24 Hours of Design Studio

I worked 24 hours straight on my design project with my group partner. Here's a little recap of how it went.

We met at the uni labs at 1pm and decided that we would have to make physical models of our ideas because they were too abstract for us to figure out on a computer. So we drove to Eckersley to get some foam core and then we headed over to Lincraft to pick up some stretch fabrics that could emulate the work of Ernesto Neto's flexible structures.

My group partner lives rather close to uni so we decided to just work at hers. She began the graphic presentation and I started experimenting with model making. My dinner was my crust-free chicken sandwich with jatz crackers + flat white.


Our physical models were starting to take shape so we played with tulle and the shadows it created.

Architecture is a battle field. This is my first wound in months though. I accidentally pinned my finger and it bled everywhere. Behind you can see us experimenting with stocking material (we ripped apart my group partner's old stockings - fun!)

This photo was taken around 4am.

We managed to get through the 3-5am drowsiness by sharing stories about old boyfriends (in my case old crushes). However by 7am my group partner said she was feeling dizzy so I let her sleep. I stayed up working on the presentation but soon dozed off sitting upright with my laptop in my lap. My 8:15am alarm woke the both of us up. So after that nap we continued working up until 11am. I had really bad pains in my stomach, probably from the 3 red bulls, 2 coffees and lack of food, so I dozed off for a little. We finished everything by 11:30am and then headed to Office Works to print. Our best idea yet was to create a "micro" presentation and have everything printed to A5. It turned out nicely and it was also a lot cheaper to do.


We were very proud of the outcome! Got back to my group partner's place and started getting ready.

The weather was awful as always on design studio presentation days. It was raining heavily and we didn't have any cover for our models so we had to take our jackets off to shield them from the rain and wind.

 Our presentation laid out - all the boards were taken but it was probably a better idea to have them on a table to be picked up whenever. We were very happy with our results up until we started seeing what everyone else was pinning up! 

We were lucky/unlucky to have been picked first to present. I wasn't prepared so I was incredibly nervous and you could hear it in my tone of voice. My group partner really helped articulate things though. The lucky thing about being first is that the tutors haven't seen the standard of work yet so they don't have anyone to compare you to, hence they are usually nicer with the criticism.

The amazing work that others have pinned up + our work.

I KO'd that evening.

Alyssa.

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One Response to 24 Hours of Design Studio

Jenny said...

Whoa. I'm surprised you remembered all that. I would have wiped out what had happened if I went through that.

Congratulations in submitting the assessment on time!

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