Assignment 4-3

Assignment 4-2

This product is intended to merge technology with style to address issues of safety and style as they relate to cycling in Seoul. Focusing on bike accessories, this includes clothing, helmets, lights and other safety gear, locks, and so forth.

Assignment 4-1

Assignment 3-2

The final design is a quill pen and ink well combination set, made to look like a life-size Japanese rhinoceros beetle. In short, it's epic. These technical drawings here show just how such a magnificent piece of machinery might work.

The prototype is made from papier mache, and is fully functional. Ideally, it would be made from cast metal. Zinc, perhaps, for good details?

Assignment 3-1

Inspirational object:

This is a pen for those who would aspire to have cabinets of curiosity. It is made to look lovely and strange on one's desk when not in use, and presumably fit in with one's other exotic decor. It is to be a thing of mystery and beauty.

Assignment 2

Assignment 1

Patterns:

Relationships:

Details:

Adaptation:

"The thing that made me smile":

Map of our route:

Partner: Zoe Blatter

A Few Of My Favourite Things...

Alexander McQueen's Fall 2008 collection was a work of genius. The look shown here was one of my favourites from the collection. Why do I love it so?

1. Fine tailoring is an art. I appreciate and admire those who do it well.
2. I have a long-standing love for Indian jewelry.
3. Head ornaments are under-appreciated. They go so beautifully with the clothes from this collection. I vote we bring them back.
4. I'm fond of things that are luxurious and lush without being ostentatious.
5. The cut is unusual, but clearly designed with the body in mind. Clothing should always be designed with a good understanding of the form it is to fit.
6. The show was an immaculate fantasy world. If one is going to make impractical and fanciful clothing, I fully support going all out.
7. If you read up on the show, there was a story line to it. I like the idea of telling a story in outfits.
8. It reminds me of how in old movies representations of exotic lands were so elaborate and spectacular. They were by and large grossly inaccurate, but I love the exaggerated and imaginative version. I think the images we carry of things in our minds are often far better than the actual things.
9. It feels epic.
10. It stands defiantly against all of this modern and minimalist nonsense. I am in favour of ornament and frills.

Image from:

http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2008RTW/AMCQUEEN/RUNWAY/00260m.jpg