develop a series of 3D elemental forms and explore the arrangement of a product’s primary elements in order to influence its appereance.

Analyse a produc’t major functional elements and arrange them in varius ways to create a unique series of design forms.

Develope a unique series of elements for the following 3 topics:

1. Lighting Device2. Communication Device3. Cleaning Device

Communicate the differenct elements through drawings and then modles.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Two: Element Arrangement

Toothbrush Arrangement 1:

Toothbrush Arrangement 2:

This toothbrush is battery powered and stands on its own for easy use. It is controlled by the on/off switch located on the neck.

This toothbrsh is re-chargeable and has a powerchord that attached to the base of the neck. It is controlled by the on/off swith located on the neck and also has a tounge cleaner behine the head.

This walkie talkie consists of a battery pack, speaker, radio

screan located on the front, aireal on the top, and a volume

control and and on/off switch located on

the side.

This walkie talkie consists of a

battery pack, speaker, volume

control and on/off switch located on the top and an aeirel located on

the side.

Walkie Talkie Arrangement

Walkie Talkie Arrangemnt 2:

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Three: Form and Proportion

Aims:

Golden Ratio:Design, Visulise and Draw Varius fundamentals of proportion.Construct the fibonaci Spiral by using the golden ratio to construct 8 internal squares and then draw the spiral.

Organic Objects:Do organic objects match these ratios? Overlay the golden ratio mask between your facial features and then modif your face to fit the ratio.Document five objects from around Melbourne by overlaying the proportional diagram.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Three: Form and Proportion

Fibonaci SpiralOrganic Forms

I used photoshop to place the proportional dia-gram over these images I took from around Mel-

bourne. It was interesting to see what objects fitted the golden ratio better than others, this

sign and house are both very proportionate to the golden ratio.

I drew this spiral by using the golden ratio, 1,1,2,3,5,8. I started with an 8cm square and then used that square to construct the rest of the squares in proportion until there were 8 squares in total. I then used the frame to draw my spiral in free hand.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Three: Form and Proportion

My Face with the Golden MaskMy face manipulated to fit the Golden Mask

The golden mask fit my face reasonably well, however I did alter a few things. I used photo-shop to change the angle of my eyebrows, to widen my eyes and to flesh out my cheeks. I also changed my hairline and the overall shape of my face slightly. Overall my face be-came rounder and more sur-prised looking.

Aims:

Develop an organic form of your choice considering the following three topics:

1. Jelly2. Trophy3. Audio Speaker

Develop a series of designed sketches that inform the shape of a contemporary 3D foam form inspired through natural organic systems.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Four: Organic Form

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Four: Organic Form

Organic Sketches

For these sketches I took influences from nature and attempeted to incorporated them into my designs. For the speakers I took shapes from flowers and leaves and tried to make smooth shapes out of them, for the trophies I was inspired by apples and trees, the way trees grow over and apples are bitten down to size and incorporated those ideas into the cup and neck of the trophy, and for the jelly I started to form organic shapes based on rolling hills and mountains. I found that it was great to have some natural product infront of me to draw ideas from while sketching.

Trophy Sketches

Speaker Sketches

Jelly Sketches

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Four: Organic Form

Foam Modle

For my foam modle I chose to create a speaker. My speaker is an organic form inspired by aspects of nature. I was looking at drawing leaves and seeing the way two leaves could fit together. However to make the design more organice I have softened the edges and given the speaker a more rounded base with curved points and a fuller form. As I made my modle out of white foam I found it hard to sand completely smooth however I was happy with the outcome of my speaker.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Five: Form Follows Function

Aims:

The shape of an object should be primarily based upon its intended function of pur-pose.

Look at five products, analyse their form and determine the reasons, if any, for them. Sketch the products and then rede-sign them to favour the product’s function in a more contemporary context.

Form Part A: Principles of Form and Form MakingTask Five: Form Follows Function

Ice Shaver

The Ice Shaver has a nice form but does not function well as the manual handle is slow, the blades do not work and the container is unstable. With my re-design I attmepted to change the form of the Ice Shaver so that these faults would no longer be an issue.

The Lable maker has a nice form but functions

very slowly. My re-design is a more

modern version which allows the user to

electronically create their lables and easily

print and stick them on in a more efficient

manner.

Label Maker