grammer: syntax

Audience- An audience is someone who sees your work and takes part in it. In design everything that you design is for an audience you are designing something that is going to be seen and interacted with. In my studio class we had to become the audience of nature and go and a nature hunt to find things in nature that we like and that inspire us. In my design drawing class we had to make a presentation board that we used to present our work to an audience. In my history and theory of design class we read about the traditional roles of spaces Blakemore talks about how the a space is used to house an audience in this since in a non traditional manner.“Charles II is said to have used his bedchamber not only for receiving visitors but also for dinning.” (Blakemore 196) The picture here is of one of the natural elements that I found. http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/s/snow25/389.jpg

[Re]visions- Revisions is a term that I would describe as being taking something and correcting it to make it better, you revise it. It could also be interpreted as taking something and finding a new vision for it and making it something new. We have been talking about how design is constantly evolving and transforming from year to year civilizations take something and revise it to make something better. Roth talks about this concept. “The last phase of baroque architecture in France moved away from the heavy architectural decorative elements and deep colors of the early seventeenth century in favor of more slender decorative features and a much lighter palate of colors.” (Roth 429) In all of my IARC classes we work a lot with revisions when you design something you can never let the beginning be the end you have to take what you have and revise and improve so that in the end you have a clear and successful design.

Character- The word character can be interpreted in a lot of different ways the first way that pops into my head is a character in a story, play, or a movie. However character is a term that can also be used in relation to design for example you can say that a building has character. In my history and theory of design class this past week we have seen character in all of the buildings that we have looked at. There is some sort of character to be seen whether it is the architectural details or the story behind the building. Also in my design drawing class we have been studying the Foust building which is the oldest building on the UNCG campus this specific building shows character through a lot of different architectural details. One specific detail from this buildings past is the fact that it was originally used for an all girls school in my opinion this fact adds a lot of character to the building. Blakemore discusses different elements in design that help to add character “Plaster with fresco, exposed beams with small painted patterns, and white and gold stucco were prominent in the rendition of the interiors.” (Blakemore 177) In my studio class we had to find character in nature when we went on a nature hike, we were looking for inspiration for a design project that we will be working on. The image below is of a door knob in a house I was in that i felt showed a lot of character. .

Transition- Transition is a word that stands for something moving from one thing into another thing or something becoming something new. In my history and theory of design class we have been studying through the whole semester about transitions in architecture and how different styles and time periods have moved on to become a new style with new ideas. Often times past civilizations would take inspiration from others and use them to move into a new style “Influenced as they were by the French and Dutch, the English selectively took continental ideas and modified them to suit their taste.” (Blakemore 201) In my studio class we had to come up with patterns and when doing this you start out with thing and you move over you transition to new ideas by thinking abstractly. Transition is a word that describes my time at this university I am here to transition myself from schooling into the work force. Roth talks about how transitions can be in parts “Above this is a transitional level, with four pendentives that rise for a deeply coffered oval dome.” (Roth 411) The images below are of my patterns transitioning from the object to the pattern.

Datum- The definition of datum is something that is used to draw a conclusion, or it can be used as a line used to make reference points from, when surveying or drawing a plan. In history and theory of design we talk a lot about how in the past civilizations a lot of the cities would build their cities and design them on a datum line meaning they would make all the roads straight making them a direct shot to where they are leading. All of the buildings would be placed along these lines. In my drafting class we have been talking about drafting in perspective and when doing this you have to establish a datum line to make your perspectives from. In my design drawing class this past week we had to make a project board and we talked about datum lines in reference to the lining up of pictures and things on the board the teacher recommended that we draw a datum line and line all of our drawings up with it on the board. The image here is of a house showing datum lines.

Summary- This week’s opus words are all about moving and becoming new things and people interacting with design. Design is always progressing and will continue to. The way people use design has stayed the same as far as living and working however the interaction with the design is constantly changing.