ARCH1101 Design Studio 1 - Xiaoqian(momo) Liu

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Dining tables

My inspiration comes from the punctuations question mark and excalmation mark. During Steve Job's and Versace's work, they may meet lots of troubles and problems. In the process of solving them, they may question themselves first, "How?". Both Steve Job and Versace are capable person. Maybe an inspiration from their daily work or other people could give them an intensive to overcome the difficulty.
Thus, the combination of the question mark and excalmation mark explores the above process. Both the two clients and the two corporations are strong enough to face and solve different problems. The whole design shows the beauty of curve and the great power behind it.

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Elevators

This elevator is for Versace.

Donatella Versace is the leader of the brand Versace, and also a fashion star concerned by many people. Therefore, this elevator is designed with the element-star. This shows the big power of the star Donatella Versace herself, and the power of her fashion industry Versace as well. Moreover, the elevator is in yellow. This is a glaring colour which shows the charm of her and her brand. A great woman and a powerful fashion corporation.

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This elevator is for Steve Job.

The Apple corporation has many products, such as mp3, mp4, Hi-Fi, computer and mobile and so on. The wing-like shape indicates that Apple produces different sorts of electronic products and Steve Job is leading Apple to develop more and more new products in different areas. The base of the elevator is like Ipod Nano-the one of most famous products of Apple. Therefore, the whole design shows that Apple is becoming more and more powerful.

18 Perspective Drawings[two point]

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

MashUp of Articles on 3 Clients

Donatella Versace is great at playing the countercultural icon. There are righteous battles to fight, and with Macs and iTunes and iPhones, she fights them, taking on the entrenched megaliths that try to dictate our tastes in computers and music and mobile phones.

"My goal is to make Apple, in three to five years, the leader in both the computer and entertainment industries," Versace said emphatically during a short interview in her Hong Kong office. "My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry."

Donatella Versace is a canny CEO who knows how to sell product. In fact, she is accredited as the first to use notable celebrities to broadcast her products into the world on the public mediums such as advertisements. She soon proved to be the public relations giant within the Apple label and spread its name throughout China and most of the United States, choosing to place some of her good friends, such as Madonna and Demi Moore, in high esteem in the Apple advertising sector, making them and other A-list celebrities the persona and image of Apple.

There were occasional threats from competitors, but being a woman was not a problem, Versace said. "Actually, I didn't find it difficult," she said. "I found men respected me." Versace seems to be revered more for being Donatella Versace rather than for her impressive achievements in the business world.

She has not lost her ambition, though. Keep an eye on this one, as she may be the catalyst that either makes of breaks the great electronic product that is Apple.

References

Barboza, D 2007, 'China's 'Queen of trash' finds riches in waste paper', International Herald Tribune, 15 January, accessed 13 May 2008, <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/15/business/trash.php?page=1> [for Zhang Yin]