Human for Human's sake

So excited and I cannot hide it

(Juan Mabromata, AFP/Getty Images / July 14, 2010)

Argentina legalizes gay marriage

By Andres D'Alessandro and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times

July 16, 2010

"Argentina becomes the first nation in Latin America to legalize gay marriage, despite staunch opposition from the influential Catholic Church. The law is expected to be signed soon by the president."

For the Visuals: Urban Design

The Culture Shed is a new "breed of cultural site — a kind of combination museum and rental exhibition space, which would be self-supporting."

Super! I cannot wait to see the finished product. My hands hurt just looking at the details on that model. Those openings are going to cast shadows and change the look of the site throughout the day. I love experimenting with shadows - the sun is a wonderful ally!

More Info:
West Side Project Wins Grant for Urban Design
By KATE TAYLOR
Published: July 15, 2010

Color me interested

Just found this site:

Color Matters

It is all about color and how it affects: mood, art, appetite, etc. An absolute must steal!!!

Here are some ripped from the website tantalizing facts:

"... yellow is an eye irritant. Babies cry more in yellow rooms, husbands and wives fight more in yellow kitchens, and opera singers throw more tantrums in yellow dressing rooms..."

"Of all the colors in the spectrum, blue is an appetite suppressant. Weight loss plans suggest putting your food on a blue plate. Or even better than that, put a blue light in your refrigerator and watch your munchies disappear....."

NO PROSPECT park

Shame on you humanity: killing geese for being geese. There are so many things we do at the expense of animal life and the environment without thinking twice. We are disgusting.

NY TIMES ARTICLE 400 Park Geese Die, for Human Fliers’ Sake

By ISOLDE RAFTERY
Published: July 12, 2010

California Dreaming: Revealing art

I've never been to California - but I miss it! It's an odd feeling. Here's a happening that i'm missing out because I live somewhere south of nowhere. It brings all my favorite things together: NUDITY and ART

From the gallery's site:

“Porn in the USA” features Jonathan Yeo's newest and most provocative works to date, including some surprising new portraits, and a version of his controversial wallpaper design unveiled recently at the new Soho House club in West Hollywood.

Immortalizing the individual in monumental proportions is what these exciting artists do best. Using the overlooked, misunderstood and mundane elements of our everyday, each artist captures our attention with their distinctive style and alternative approach. Sharing a vested interest in their individual and collective surroundings and society, they poetically express a desire for universal appreciation."

I'm jealous. I totally wanna be there. I wish I had money like that to jump on a plane for an art exhibition.

Source: Lazarides in L.A.

My Human Experience #10,649

perfect!

Part of my environmental science lab was to e-mail a elected official. I did - and got a responce.

This is what I wrote:

This is his responce:

asdf

My Human Experience #10,618

Design 2: FINAL, the notes

The notes below are ripped from my sketchbook. They include thoughts and ideas that need to be represented in the FINAL:

Show a place of study/reflection/observation

1. A place of Study
*To show in this space
- Focus: By making the materials direct the eye to certain areas.
- Interest: By directing the eye to catching/hidden areas in the model
- Investigation: Is sparked by the interest caused by strategically placed stereotomic pieces.
- Knowledge: Is gained by studying the model. Interest and investigation helps the self pursuit of knowledge

2. A place of Reflection
*To show in this space
- Light: Brings in warmth making space accepting. Materials will focus light into space.
- Peaceful: Felt in space by the light that comes in through openings in the material
- Secluded: By obscuring space with materials, space of reflection is open without being exposed

3. A place of Observation
*To show in this space
- Open: Space that is welcoming and has minimal obstructions
- Accessible: Easy to follow/clear path of elements.
- Exposed: Materials allow space to be shown. From inside out.

Keep The Ideas of Anni Albers In Mind!!!

- Create a "weave" of materials
- Let them intertwine on different planes
- Stereotomic to represent mass. This element adds the "pattern" of the mass.
- Basswood to represent structure. The sticks will intersect as an overlay "pattern"
- Glass to represent places. Try the skin/outer layer on the model. Sets the limit.

Design 2: FINAL, the pictures

MODEL

This was a preliminary chipboard model made to incorporate the ideas I want to represent. I drew on it with sharpie to show vertical flow. I also reconsidered some pieces as I moved on to the final iteration. This helped me in the final step as I cut the board maximizing every face of the model is as fluid as possible.

almost there! this is one of the rare times I actually touched the model without using gloves. The white material made any/every smudge show.

I laid the model down and traced it with a pencil, then went over it with a sharpie. The focus of this drawing was for me to sketch possible solutions for the basswood and plexi glass. The different colors represent different variations. This process allowed me to figure out what worked and did not, without cutting and discarding material.