15.3.15 Thumbnails, Spreads and Icons

15.3.15
Ideate, Making

I started to brainstorm ideas for what my possible icons could look like, including the senses, business, scale/size and environment. I also started to thumbnail possible spreads.

I then started to create imagery of the icons and ways they could be contained on photoshop, i did this in relation to the bucket fountain but once i find effective spreads and imagery i will apply the same sort of imaginary to each sculpture. That is why the artist picture is instead an outline of the bucket fountain as there are no images of them. 

 whereas in relation to the other two i will do company logos/ image of the artist within respective shapes instead. I chose to use circles to incase things as the is the shape which i think corresponds with water and so there will be different shapes for the other sculptures if this imagery is effective and seen as successful when critiqued. 

Below is the variety of icon imagery i created, eyes, hands, and ears for which sense the sculpture effects ;

Then these are what i used to display the size of small, medium and large sculptures;

These depict how busy in terms of amount of people that the surrounding area of the sculptures are:

Then these are the icons which apply to the bucket fountain in both vertical and horizontal alignment:

I then worked on the text which will be inserted on each sculptures respective pages.

Bucket fountain:

The Bucket Fountain, originally called the Water Mobile is an iconic piece of Wellington art. Designed by Burren and Keen and erected in 1969 it has been a long standing part of Wellington culture. It is located in the pedestrian area of Cuba Street with its’ collection of colourful buckets splashes, without warning those who get too close hence becoming interactive with pedestrians whether they choose to or not.  This playful yet suspenseful nature of the piece causes it to be both adored and feared, whether you love it or hate it it is a must see part of the central city.

Tripod:

Tripod , located across from the Embassy theatre which is known for hosting the premiers of the third lord of the rings and first Hobbit film. It was made as a testament and celebration of Wellingtons growing and thriving film and television industry. Weta Workshop were commissioned to create the piece. Its’ flame forged appearance combines a variety of repurposed mechanical parts including hyrdaullic pistons, Nintendo controllers, Gameboys and hairdryers. This welded together look was made to be a reflection of New Zealand’s and the screen industry’s “number 8 wire attitude and ability to create with whatever is at hand”.

Akau Tangi (wind cones):

Akau Tangi whose name comes from the Maori name for Evans bay where it is located interacts with the very wind Wellington is so well known for. This piece which consists of a series of eleven striped poles with kinetic cones at the top of them which interact with the winds strength through the degree of rotational movement, LEDs which brighten or dim as well as emitting harmonious whistles which echo throughout the space. The sculpture was erected in 2010 designed by artist Phil Dadson and is the final sculpture in the series of Meridian Wind Sculptures along the bay.

I then started working on the spreads for the bucket fountain on indesign i will take these to be critiqued and work on perfecting my layout and working out what works best. I will then apply the most successful layout to the other sculptures but of course tweak them to accomodate and work successfully with each sculpture:

Overall all this work helps to work towards my final spreads and presentation of the brochure and will help to create the starting points towards developing a successful brochure and end result