A. YOUR BEST CREATIVE WORK
Reflect Ambigram
Reflect Ambigram
An ambigram is a word that can be read not only in its presented form, but also in another direction or orientation.For the final project of a Digital Composite course that I completed I was given free range to complete any graphical work that I wanted. At the time I very much into the work of M. C. Escher, and had come across and artist named Scott Kim (http://www.scottkim.com/) in the book ‘Masters of Deception’ which featured Escher prominently. Kim specialised in the creation of ambigrams and i became fascinated with his work to the point where I decided to create my own. So for my final design project I decided that I would design a series of ambigrams and composite them into a original images to contextualise the words.
The body of work, which I titled ‘Ambiguous’, featured 34 ambigrams which were composited into 19 separate images and bound into a 40 page book. Since this I have continued to design ambigrams and composite them into images, however I believe that the design and composition of 'Reflect' remains the best I have come up with to date.
The image was created by compositing the vector graphic ambigram onto a textured piece of paper in Photoshop. The table and mirror were then modelled rendered in a 3D environment to give a perfect reflection of the paper while also allowing for the manipulation of camera lighting and perspective.
B. THE BUILDING THAT INSPIRED YOU TO BE AN ARCHITECT
The Burj al Arab
The Burj al Arab building in Dubai is to my mind one of the most beautiful buildings of modern times. Although I find much older buildings and architectural wonders, such as the Treasury at Petra, Aachen Cathedral and Notre Dame, more fascinating, they did not inspire me to want to be an architect.
The Burj al Arab is like no other building, the simplicity of its shape, its sweeping sail-like curve and the fact it sits just of shore on its own island. It has been designed to resemble dhow (Arabian sailing boat), and there is no way that it would be mistaken for anything else. A lot of other postmodern and contemporary buildings are designed with obscure shapes and protrusions, however the Burj al Arab is so sleek and majestic that it really is breath taking.
There does not seem to be a lot of building projects these days that have no limitations, be it cost, size or available space. However it seems that no expense was spared with the Burj al Arab, anything that was conceptually possible was achievable, as if Tom Wills Wright’s vision was brought into reality in the colossal form of the tallest hotel in the world. The fact that this is even possible inspired me to want to be an architect, and that is why I have chosen this building.
The Burj al Arab
The Burj al Arab building in Dubai is to my mind one of the most beautiful buildings of modern times. Although I find much older buildings and architectural wonders, such as the Treasury at Petra, Aachen Cathedral and Notre Dame, more fascinating, they did not inspire me to want to be an architect.The Burj al Arab is like no other building, the simplicity of its shape, its sweeping sail-like curve and the fact it sits just of shore on its own island. It has been designed to resemble dhow (Arabian sailing boat), and there is no way that it would be mistaken for anything else. A lot of other postmodern and contemporary buildings are designed with obscure shapes and protrusions, however the Burj al Arab is so sleek and majestic that it really is breath taking.
There does not seem to be a lot of building projects these days that have no limitations, be it cost, size or available space. However it seems that no expense was spared with the Burj al Arab, anything that was conceptually possible was achievable, as if Tom Wills Wright’s vision was brought into reality in the colossal form of the tallest hotel in the world. The fact that this is even possible inspired me to want to be an architect, and that is why I have chosen this building.
C. AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
Rust
‘'There is no beauty without strangeness’ - Karl Lagerfeld
Obviously this is not something typically considered beautiful, but it has its own unique strangeness which I find interesting. I think that anything which is fascinating or intriguing is intrinsically beautiful, and this over turned car which was been left to rust in the middle of a field, with its unknown history is most definitely fascinating.
In the city everything is so new and clean, but in my home town, in the country, old buildings are left to fall apart and old farm equipment is left to rust in the field. I love that this is something that you would never see in an urban area, but it is something not uncommon in rural Australia. I love that there is half a century of unknown history behind the car, that it was once shiny and new and would have been considered classically beautiful, but is now a hollow, rusted shell. I love that nature is slowly reclaiming something created by man, slowly obscuring it structure through overgrowth and corrosion. But most of all I love that it has been forgotten, not even the few people who drive past it every day would even give it a second thought. It is something I have found, something I find fascinating and something that epitomises my home town, and for these reasons I find this beautiful.
Rust
‘'There is no beauty without strangeness’ - Karl LagerfeldObviously this is not something typically considered beautiful, but it has its own unique strangeness which I find interesting. I think that anything which is fascinating or intriguing is intrinsically beautiful, and this over turned car which was been left to rust in the middle of a field, with its unknown history is most definitely fascinating.
In the city everything is so new and clean, but in my home town, in the country, old buildings are left to fall apart and old farm equipment is left to rust in the field. I love that this is something that you would never see in an urban area, but it is something not uncommon in rural Australia. I love that there is half a century of unknown history behind the car, that it was once shiny and new and would have been considered classically beautiful, but is now a hollow, rusted shell. I love that nature is slowly reclaiming something created by man, slowly obscuring it structure through overgrowth and corrosion. But most of all I love that it has been forgotten, not even the few people who drive past it every day would even give it a second thought. It is something I have found, something I find fascinating and something that epitomises my home town, and for these reasons I find this beautiful.
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