DAY 1: Shattuck Gourmet Ghetto Mapping + Exploration

Today was our first day out exploring the Gourmet Ghetto of Berkeley! We mapped out which streets we wanted to visit and the restaurants we wanted to get a closer look at. We did a timelapse of several sidewalks on Shattuck to analyze how the people interacted with the restaurant and the overall environment.

Right away, we noticed that the neighborhood vibe was: amazing food and great jazz music

We first visited the famous Cheeseboard pizzeria:

 

Then, Lush Gelato:

   

Imperial Tea Court:

Andronico’s Grocery:

Sumito’s Flower Design:

Foxglove boutique:

  

We also picked up the business cards of many small shops and restaurants:

Also, watched clips of the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi to gain inspiration for cinematography and food/restaurant photography!

Next time: We are planning on focusing just on the art and murals in the Gourmet Ghetto!

Sofia + Su Kyong + Annie + Sumi: Final Outcome of Inhabitations

Today we presented our inhabitations in class. We had 6 minutes to present both inhabitations. It was enough time for us to introduce the artwork that inspired us, our chosen themes and the significance of our inhabitations. Here are some pictures of our exhibition:

Image 1: Our exhibition

Image 2: Annie and Sumi’s inhabitation

Image 3: Sofia and Su Kyong’s inhabitation

Sofia + Su Kyong: Pre-Final Work Session

Our inhabitation is basically complete! Hip-Hip-Hurray!

Our goal for this session was to add the finishing touches to our inhabitation. However, because the painting process of the base takes a lot of time we were not able to include a photograph of the final base. We will be touching up the lines on the box to make them appear as defined and clean as possible. Also, we placed a tiny reading light in the center of the plant to create the effect of light. In conclusion, all of the themes discussed in our brainstorm were applied to our final inhabitation. Finally, we are glad to include a new contrast in our inhabitation: real v. artificial. We used artificial pears and a real plant to represent this theme. As we look at this contrast in our work, we apply it to real life. In our inhabitation, some of the objects used are opposites but they look beautiful together. In real life, you meet a lot of different people and they have different beliefs or ideas but when combined with another person’s opposite beliefs, they can form something beautiful, a beautiful bond.

Sumi + Annie: Final PPT for Floral Inhabitation

Here is the link to our PPT:

Group9ed1s15_Sumi Kim_Annie Cai_ PPT Slides

Sumi + Annie: Online work day and Planning for monday

Today, Sumi and I communicated over google docs and Facebook to complete our presentation on inDesign and Adobe Illustrator. We wanted to design the poster on Illustrator and take it to Inkstone to get printed on a large poster. We wanted it to be minimalistic and geometric like our painting.

Here is what we have developed so far:

Additionally, we first started the Powerpoint presentation on google slides, but decided that it did not look as nice as we liked. Thus we switched that over to Illustrator as well, and here is our progress:

 

We are excited to see everyone’s projects on Monday!

Sofia + Su Kyong: Brain Storming

Date : June.23rd

The conversation was focused on total 5 things :

contrast, functional, minimalism, mathematical/scientific, 5 sense

1. contrast

Contrast is the main theme of this project. There are three contrasts that we (SASS) concluded.

• Oraganic VS Geometric

            

• Darkness VS Lightness

• Roughness VS Definition

         

2. 5 sense : taste, sound, smell, view, touch

3. Mathematical/ Scientific 

     

          

We understood a round shape as a light bulb although a painter mentioned it as a pear. Therefore Edison came out on our mind. Also when you look at the painting, there are traces of writing equations. It made us to imagine that a scientist considering a method or equation during science experiment is trying to write down something on the chalkboard.

4. Minimalism

          

When we interpreted the pattern of painting, we thought minimalism would be perfect theme of it.

5. functional

‘We want something functional!’

Considering what the round shape can be, we thought it can be a flower pot.

Sofia + Su Kyong: Brain Storming + Work Session

Date : June. 30th

As we explored our life, Michaels, Home Depot and Target etc.,

we made new plan B.

  

Plan A.                                   Plan B.

           

We wanted the box that we already made to play a role as a chalk board. Since the painting reminds us a scientist keep thinking about mathematical equation, we wanted to make trace of the idea. Also it is cool to have a flower pot with chalk board that we can write down our idea.  Then we wanted to put a floppy plant into the box. Then put a cylinder with a fake pear. Although pears and a glass cylinder are artificial things, it combines well with a plant. ‘Two contrast things can be combined well enough’ motivated us. If you look around, the world is made up of natural things and artificial things.

At Michaels we purchased the following materials:

• Glass cylinder vase
• Three artificial pears
• Black and white paint

At Home Depot we purchased:

• Plant
• Sample paint

At Ace Hardware:

• Chalkboard spray paint

Sofia + Su Kyong: Brain Storming + Work Session

Date : June. 25th

We had conversation about our plan.

Plan A.

      

We planned to make a box by using wood. The box would have pattern of minimalism. After filling up the box with soil, we wanted to plant flowers and lawn so that we can see a pattern which was on the painting by seeing on the top of box.  Then we planned to make a light bulb as a flower pot.

Since we chose plan A , we went home depot and bought a light bulb, plant and screw for making box. We brought plywood to home depot and asked a clerk to cut it off into 8 inches of squares.  We bought a light bulb which has 800W and needs 240V.

Home Depot

Material that we got.

1. screw
2. plant
3. light bulb
4. 8 inches of squares

Plant that we got is one of those

Processing of cutting wood

A light bulb which has 800V and 240W

Sofia + Su Kyong: Work Session

June 26th

Our goal for this session was to build the cubic base of our project and apply layer of paint primer.

The materials used for this process were the following:

• Wood
• Saw
• Nails
• Hammer
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Paint Primer

Picture 1: Wood used for surfaces of cube & Picture 2: Tools used

Some of the materials used in the making of this base were borrowed from Sofia’s neighbor, a kind and knowledgeable contractor. We had some complications because the wood used for the cubic structure is thin and fragile. He provided us with helpful advice: By placing thick wood in the inside corners of the base, the structure would be more sturdy. At the end of the day, our goal was accomplished.

 Picture 1 & 2: Base completed

Sumi + Annie: Our hardcore work day

On Thursday, we brought in all our materials and put our heads together for a 5 hour work session. Here is what we did:

Cut clear plastic sheets for corners, hot glued them to foam board, glued them it to the red triangles for our magnificent final product

Went to ace hardware, bought round turntable, sprayed it with stone spray paint to mimic a concrete pot

Cut all the bamboo poles and binded them together with string

Found Ivy, dirt, glass pebbles, and flowers around campus to incorporate into project

Started presentation board and powerpoint!

LASTLY, WE DEVELOPED OUR 3D MODEL!