FINAL SCALE MODEL / FINISHING BOUND BOOK/ VISUALS + A2 PRESENTATION
Having laser cut the dimensions of the Teahouse as well as the book cover, I started to put my model together. I experimented with various styles of lighting when putting together the model since I wanted the edged lighting for the Teahouse. The property of cast acrylic is that the edges glow when light is shone through the material, and that's the lighting style I wanted in my final design.
ABOVE: Furniture elements within Teahouse
ABOVE: Final Model in studio lighting , black background
While experimenting with the different lighting angles, shades and backgrounds, I photographed the model. There were a lot of styles that I liked during the photographs, and my idea was to use one of these selected photographs to be incorporated into my visuals.
ABOVE: Various full model photographs in various angles
ABOVE: Trying to work with model with white background
Since my Teahouse is meant to be created with glass, I used the images photographed in white background to give the look of glass. Although in the photograph it looks good, when I edited it onto my location the whole look was very washed out. Not only that, visually, it did not communicate what I wanted it to and how I pictured it (shown above).
After trying to fix that and not being able to succesfully edit it, I decided to use the model photographed in black background. Not only did I find that it kept the structure and furniture details within it visible, it also looked better in terms of how my original location would reflect on it. The Refuge has industrial style separators so the bold black lines would reflect on the clear glass of the Teahouse, giving it a linear, black/grey hue.
ABOVE: Edited transparent Teahouse for final visual
I liked the final result of the visual much more than the numerous ones I tried before. I wanted to create the visual in a very minimalistic style but be able to capture the busy ‘lights’ outside the conservatory part of The Refuge. It was also quite hard to find and capture a photograph of the space with fewer people and wasn’t allowed to take a few myself due to privacy of guests so I decided to use one of the older drawings I made of the space.
This time I found it relatively quicker and smoother to use Photoshop to create my visuals. Only time I hesitated was choosing a final presentation style for the visual (shown below). I decided to use the square style of the visual (right) because upon a closer look, it showed a much better perspective of the floor and water. Also the circular style of visual leaned bit more towards a graphics rather than design visuals.
ABOVE: Final presentation styles for visuals.
ABOVE: Front (top) and back (bottom) covers for bound book made using laser cut featuring name at front and logo at the back
Personally I found the bound book to be executed very successfully and I was very happy with the overall look of it. A tiny disappointment was the binding holes. I loved the look of the small metal rings with the cast acrylic as it relates directly to how I wanted the actual Teahouse glass to be connected together and the contradiction between the two materials worked wonderfully together. However, the hole width I used while laser cut was just enough for the rings to bind my pages and covers together but the book won’t close fully. I decided to present the book standing so it won’t look as odd but other than that, I was very happy with the result.