EXP-3

http://files.filefront.com/13921527

NOTE: a problem occured in UT with my design today where the boundary layers no longer showed the surrounding sky and in play mode showed double of my design however it wasn't there in the UT editor. I tried to fix the problem all of today  however i couldn't and this is also why the images don't show the surrounding sky, however the map is still playable and the design can still be seen however it takes away from the overall image i hope it wont affect it too much 

Experiment 3

Madonnas Office/Stage

Madonna, an entertainment machine, has her office as a stage as this is where she is at her best. The stage then connects to a back stage room where she can escape the spotlight if desired. This then leads to the meeting place which will only descend to Madonna when Obama decides.

The Meeting Room and Table

The meeting room in this design represents the power struggle between Barack Obama and Madonna however in this design Obama's power is the dominant so to show this i gave the power to decide when a meeting would take place to Obama. The meeting room would only allow Madonna access if Obama was present in the meeting room at the time.

In the table however i based the design on circular shapes, consisting of supports and a circular desk as circles are shapes with no beginning or end and only one edge showing a kind of pure equality.

Barark Obamas Office

Barack Obamas office consists of a large capitalist style office building, framed completely like glass drawing to the point that his position of power as the President of one of the most powerful countries in the world economically. Barack Obama's power is through support and becaue of this i tried to make use of supports, eg the framework of the tower and the supports holding up the corridor that meets the lift. Barack being in such a higher position of power then Madonna he has control of the meeting room which when entered by Barack, the floor of the meeting room itself would act as a lift lowering Madonna's area allowing her to enter the meating, giving Barack the power to decide if and when a meeting is going to take place.

Textures

MashUp

Obama begins his term in command of an office that is at or near its historic zenith. Desperation and luxury are mortal enemies. Fear and power do not peacefully coexist. Her power, first manifested in the minimal black nylon backpack draped over every influential arm allowed her to achieve levels of power and control unprecedented for a woman in the entertainment industry. The federal government itself is a far more potent instrument, in its breadth and depth of command over national life that she who wishes to reach the most rarefied and potent ranks of fashion. He certainly comes into office with a very powerful set of executive authorities, and I suspect that he will use those authorities in her success signaled a clear message of financial control to other women in the industry  but in terms of image she was a more ambivalent role model. She never follows anyone else's lead, just her own original energy, Presidential leadership is an ephemeral thing if it's not exercised well or not focused on the right objectives. By 1991 she had scored 21 TOP TEN hits in the United States and sold some 70 MILLION albums internationally, generating $1.2 BILLION in sales. You want to avoid squandering power, and you want to avoid any sense that you're abusing power while what sets her apart is her disregard—in some cases, her open contempt—for the dictates of fashion. Committed to controlling her image and career herself, Madonna became the head of Maverick, and more often than not, she wins. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011903100.html?sid=ST2009011903399

http://www.referatele.com/referate/engleza/online16/Madonna-Louise-Ciccone---American-singer--songwriter--actress-and-entrepreneur-referatele-com.php

http://www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html

MashUp

Obama begins his term in COMMAND of an office that is at or near its historic zenith. Desperation and luxury are mortal enemies.

Final Design Pictures

The Interior-The idea of being hidden is clear as the deisgn is hidden in mostly darkness with some silouette of it being shown by the lights above and behind it. The ramp pierces the Earth 'hiding' in the ground before bouncing off the back wall and shooting back through the Earth. The space in the Earth coloured in blue light also reinforces this idea as it is also hidden by the Earth around it.

The Exerior- This part of the environment, the ramp swoops around never actually touching the designed labratory only going around it. The lab is something to be looked upon in wonder an idea suggested by Jacques quote. The red light in the middle makes it the exteriors main feature emphasising further the quotes meaning.

Draft Pictures

Final Design Location

http://files.filefront.com/13706821

Textures Used in Final

Medium

Light

Dark_1

Dark_2

Custom Textures

Axonometrics Nobel

These designs were derived from the idea of being hidden, an idea derived from Nobels Quote already listed.

Axonometrics (1-8) Jacques

These designs were derived from the idea of being looked upon and wonder, an idea i found in Jacque's quote. These designs formulated the idea of the exterior environment

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Keith Campbell Quote

"Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but decided quietly, soberly and on it's own merits. We need less emotion and more thought."Richard Dawkins

http://www.paralumun.com/quotescloning.htm

This quote shows the two sides to cloning. I believe this could also be used well in design as a design like this topic can have many different interpretations or differing aspects to the design.

Jacques-Yves Costeau Quote

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin, is to exist. For man it is to know and to wonder at it" Jacques-Yves Costeau

Costeau, Jacques-Yves. (1960), ' Poet of the Depths', Time, (28th March )

Alfred Nobel Quote

“Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness." Alfred Nobel

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alfrednobe142899.html (accessed 6th April)

From this quote the idea that I focused on was "hiding" something i believe could be used well in design.

Final Design

Animations

Staircase "Contained"

As the artist enters the stair he is contained in a passage-like casing, where they are completely contained and surrounded by the stair until they reach their destination at the bottom which is the studio. The Soapskin tool was used to create the curved surfaces connecting the two parts of the stairs.

Applied Textures

Applied Texture 1

Applied to this flat surface, this texture, "bumpy", is an attempt to add life to the plane.

Applied Texture 2

The material applied here "jagged" is representing the point at which the "contained" underground studio meets the exhibition area. The studio bursts through the earth leaving a jagged texture around it, this is why it has been applied here.