Godiva is coming together....FINALLY

soooo close yet so far from getting this project done. We have extended lab hours this weekend to work on our projects...and thank goodness because it's helping me out soo much!
this is a short update...I'm super excited about my spotlighting on my godiva sign...check it out :]

Casta Tea House Update

On the other end of my midterm projects, is the Chinese Tea House. We just had a class critique and handed in progress boards. As soon as I can get those back I will post them up here as well...but for now here are some of the perspective drawings that can convey the space a lot better.
There are some changes that are going to be made but, it's an update on my progress non the less.
Enjoy!

Godiva Store Update

After a grooling critique with Seungwoo, I ended up having to change my entire floor plan. Well, I didn't "have to" exactly, it was more my own accord. Seugwoo, my teacher, came to give me feedback on my progress and said that he said it was good but that he thought I could come up with something stronger than what I had. It basically killed me. No one ever wants to hear there teacher say that, it's worse than getting a bad critique. So, after ragaining my composure, I went back to my apartment and decided to sit and brainstorm a new concept. My classmate always told me that I'm a concept driven person, and she was very right. As soon as I came up with something, everything just clicked.

My new AND IMPROVED concept is "Intricate Indulgance." It's derived from taking all of the little intricate details in Godiva's chocolates and blowing them up in scale to expose there uniqueness.
Here it is.

Godiva Store Digital Design Project

The challenge for my digital design studo class is going in a new direction this semester. My teacher decided to have our class enter into a retail design competition for Godiva Chocolatiers run by PAVE.
Godiva Chocolatier INC plans to launch a new iconic boutque that will highlight its chocolate assortments in company-owned locations throughout the world.
Our challenge is to design a 1,000 square foot chocolate environment, along with a store front.
Here is a look at what I've been doing with this project....still a very long way to go but progress is being made, slowly but surly.

An elevation of the store front


The floor plan


working in max...just blocks at the moment


That's it for now....as I said I have a long way to go on this one as well!
Thanks for checking it out! :]

Chinese Tea House Project

Back again at Ringling for Junior year. Sorry it's such a late update but it's taking me a while to find time to post my work.
Here's the project description for my Interior Design 3 class:
We are designing an international tea house for our client The China National Tourism Administration. The CNTA exsists to plan and coordinate the development of the Chinese tourism industry; prepare development policies, programs and standards, draft relevent laws and regulations; and supervise the implementation and provide guidance for regional tourism.
In short, our design is meant appeal to cultures of all kind and demonstrate the innovative thinking and creativity of the presant day Chinese culture.

The concept I've come up with for this project is "Awaken the Senses." It's derived from the research I did about China and the tea culture. I found that when choosing which teas the make, the tea growers base it upon 5 basic principals which are the the shape of the leaf, the color of the liquid, aroma, taste, and the textured apperence of the leaf itself. It's very similar to the use of the 5 senses. Each section of the space will exemplafy one of these 5 principles.

Here is a little look at what I've been working on....

FLOOR PLAN so far


Perspective drawing of the dining area


Perspective of the retail area



I'll be adding more as I go along....still a ways to go before it's finished!