Danielle's graphics

Danielle Quigley is a senior in Graphic Design. She is now "tweaking" the final image for our show graphics. It will be printed by Signarama, courtesy of Sami Q, a former ID student of mine.
This is just a teaser. The graphics will cover five of the sliding door panels opf the Kanbar Presen tation Space.

Ted made a drawing of the door and window dimensions of the sliding doors outside of the Kanbar Performance Space. The drawing is not drawn to scale but the dimensions will be accurate.

In the meantime here is the jpeg of the idea we showed. Notice also that some of the letters get lost crossing the mullions in this sketch. Hard to make the words jump the mullions and not look contrived.

The tagline is "an intersection of ideas" or it might be "at the intersection of ideas."

table based display system

The long tables act as display panels when stood on end. The inset legs lock in the extended position and allow the table to be secure in an upright and slightly leaned back position. They mimic the position of the project panels supported by the laser cut foam core stands I have designed to slide into the edge of the table.

Hy

wire entry piece

a maquette for "cat's cradle," an entry piece for the exhibit. My wire hanger idea (bottom) is translated into a full size string figure by Frank and I in my studio. We intend to use split film to wrap the open form and create surfaces onto which will be projected a loop of animated graphics. Final form (top) is now ready to be translated into a 13ft x 8ft x 4ft piece in 3/8 inch wire rod.

Kanbar glass doors

Early idea for the Kanbar Presentation Space glass doors. Intersecting lines form an "A" which overlays the "A" in Lace. The lines run off the glass in all directions.

Hy has been working on something to keep the lace in a "cats cradle" formation and thinking of a card or two interlocking foam core pieces to wrap the laces around. He was worried that when people took it apart the card element would become litter. That's when he started to think of an edible core to wrap the lace around. In the supermarket Saturday afternoon Hy saw a bag of pretzels. The lace is knotted together so its ready to be discovered and played with to make string figures, while you eat your pretzel. Obviously, gloves worn while handling the pretzels but are given out by the string end from a box or bag. Making the whole lot is very doable in a one night pizza party. This design is at least a candidate. Let us know what you think. Hy tried bigger pretzels and they make a less effective visual.



Later on in the week he created these shoe lace flower bundles. This design might be harder to make but will have fewer edible parts than the pretzel design. A jig constructed of nails would be needed in order to produce these "flower bundles" of shoe lace quickly and consistently.

Please let us know how you feel about each design.

-The Lace Futures Design Team

Some CAD rendering of the Exhibit Design

The series of images below were produced to help others involved in the exhibition understand the progress that the Lace Futures Exhibition Design Team has made so far this semester. These images will lead you on a tour through the exhibit from front to back and up to the ceiling.