Its Done! So here it is!

Welcome to Para Gaia

This entire project has been quite the journey! So here is a full semesters worth of hard work and dedication. Although I lost my touch for a few weeks there, I got my swing back, and I am happier than ever to be posting this entry right now!

[Feel free to click and enlarge the images, they are FULL of detail :) ]
The Facade.

A view from just inside the door.

Womens display.



Check out counter and lounge.

A view from the back of the store.

Accessory wall

The lounge and fitting rooms.

I will be working in the coming weeks on a DVD walk through, which I will be posting on here as soon as it is complete. Expect to see it about mid December!

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Update...

Keep in mind this is still undergoing changes...Even if i am behind, I know I will be changing things until the last possible second. It's one of the stressful things about being a designer.


I am actually excited to be posting this, It has been awesome to see this go from 2D to 3D, and making it look as great as it does.


More stills to come soon, or as soon as I figure something else out. I am in a bit of a rut, and want to change so much. It's taking a lot of will power to keep from doing so.

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Getting there...

Cranking it out.

I still have tons to add... like clothes. It really is coming along though. Earlier today I felt like I had quite the mountain to climb, but I am hoping to get some rest, catch up on a few tv shows, and get back to work on this later tonight. :) I'm excited to keep everyone updated.

Set one of these up.

view my portfolio:
coroflot.com/Jordantaylor

Check it out, set one up yourself, and let me know what you think of my work!

Finally got this project under way!

This is the view into my retail store from the front window. I am really liking this so far, but as I have not added lighting, or real furniture (hence the odd gray box of a lounge chair) everything has an overall green color.

Anyways, I am really excited to really start getting things finished, and knock this one out of the park! I missed 3DSmax. :)

Thank you 6:30 am

For letting me finish this little beauty.

Let me introduce you to Para Gaia, my retail design project. this is just the hand rendered floor plan. furniture shapes and material appearances may vary in my final design.

I will post pictures of the other finals soon... it's still a work in progress, as its due tuesday and I'm skipping town for the weekend. Lots to get done ahead of schedule.

I am just looking forward to getting it all into 3DS MAX!

Anyways... Enjoy your midterm week.

Hand Rendered Store Facade

I am probably the happiest i have ever been with how this rendering turned out. I always thought i sucked at using Copic markers, but this is blowing me out of the water right now!

Im back, and my stuff is better than ever!

Illustrator mock up of the facade

Retail Cash Wrap Concept : Para Gaia

Store Facade Concept Design: Para Gaia

Concept Collage

Retail Design.

I never thought the day would come, but I'm already a 3rd year student. eeek! That means its time for the Retail Design project. I have been waiting for this project and dreading it all the same. Right now I'm in that "I cant wait to just get started on it" phase. A few weeks from now I'm sure I will be over it, but for now, I am loving what I have so far!

My concept:

The Concept for this retail space is change. Over time we have seen our environment change colors irreversibly from green forests to grey city skylines. Para, meaning “Protector of” and Gaia, being the Greek goddess of Earth, inspired the name for the store. Para Gaia tells the story of Mother Earth’s reclamation. Through texture, form, line and direction, She invades this urban concrete retail space with her shades of green. Using the principles of contrast and dominance to reach out at your heartstrings, motivating even the passer-by to stand up and help her in the fight. 

I will post my inspirations later, as I dont have the PDF file on me now. Cross your fingers for me!

Back At It!

Whole new school year, means brand new projects.
Just getting back into the swing of things with 3D Studio Max, with Product renderings.


Nothing fancy, just spent a class period on it. I'm really excited for my Retail design project, which I start next week.
Cheers.

Final Boards

its over.  and this is one of my favorite projects by far. :)

I'm going to call it a night.

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Where the magic happens

Click it! I'ts HD.
The desk area and office/studio space in my Digital Rendering project. :)

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Om Nom Nom

Accesscorize

I need to design a couch before i go any further.
That is my goal tonight, but for now, here is what I have.
Lighting to come this weekend, for sure, as the project is due in 8 days.

My Chairs look funny..

eames... gotta love his work

some eames furniture im using in my digital rendering project. heres the office, and the view of the living room... ugh. i want to stay and do more but i have a friend coming over. much love.

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A whole days worth of work.

I probably shouldn't have started applying materials just yet, but oh well.
I just wanted to give you a taste of what the final will look like.

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In Progress..

Here's just an idea as to how a Digital Rendering project starts. Walls. 3D or not, its the basic canvas for any project. I started my day off on quite the productive foot, so ill try and keep it up from here on out. I have a few meetings, my speech for Student Government elections, and presentations this afternoon, but I have some good music to keep me company!

Take care!
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a quick look at my cad plan for my studio project.

ill be opening it up in 3DS Max tomorrow probably. the next few days will be kinda busy.

off to class for an office system presentation, the out to a sushi dinner with an old friend :) todays getting better and better.

I have a Tumblr...

if you have one too... Follow me!

http://jordantaylor.tumblr.com

Down Under.

The concept for my Australian studio residence is the Sydney opera house. Located on an urban waterfront, the architecture of this building is said to have been constructed from the single surface of a sphere. The iconic concert hall is a masterpiece of modern architecture. Inspired by the opera house's pure, curving shapes and undulating reflective surfaces, my concept will be achieved through the elements of line, texture and form and will further express the concept through the principles of pattern, dominance and movement.

Best of Ringling

I'm planning on submitting a few pieces. Here are some of my favorite projects, and my best boards. I figured "hey, why not?" It's wroth the try, right?

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Oh, and did i mention. . .

Here's a little background info about my new client for my next Interior Design II project:

As the CEO of the British-based music publisher RPM, that represents the work of such unique music talents as My Morning Jacket, Feist, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Adele and Radiohead—Sarena Paxon intimately understands the convergence of creativity and commerce at the core of the business she shepherds. "Ours is a rarefied business," Paxon says. "If you think of great music—what is it? It's a wonderfully written song that's brilliantly performed, but it's also valuable intellectual property."

My mission as the designer:

Paxon has requested a workspace that presents the feeling of a
sophisticated lounge or club. Instead of incorporating bold color or offbeat design devices, - infuse character and interest with a carefully developed palette of materials that add warmth, texture, and richness to the space. She wants you to work with the exposed brick walls, vaulted ceilings, and castiron columns of the original structure.

To support the various facets of RPM’s business, Paxon wants you to develop a floor plan that would divide the employees into distinct groups with logical adjacencies. "Treat the space as an urban landscape, and define neighborhoods for each group and their different needs, such as the creative group, which blasts music all day long, versus the copyright and royalty department, which spend their time poring through legal documents."


Looks to me like ill be listening to some GREAT music over the next 3 weeks!

I swear to you, it's never over

The second one project ends, another begins! My Digital Rendering studio class final project is 900 sq.ft. personal living and studio space, where I become my own client. It can be located anywhere in the world, and of course with my current obsession with the land down under, this little beauty is my inspiration for this next project :)


This project... is one i dont believe i will get sick of!

i really wish i was more prepared to present

I'm as ready as I'll ever be!

Breathe easy

So i got a 94 on my Nuts project. I'm really happy about that!

Today in Digital Rendering, learning about daylighting, I created this little beast...


I like him a lot! haha.

ok. off to my RIDA meeting, lunch, and a little field trip downtown to look at some KNOLL furniture. :) Im dying to sit in this little ounce of heaven!