Long's stuff is pretty amazing, isn't it and I can see how it encourages you to think in 'fairy or elf' terms and as a miniature city. That said, this might encourage you to simply look at Long's work and see them as pre-existing buildings - i.e. you just put a bunch of her pots together to make a digital set. I'd like to see you put your imagination to work in a slightly different way - i.e. try and imagine what Long would do if she was asked to design actual buildings. It's a more challenging approach, but I think it will push your work in a more interesting and more 'designed' direction. The way to start is to make a list of all the characteristics of Long's work - shapes, surfaces, colours etc. and then think about how those characteristics might map onto ideas about buildings and architecture - for example:
vertical gardens (organic, plant-like surfaces on buildings): http://www.environmental-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/shutterstock_143297497.jpg http://all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Vertical-Gardens-Agora-2.jpg
Also organic architecture - for example, the amazing Supertree Grove: http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/content/gbb/en/the-gardens/supertree-grove/visitor-information/jcr:content.renderimage.pageimage.1670.940.jpg
And look at Gaudi, for example - who combines organic structures with glazed, ornamental surfaces:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320/gallery/
So, I think you need to ask the question 'What buildings would Long design?' as opposed to 'How can I make Long's pots look like buildings?' Does that make sense?
OGR 05/11/2016
ReplyDeleteHi Jess,
Long's stuff is pretty amazing, isn't it and I can see how it encourages you to think in 'fairy or elf' terms and as a miniature city. That said, this might encourage you to simply look at Long's work and see them as pre-existing buildings - i.e. you just put a bunch of her pots together to make a digital set. I'd like to see you put your imagination to work in a slightly different way - i.e. try and imagine what Long would do if she was asked to design actual buildings. It's a more challenging approach, but I think it will push your work in a more interesting and more 'designed' direction. The way to start is to make a list of all the characteristics of Long's work - shapes, surfaces, colours etc. and then think about how those characteristics might map onto ideas about buildings and architecture - for example:
vertical gardens (organic, plant-like surfaces on buildings):
http://www.environmental-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/shutterstock_143297497.jpg
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Vertical-Gardens-Agora-2.jpg
Also organic architecture - for example, the amazing Supertree Grove:
http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/content/gbb/en/the-gardens/supertree-grove/visitor-information/jcr:content.renderimage.pageimage.1670.940.jpg
http://www.designcurial.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/4540983/main.jpg
http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/green-transportation-urban-hub-468x339.jpg
And look at Gaudi, for example - who combines organic structures with glazed, ornamental surfaces:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320/gallery/
So, I think you need to ask the question 'What buildings would Long design?' as opposed to 'How can I make Long's pots look like buildings?' Does that make sense?