As they have for the past few years, the freshmen designed a reception area for a day spa. The program included a reception area, three consultation rooms, and three waiting areas. One group of students designed for a space in Richmond Virginia, while the other group designed for spaces around the globe.
Once again the students looked at lighting phenomena, and constructed lighting models. These exercises allowed them to observe how light functions as an element of 3D design.
Here are some of the renderings from the IDSN 1500 students this semester. These renderings focus on use of colored markers, creation of perspective drawings, design of the space, and application of lighting.
As we have been doing for the past three years, the students in IDSN 1500 made a field trip to Raleigh to view lighting installations there.
This semester, we visited McConnell Studios, and were given a tour by owner Matt McConnell. Mr McConnell and his team do both lighting design and fabrication.
After visiting their facility, we went on to see three restaurants for which McConnell Studios provided lighting: Jibarra, buku, and The Mint.
Welcome back for another semester of Color and Light in Interior Design.
This Spring, we are excited to have Ms Leslie Davis as our visiting lecturer. Ms Davis is principal at Leslie Davis Lighting Design in the San Francisco Bay area, and a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. She will be presenting work from her firm’s portfolio via teleconference, as well as reviewing students’ final projects.
Please check back during the semester to view student work!
Once again the freshmen in IDSN 1500 have designed a spa reception/waiting area. This semester, they chose a specific location and culture in which to design their facility. Their work will be reviewed by designer Glenn Lepore of LDL Studio in Providence RI.
Once again the students have designed a reception/waiting area for a day spa facility. The spa is located on the third floor of a building on Tobacco Row in Richmond VA. The program calls for a reception area, three consultation rooms, and three waiting areas.
This assignment requires the students to construct a lighting model, to show how the Design Element of light actualizes the 3-D Principles of Design. The students photographed the models in slightly different lighting situations and identified the Design principle displayed in each photo.
In this assignment, the students worked in teams. They took photos of various light phenomena. Their images addressed how light interacts with textures, humans, surfaces and voids; and what Principles of Design are created by the various lighting situations they observed.
This exercise grows out of our explorations of light, encouraged by the Year 2009 Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant.
Here are renderings by students in IDSN 1500 for Fall 2010. The renderings are based on exercises in Jill Pable’s Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought.