2018 Fall – Third Place – Ideation – IDSN 2102

The next step of the students’ design process is ideation – generating design ideas based on the research and program. They completed several exercises to further this.

The first exercise was Music as Design Inspiration, an exercise originally developed by Professor Becky Sweet, in which they drew while listening to a piece of music, translating the elements and principles of musical composition into those of visual composition. They then developed a 3D model from their abstract drawings. The piece of music that generated the drawings is an updated version of a spiritual – spirituals would have been sung by the African-American women who would have worked in the Hughes Tobacco Warehouse stemmery operation in the early part of the 20th century. You can listen to the piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9lvU8_JUo

Next came Problem Resolution Sketches, in which students generated sketches to address integration of wayfinding, stairs, ceilings and daylighting, and the back-of-house prep area. As they developed Activity Space Studies, they were tasked with identifying the spot where they like to daydream, complete diffuse-focus work, socialize, and participate in group work – all activities that would be carried on in a coffee house. They then looked at how they might adapt/improve that spot, and ultimately how they could integrate their earlier music model into that spot.

And lastly, they proposed a Concept and Color Rationale for their design.

To view a student’s portfolio, click the link below their thumbnail image.

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