Public spaces [school project]

It's red, it's flashy, it's conceptual. What else would you possibly want in a historic area in downtown Bucharest?
We have to design a public space, not really knowing where, not really knowing what, total and utter freedom. Not really pleased with the way it's going, but i like the spaces that resulted from the initial concept ( by creating urban tissue, I mimic the already existing but quite private courtyards and passageways from the surrounding area).

Enjoy.

Trial and mostly error

But still, these 5 minutes of doodling, blending and transparency make my day.


[Corel Draw X4, draftish poster for an area in the LetARHgia ball]

Update: the alternative @drr

Anatomy class 101 - letARHgia

Sometimes, as a designer, you may have your own conventions of representing things, conventions that may not be as easy to interpret as you think. And you reach a situation where you become gobsmacked at the reactions or interpretations you get from the people who see your work.

For instance, the latest freelance project for the student festival of architecture, called LetARHgia brought me to a point where I see myself obligated to teach my "audience" a little in visualbasher anatomy:

And the poster:

Boarding house, Breaza

The latest project at school consisted of a boarding house at Breaza, with 8 to 10 units and a small restaurant. My "brilliant" take on this project (which at one point during the last two months, almost half of my colleagues ripped off), was to have the units separated from the reception and between themselves. This created a series of courtyards and then it all flowed from there. Good experience, not so coherent in the final layout, but still I like the outcome. Enjoy

Design... Stop taking it so seriously

Probably the motto of our generation. We are living in a time when experiments of any visual or creative nature are possible, when you can go out there and express your twisted mind in a contorted piece of design, be it graphic, industrial or architectural. This of course creates also a lot of bad design, hence the incredibile amount of bashers (me not included) and maaaaany just plain haters.

Which brings me to this. I absolutely love it (probably the communist era opens up the appetite for kitsch-revival). I surely am not the only one, but, again, the number of haters and flamers and their determination to bash it and not only this one (almost every post on dezeen is met with great hatred by the readers) is almost disturbing.
Design and the act of designing has reached a level where it's really all subjective, you stop having a rulebook or recipes and as a bald, wise man once said it's all a mather of choice.

Green Urbanism [from this point forward]

In primul rand, de azi inainte, ma internationalizez si ma fac mai kewl, so from now on, I will only post in english, sorry for those of you who don't quite cope with it, but it was about time.

Second, i'm posting a small compilation on the latest project at the urbanism studio. Me, myself and rares (actually rares, mostly) had to propose a residential park in the north of Bucharest, next to a lake and a forest. We took the word "park" quite literally and came up with a green horse/big thing which is supported by the forest and the lake and regulates the life inside the ensemble.

Renderings in 3dsmax with vray, modelling in auto and arhicad.

MEdiaTECA 13 sept desi e 22 noiembrie

Ultima minunatie arhitecturala, predata ieri dar nesustinuta inca. O mediateca trista suprimata de 3 colosi pseudo post modernisti si clasicisti (Casa popoului, Academia Romana si tristul fronton de blocuri de pe 13 septembrie), rupta de context, dar high tech-ish in care am folosit ca punct de pornire nucleul datator de informatii si circulator de oameni ce da informatie functiunilor de stat si citit sau privit ce dau mai departe strazii informatii asemenea (bittorent, anyone?).

Recomandari [sa ajunga cititorul cel putin la fel dah dashtept ca scriitorul]

2 la numar (insiruire de link-uri, dati middle click in firefox mai bine):

• vizitand de curand bienala de design grafic de la Brno, am vizualizat un minunat album de fotografie, opera a minunatului fotograf NIGEL PARRY. Albumul se numeste "BLUNT" si puteti vedea cateva din poze aici.
• gratie domnului vecin de cartier piticu, am descoperit un alt minunat lucru, un blog unde un anume domn deseneaza/schiteaza lucruri. Here.

Who doesn't heart ASER?

Bineinteles ca vara a fost plina de lucruri asa frumoase (not) si am avut ce sa trebaluiesc. Printre care si minunatul ghid al studentului economist, o initiativa a datatorilor de paine fomistului de mine, si anume ASER. Am realizat layout interior si de coperta, o experienta noua, lucrand la o scara mititica si reusind sa multumesc copchii.

Coperta era o veche obsesie de a mea pe care voiam sa le-o impun, iar in interior singura data de tema era ca trebuie sa fie albastru, asa ca am ales designul acela minunat, dinamic si extrem de eye catching.
Lume multumita, bani luati, pot sa fac upgrade :D




PS: Am inclus si o varianta initiala de coperta ce iar ma semi-obseda (voiam sa fac ceva gen lost, ghid de supravietuire, in care niste personaje in interior ti-ar fi dat sfaturi cum sa supravietuiesti in jungla dah beton; dar pentru ca arata a calendar de agentie de turism am zis pas)
PPS: Tocmai am reinstalat windows-ul, fara fonturi sau chestii, deci sunt unele cam ciudate fata de cum ar fi trebuit sa fie.

Nazi Dancing Eggs [Easter eggs update]

Cum va promiteam un update la ce facusem inainte, iata. Totusi daca nu se afla o tanara juna mai mult decat minora (i kinda hate kids) pe aicea sa se joace sa-mi inchida cinema-ul ar fi iesit alta varianta mai jucausa, dar in nestiinta mea l-am lasat de izbeliste si tot in nestiinta mea nu am fost in stare sa refac efectele de atunci. Asta e, enjoy!