[depot] Client artist profile

The artist/client that I chose was Jeremy Lepisto. His art consists majorly of Kiln Formed Glass. This poster is a brief introduction of the overall Depot project. I feel that my research has been succesful so far, whether it's looking up the process of my artist or finding visual impairment designs that have been proven succesful in the past.
My artist has been very generous and has answered all of my emails with plenty of information on his process and how he envisions the gallery space to be. I am thankful that he has been so open and helpful and he has even shown interest in the final outcome, which I will send him pictures off once complete.
This poster I feel is one of my best posters reffering to the layout and background as well as the writting. I feel like I have improved in poster making in InDesign.
This project for me is one of my favorites so far and I am excited to see what my final outcome will look like.

Habitat For Humanity: Second Poster

Habitat For Humanity

For this project, we had to build a house for the association Habitat for Humanity. Our teacher gave us the lot size and location and the minimum square footage of the home. This was also a team project. We worked well together and came up with a special idea to set back the garage at an angle to it wouldn't be the first thing you would see from the street. We also popped out the square footage in the back to make a laundry/utility room, which is great and covers the back porch from the wind.
Another important aspect of our design is to make the space look bigger than it actually is. The public is space is somewhat seperated by half walls but also has the open feeling since you can see through the house. This project started out slow but it all came together in the end.

Inclusive Design related to Vision Impairment

For the depot project, we first had to research different topics to get contextual information that is useful to this project. Our team did inclusive design related to vision impairment. I researched a commercial case study and found a school for the blind in New Mexico where they designed the interior to be very helpful to the different stages of blindness of the students attending the school. Using colors, ceiling height changes, control of light, and textural features on walls, the students had confidence walking through the school and know where to go and how to get there with all these features.
I also talked about the tactile museum in Prague, and how it was designed for the blind. Brail was written down and the art works were pieces that you could hold and touch.

Vision Disability Ability Workshop

In this workshop I learned by looking through a plastic bag or little tool to show you the different kinds of blindness, how living and walking through different spaces affect your confidence, ability to move, and vision of course. Walking with the smeared glasses on, discomfort was the word that I would attach to it. Even with just those temporary glasses, I hated not being able to see exactly what I'm touching, smelling, hearing, etc.
I think the built environment should mostly be accesible for any kind of disability no matter the cost. In all public spaces at least. With advanced technology, now the world of disabled can somewhat feel more comfortable and more independent in the built environment. This will hopefully grow and be worldwide someday.

Carrie Vielle Studio

Friday the 2nd of march, our studio went down to Colfax to visit Carrie Vielle's art studio to see what it was like and what the artist usually needs.Her studio was a little shed with three different stations which were tables that she switched between for different stages of her process for her paintings. She made sure to tell us that Storage was very important for her and most artists. Whatever the artist asks for in storage, double or triple that amount. Another important thing she talked about was control of the lighting and how important it is to artists and their works.
The overall studio was quite small but seperate from the house which is important for an artist since they dont need to be distracted while in the creative process of their artworks.