Design 1 Process Book

Design 1 Dylan Jones

The goal of this installation is to shine light on the selling of park spaces to private investors behind the public’s back. This idea is portrayed through the staggered lettering that creates a shadow of the word sold to show the secracry of green space being sold

Study model

For the first project, we were assigned to 3 person group to design a site of spatial intervention. Our first steps were choosing a site near search hall in which we chose a open and frequently walked by area next to the library

Project 1 Site Specific Intervention Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

For our second project the task was to create 4 different models of a shoe of our choice. This challenged the class to learn how to efficiently use our time wisely and taught us more about materials and adhesives

Egg Crate

Horizontal

Vertical

Foam Core

Project 2 Topological Transformations Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

The choice of a run down checkered van was motivated by no longer using them and wanting to do a tribute to my most worn shoe Original

Pattern Exploration

Color Theory Exploration

Shadow and Depth Exploration

Project 3 Creating Pattern, Color, Texture Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

The class pin ups were very colorful and came together as a very appealing composition

For project 3, creativity was the next step in the design process. After a labor intensive project 2, this project introduced more intricate thinking. The introduction to how void space can affect visual appeal and how colors blend together taught me valuable lessons that assisted with future projects

My textile i chose was a silk brocade from the country of Laos. It had many intricate patterns that had layers in which i wanted to break down

Original

Study models

This was the first project that implemented the use of several study models. We were encouraged as a class to come to class with multiple to discuss our ideas. These study models are what drove a lot of the decisions made throughout this project

Project 4 Visual Hierarchy Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

Axon diagrams

Diagrams

Plan + Elevations

Final 3d + 2d model

Axon

Abstract Head Inner Vision: Night Study models

For project 5 we took a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and chose a painting to dissect through diagrams and abstraction. This led to the creation of a bas relief.

Bas Relief

Diagrams

Abstracted Drawing

Project 5 Bend Cut Fold Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

The final task for project 5 was to create a wood model from the shadow of the bas relief. This would eventually lead into our final project…

EUSAPIA

Alive City

The city that i had chosen was called Eusapia and is known as the city of the dead. What makes this city unique is that there is an identical version of the city underground where you live when you die.

Dead City For the final project of the semester, we were tasked with using our wood model from project 5 to design a large scale model that represents one of the cities of our choosing from the book Invisible cities by Italo Calvino.

Project 6 Making a Place/Space Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

Tyree Guyton wanted to beautify Detroit’s East Side by redesigning his childhood neighborhood into “a living indoor/outdoor art museum. He did this by cleaning and remodeling the run down homes with colorful objects and paintings For the Significant Artists presentation, i was accompanied

by Connor and Sophia to explore the art that Tyree Guyton has created and the impact he has left on the city of Detroit

Project 01 Significant Artists Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

Aside from the consistent projects, each week we were assigned to craft a 4x4x4 cube (and cylinder in the beginning).

This assignment each week was a huge step in understanding how different materials are cut, adhesed, and utilized.

Project 02 Crafting Cubes + Cylinders Fall 2021 Dylan Jones

Throughout this first semester of college, the threads that wove my work were through notes and planning. Organization has always been something that influences my performance on many things. This semester however fully relied upon note taking so heavily that if i did not have my notebook i would not have completed Design 1.

Being able to record and document deliverables week to week and plan what needs to get done each day allowed me to make sure i got done everything for that each assignment needed. For instance, during project 4 i had planned to get done my model 4 days before the final presentation so i had plenty of time not to rush through my drawings.

On that last day i had set out to do my textile model, i stayed up until 3am just to finish assembling it completely so that i did not fall behind schedule. This came in clutch when everyone lost sleep the day before presentations and i was complete all the deliverables by 9pm. If i did not hold myself to the standard of completing things as i plan then i would not be able to think straight. My brain functions best when structured and organized and it showed during many of the projects this semester in Design 1.

Semester Reflection