I created this poster to show how Rococo and Modernism, although opposing styles, can be integrated to encompass a space, creating depth to a design.

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Designer Sharnia King is releasing her exhibition at the Wellington City Gallery and invites you to be a part of this integration of Rococo and Modernism. The juxtaposition of two opposing styles is a moment in history that cannot be missed.
The feature pieces are an investigation into encompassing spaces through a combination of styles. The combination of Rococo and Modernism develops depth to a two dimensional design.
The curvilinear aspects associated with the elegant and extravagant Rococo style dates back from the high society of European culture. These designs were seen as very romantic and organic shapes create a very fluid motion to the design. Modernism proposes opposite ideas and techniques by using straight lines in a very formal and literal manner. The look is almost simplistic when viewed beside Rococo.
A variety of materials is used to explore the limits of encompassing a space through a combination of Rococo and Modernism. Therefore the pieces on display have pushed the limits of fluidity in a range of different directions. Some are extravagant, some are simplistic. There’s something everyone can identify with in these forms.
I have drawn my final pattern in Adobe Illustrator. This version of the pattern has perfected the design and also uses colour. From this I can take the pattern into Adobe Flash and put motion into it. The colours I have used are from the New Zealand and Maori flags. The common colour to both flags are the red, the black is from the Maori flag and the navy is from the New Zealand flag.

I have decided on the arrangement of colours within my pattern. As I wanted to combine colours in both the New Zealand flag and the Maori flag I used a combination of red, blue, white and black in my testing. As both the red and white are in both of the flags I decided after much testing to use only one of these colours as the joining colour between the two cultures. I wanted to incorporate both the blue of the New Zealand flag and the black from the Maori flag as these colours are unique to each of the flags. This shows the differences that each culture brings to New Zealand but how they have similarities and have joined using the common colour.

Using the colours Red, Navy, Black and White in a variety of ways.








I have replicated my chosen symbol in Adobe Illustrator to create a pattern.

I have created my symbol in Illustrator. I am going to transform it into a pattern and add colour to it. In flash, I am going to add movement to the symbol as it shows the change in heritage of New Zealand as two cultures have merged.

ROTATION
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SHIFT
I want to combine these two compositional strategies as I look at the layering of rino plastic. Also by shifting the size and shape of the material to create the transition, as well as rotation.









I have taken the successful models of my original ideas that portray movement and transition and further developed them. This is to further experiment with the original qualities that the model has and to see how small changes can enhance or take away from the model.






I have created more models that are based on separate ideas as opposed to iterations. Some of them have been really successful first stages, where others taught me lessons about what doesn't work very well with the .38 rino. From here I am going to take the successful models and create iterations to develop the idea, and create even more successful models that portray the idea of movement and transition.










In studio we passed our best model onto someone else for them to critique and make changes to the model. This was really interesting to see the approach the other person took towards increasing the fluidity of the skin, and the way they used the curves to enhance the frame.

Initial Model:

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I began playing around the wire and the .38 rino plastic to get a feel for the materials and what I can do with them. This was a good experiment as I was able to see the curves that were possible with the type of plastic I am using.






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I am a designer, currently studying Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington. My focus areas are website and mobile media development, interaction design, 3D modelling and animation and audio-visual space. My blog shows my journey through each project as well as my learning experience through university. What do I want to be when I grow up? I have no idea. But I love what I'm learning. Although there have been many bumps along the road in this journey and despite the fact that there are going to be many more, I wouldn't have it any other way.

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