Not all of these examples would fit the criteria for PROJECT #2, but... they could be worked out to do so.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
CARDBOARD INSPIRATIONS - FRANK GEHRY
(from Guggenheim:)
CARDBOARD FURNITURE DESIGNS of FRANK GEHRY
1969–82
Gehry's furniture designs are a "quick fix" of his architectural practice: their realization is relatively immediate and low cost, and they provide a satisfying smaller forum in which various design concerns, including ones relating to his buildings, may be explored. They also demonstrate his fundamental concern with manipulating basic materials in unconventional ways to produce objects that are functional yet also visually striking. For his first designs, Easy Edges (1969–73), Gehry favored the simplicity of corrugated cardboard, a material frequently employed in his architectural models. After discovering that single sheets of cardboard gained exponential strength when layered, he began to manipulate the simple material into graceful, curvilinear chairs and tables. With hardboard facing applied to the flat surfaces, the furniture is immensely durable.
Easy Edges
CARDBOARD FURNITURE DESIGNS of FRANK GEHRY
1969–82
Gehry's furniture designs are a "quick fix" of his architectural practice: their realization is relatively immediate and low cost, and they provide a satisfying smaller forum in which various design concerns, including ones relating to his buildings, may be explored. They also demonstrate his fundamental concern with manipulating basic materials in unconventional ways to produce objects that are functional yet also visually striking. For his first designs, Easy Edges (1969–73), Gehry favored the simplicity of corrugated cardboard, a material frequently employed in his architectural models. After discovering that single sheets of cardboard gained exponential strength when layered, he began to manipulate the simple material into graceful, curvilinear chairs and tables. With hardboard facing applied to the flat surfaces, the furniture is immensely durable.
Easy Edges
Experimental Edges (1979–82) is a bulkier series of cardboard pieces, featuring rough, shaggy edges and an improvisational appearance. Gehry used thick corrugated cardboard with a pronounced texture to create this furniture's larger volumes , manipulating their density by combining sheets of varying widths within a single form. Some sheets were intentionally misaligned within the stacks, creating an undulating line and slight ripples.
VIDEO PRESHOW #7 - Loblolly House, Taylor's Island, MD, KIERAN TIMBERLAKE ARCHITECTS
This project, the Loblolly House, is made of completely demountable components.
VIDEO PRESHOW #6 - Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
Friday, November 6, 2015
Peter Eisenman Lecture Tonight
LECTURE TONIGHT
PETER EISENMAN
“Architecture and the Loss of Authority”
6PM, Art + Architecture Building, Lecture Hall (Room 2104)
Mr. Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator. The principal of Eisenman Architects, he has designed large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and a series of inventive private houses. His current projects include the six-building City of Culture of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and a large condominium housing block in Milan, Italy. Mr. Eisenman has taught at Cambridge University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Ohio State University, and The Cooper Union. His many books include Eisenman: Inside Out, Selected Writings 1963–1988; Written into the Void, Selected Writings 1990–2004; Tracing Eisenman; and Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations, Decompositions, Critiques. From 1967 to 1982 he was the director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City, which he founded.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
iMovie Resources
For those of you who have never used video editing software, I recommend iMovie by Apple (available for Mac and Windows machines.) It is very intuitive and will give you many excellent tools to assemble your video projects.
A very good book on the iMovie software features is David Pogue's iMovie:The Missing Manual. This book is available online (and in hardcopy) through our library system. (click on book title above to get to the Mirlyn listing)
For those of you who do not have iMovie (or other editing software packages) on your computers you can (1) use the software on the university computers or (2) access software on your own computers through the university's Virtual Sites. You will need to download a small piece of software that is a portal to the many programs available for UM affiliates.
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