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(dialogue transcript:)

Ch 96 - 02

OOF both thighs. What a blessing! 

Ch 92 - pg 02

More distinction between the knee and thigh in the kneepads?? 

When I found myself getting stuck with my concept development, Peter suggested that I try making an x/y map of hotel studies. I was familiar with this method because of the workshop we had with Andrew and Sitraka which I found to be quite useful as I had not encountered this method in the past.

Early on, I had started looking at hotel images online as well as the logos of existing hotel branches but I just had them as digital files in folders. It really helped putting them against each other (especially in a physical setting) because you can spot similarities and differences among the images. For instance, I got a better grasp of the colour palettes used in the hotel interiors and how the traditional hotels (including Crowne Plaza) tend to stick to earth tones while new hotels incorporate vibrant colours. 

I used the map to guide me in selecting the colour palette for my identity. I needed one that stood apart from the other hotel chains and because I was sticking to the concept of merging traditional and modern, I also needed a palette that would represent that. 

By laying out the core colours, I developed a palette that matched these criteria while also being welcoming enough to fit a hospitality institution. This palette worked well because it was versatile enough to complement the personalised graphics I had proposed. I like that I was able to draw colour inspiration from the environment and that the x/y map helped me approach the design problem from a different perspective. 

For Cycle 2, we’ve been tasked to choose a person or a group of people we admire and create a hypothetical installation in their honour. Our group agreed to think of candidates individually and then share our ideas over the weekend. We came up with a range of iconic individuals from Beyonce to Lin Manuel Miranda to Michael Jackson. 

Our tutor liked our ideas of having Anthony Kiedis, Pablo Picasso, and Michael Jackson but when our group came together to discuss these choices, we developed a new list, categorising the individuals by their respective fields:

Directors

Tim Burton

Christopher Nolan

Wes Anderson

Quentin Tarantino

Musicians

Pink Floyd

Michael Jackson

Actors

Johnny Depp

We couldn’t yet decide on who we liked the most but we all agreed we wanted to go for an artistic individual who had distinct and iconic traits. In coming up with a decision, we spent the weekend watching, listening, and researching on the artists’ works.

I was keen on Wes Anderson and Tim Burton as directors because of their unique styles and because I admire their visual aesthetic. I had never seen any of Tarantino and Nolan’s work so it was exciting to familiarise myself with their movies as they are cult classics. I also wanted to do Michael Jackson because I imagined how glamorous the installation could be.