Type Project 3

The past week

It didn't seem too busy until the end of the week. In my final productions of my extruded letterform, I managed to break it several times. I do enjoy constructing things but perhaps my foresight in materials was misled. I had gotten balsa wood because its soft, and thus easy to cut. I didnt factor in however that the glue I used would be stronger than the surface of the balsa wood. Any time too much pressure was applied, the top 'skin' of the wood would peel off. Fun times. A tactic I did manage to employ rather successfully was the "measure once, cut twice" philosophy. I had learned that lesson in previous projects and it saved me by not wasting my materials. I ended up having just the right amount. Anyway, its been fun for sure.

Revision of Juxtapositions

My favorite ones revised.

These uploaded kinda odd looking. The top is combined progressive, middle is curved progressive, and bottom is curved balance. The photo for the top one could use contrast so that the darks met up better I think, but otherwise I think its really cool.

These are my straight-line pairs. The top one is random, middle is progression, and the bottom one is balance. All these pictures were taken on the outskirts of the power and light district. Random is the supports of a billboard I believe, and I was hoping to establish a mirroring of the top to bottom posts with my lines. Progression is a picture of a air conditioning unit, from the side, pretty obvious comparison. Balance also is fairly obvious, the lines in the sheet metal siding complements the lines in the study.

NY Times

This article makes me want to get ahold of the New York Times every day. Its fascinting to me that these would be unplanned juxtapositions. At first I didn't see the similarities too well, they seemed like a stretch, and even if they were, I started to catch on by the 20th pairing or so. This article gives me an idea for approaching my own juxtapositions differently now. I was at first looking at a line study or picture and then trying to find a counterpart that had similarities. However and interesting way to try now will be to randomly select pictures and line studies and put them next to eachother until something fits. I feel silly for not thinking of this before. There are plenty of studies I have yet to look too closely at because I had thought they were so different, but obviously I can be missing may possible pairings.

Week 5

Another busy week. Still getting used to the amount of time homework consumes. The projects, however, are quite diverse now and perhaps that makes them more engaging, but its easier to focus on them now. I am quite excited to start construction on a 3D letter form. Constructing 3D forms is one of my more favorite things to do. It combines my penchant for physical labor and thoughtful design. You cant just jump into a construction, it takes forethought.