Concept Model

Final Concept Model

Final Parti 

For my concept model for the Railroad Depot, I got my inspiration from the herringbone brick pattern on the outside walkway of the depot. The specific elements and principles that derived this model was the use of line, repetition, unity,balance and color. Line and repetition are the elements that are carried out throughout the whole design. In the model, I used the choice of orange, which I later changed, but I chose orange because it is a comforting and happy color. From putting together this model, I learned that I need to play around with more 3d images and ideas. The model could have been better if I had introduced more lines and views. 

Textile

For my pattern, Line and Repetition are what allowed the pattern to work together. From the herringbone brick pattern, those are the elements that came out of it. The gradation of color use was applied in my design and also allows for a sense of place and movement. The textile worked very well and shows the positive and negative space that the brick also provides through the cracks in between each brick. This project helped me understand how to have one parti and be able to multiply it in different ways to make an interesting pattern. Using Spoonflower was a great way to learn how my ideas can be transferred onto fabric. It's much more real when you're able to move it around with your hands. 

Depot Client Artist Profile

During this stage of the design process, retrieving important information about my chosen artist, Catharine Newell, for the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot in downtown Pullman, was somewhat difficult. The main way that I got my resources were from a personal interview that I had with her over the phone that greatly helped me with being able to design a residential space, a studio and a gallery that would be suited just for her. The images selected on my posters were the chosen works of Newell's that I thought portrayed her art philosophy the most obviously. This part of the process was successful because the information that I retrieved is going to help me throughout the whole design process. A part that I am sort of fuzzy on going to be the use of materials in all of the spaces. Because most of her work is neutral and black and white, that leaves for a wide variety of color that can be placed throughout the depot. But overall, talking with Catharine was the most helpful.