Some More Photos

James Bond Beach

Port Maria, Jamaica

Our Villa: Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Blue Lagoon: Port Antonio, Jamaica

Mountain View

Words and Watercolor

So I have decided to dedicate tomorrow to water color. I don't have much experience with painting of any sort so it will be fun to experiment! You can see my recent purchases to the left, so I will post some of my hopefully interesting paintings soon! I hope to capture some of the colors of the water, as well as the texture of water.













Also, I learned about a website today that will take images from Flickr and use them to form words. Here's my name:

I feel like this could be a great tool for a website, blog, or just as inspiration for a project. I would have loved having this tool when we created the large, cardboard letters. They could have served as ideas for the unique formation of letter forms.

Using kuler (shown to me by Claire) here is a possible color scheme for my book. 

I also was browsing the Booklyn website after visiting the Spencer Research Library today, and found this image that could serve as possible inspiration for my own book. Again, I love the colors the Lagoon has given me the opportunity to work with.


        

Mood Board

To represent the experience of a boat ride through the Blue Lagoon, I decided to take the route of a sort of mood board. I used some pictures I took, a few I found, and included some words off of an associated word list I made for this project. This board mainly presents the colors, and the idea of the experience to the viewer.

Also, I wanted to include some information on the Blue Lagoon. The lagoon is located near Port Antonio, Jamaica. The lagoon itself is around 185 feet (56 meters) deep. Our "tour" of the lagoon included several stops. First, the boat took us out of the lagoon past several villas right on the water. Our guides told us that many famous people will come stay at these villas, and to stay there costs about $1000 a night. Next, we passed Monkey Island. This small island was once owned by a princess. The boat then led us into the swimming pool area. This area of the water literally looks like a swimming pool, and you can see right to the bottom through the water. Then, my family chose to snorkel in the waters near Monkey Island. The waters were a little rough to go to part of the reef, but our snorkeling experience was still beautiful. We saw many fish, coral, and even a stingray. After snorkeling, we took the boat back into the lagoon. We rode around the edge of the entire lagoon. One interesting thing I noticed was a  huge tree that had fallen into the lagoon, and you could see as the tree went further into the deep water. It was almost an erie sight. Finally, our tour ended after we left the boat, and took a dip in the mineral spring right next to the lagoon. Overall, my experience at the Blue Lagoon was unlike any other, and I was especially inspired by the colors in the water.

New Project: Experience as a Book

For our next project, I will have to represent an experience through a book. I must also be able to make two copies of this book. My original idea for an experience was gathering sea shells at the beach. I just went to Jamaica, and I thought this would be a good experience to portray through a book. Yet, when I was in Jamaica there weren't many shells at any of the beaches. During the trip, I had so many other experiences much more unique to the country that I decided to change from my original idea. One day during my trip, we went to the Blue Lagoon. I took some of my most interesting pictures at the lagoon, and our boat ride and snorkeling trip is something I will never forget. I have chosen to represent a boat ride around the Blue Lagoon as my experience. I made the following video to show an alternate representation of the idea, as well as give you an idea of my experience at the Blue Lagoon.

Treehouse Poster

Final Treehouse Drawing

Here is my final sketch for my treehouse. Now I will start designing a poster to represent my treehouse!

Sketch, Sketch, Sketch

Here are some sketches I did for my treehouse. I started out with many different directions, and these just show a few of my favorites.

Sketches and Ideas

I placed the following images on my mood board. I was especially inspired by my little sister. She became the image for the persona this tree house was designed around. I also really liked the shapes found in some of these images. 

 

Also, here is a sketch featuring one view of my tree. 

Treehouse Project

For our next project we get to design a treehouse! The tree I chose when wandering through campus is pictured at the left. When looking for a tree, I was mostly looking for a tree that I could picture a structure sitting in. I loved the knobby aspect of this tree, and how large it was. Our next task will be to create a mood board, and figure out the direction we wish to take this project. 

Final Stacks Map

Original Stacks Map

Edited Stacks Map

New Signs for Stacks

After extensive research, our group re-designed all of the signage for the Watson Library Stacks. Our process required several different test groups, and our final signs are pictured below. One of my responsibilities was changing the map of the stacks. By color coding and simplifying the information on the map it made the stacks much easier to navigate. I was happy with our final solution. Jason's video shows just how easy our signage made the route. 

Wayfinding--Lana Finds the Stacks

For our group's wayfinding project, we chose

 the 2 1/2 West Stacks in Watson Library. 

This video shows our original test subject, 

Lana, trying to find them.