After feedback in class

From the lecturers feedback in class I drew in some shapes that would be water jet cut out of the cor-ten to utilise that material and the so it is not so flat.

Design Development

Class - Discussing the feedback from the client and our response on this

This feedback prompted us to not be concerned with the clients strict budget, and not let the budget restrict us. It is a possibility for us to offer just one sign to them at a time instead of the whole collective of them and over time they can implement the rest when the budget allows. 

The lecturers really liked the cut out pattern in Hennessys artist models -

Group Meeting

Deciding material -

We will use Cor-ten

Deciding the signs - 

Keeping the story, continuing the 5 different signs, condensing them down to one panel.

Outline of the signs - 

Looking at where each sign will be positioned:

This means it will not be 'in the middle of random farmland' and all of the positioning is thought through as to the location and the purpose of the signs position. 

Sign 1:

On the corner of the main road going towards Himatangi. Saying Himatangi Beach is 7km away. 

Sign 2:

A sign saying continue straight before the turn off to Foxton Beach. Before the corner so people know to go straight and also there is a decent amount of space here for the sign.

Sign 3:

2km out of Himatangi on this straight part of road with a large area off the side.

Sign 4:

Directly after the 70km sign one KM out from Himatangi Beach, there is another large area on the side of the road here as well. 

Sign 5:

Before the 50km sign, saying welcome to Himatangi

this is a selection of different effect and colours steels and other metals can be given and also gain naturally over time

Feedback from Client

The design of each of the structures is an interesting concept but having them in the open farmland would make them clash with this environment. The maintenance of 5 different sites would increase the cost ad getting 5 different structures designed by an engineer would increase the cost and make it too costly.

Steel Research

Research on Concrete

Concrete is a long withstanding material which lasts more than 60 years without any issues and brick is a substance which lasts over 100.

Looking at thickness of concrete -

Concrete can be poured quite thin which could work well with our sign ideas. 

Concrete coloured - 

There is a company in New Zealand which specialises in coloured concrete.

This coloured concrete range is said to come at a premium cost as it is a new product but it is something which if could be poured into the sign shapes for us would be something which would last for generations. This would be difficult to pour and shape tho.

Reinforcement?

If the concrete is really thin then will enforcement fit? 

Developing the whitebaiting sign

Looking at images of white-baiting and what white-baiting looks like - 

Developing the sign from this -

To this - 

This looks much more accurate to the image and the man is much more realistic in this image.

This should work in the style of the previous signs and appear more real and realistic

Looking at signs made with single materials

Concrete:

Steal:

Timber:

Glass:

Looking at the various materials un use in real signs it becomes clear what materials would make the most impact. One issue is that we will not be able to use more than one colour, but as we previously discussed our prototypes before they were printed did actually look really interesting and did stand out enough - although of the same material - so you could still understand the image behind the photograph. Steel looks very attractive up against wood, so this could be a possibility to have a combination of materials for our sign. 

Proposal Feedback/Critique

Feedback from the teachers:

Recommended artist models:

Len Lye - 

Hotere:

Powerpoint Presentation - SPP

Video for Presentation

Heres a video of what the signs could look like as you drive in to Himatangi beach from the main Highway

Interim Presentation Review:

What worked well:

Presentation:

-        - Models

-        - Liked the idea of a video

-        - Interactive

-        - Straight to the point

Design:

-        - How it told a narrative

-        - Extending out to the main road

-        - The design is different to other towns iconic sculptures (2D aspect instead of 3D)

-        - The buoy idea

-        - Showing cool things in the town

What didn’t work well:

Presentation:

-        - Low quality video

-        - Models need improvement

-        - Too short

-        - Plan what everyone will say

-        - Design needs to speak for itself

Design:

-        - Research materials

-        - How it is made

-        - Refine the forms

-        - Incorporating driftwood?

Where to from here:

-        - Develop the design, story and where they would be positioned

-        - Research materials, cost and where they would be made

-        - Make a better slideshow/ video

-        - Develop the booklet (TEST PRINT!)

-        - Drawings, physical models, digital models and context shots

-        - Think about the detail and how it would be made

-        - More research into Himatangi?

Strategic Positioning Proposal

As a group we all collaborated sections each and I formulated it into the final document, upon reflection of this we should have included more information on the materials the sign would be made from and look further into the technical details, although this is what we will be investigating over the coming 3 weeks.