Sunday, February 18, 2007
This is another entry that uses the same form of media, but is decidedly more successful. The problem with the previous entry was its poor usage of the colored pencil. The strength behind this entry is the masterfully rendered colored pencil drawings. The same basic approach is used in presentation layout, but we get a much clearer picture of the designer’s ideas and her building. Although the colored pencil may work better when used well, I argue that the problem with such crude forms of drawing is more deeply seeded. The pencil is an ancient tool and it is used simply. Press it to paper, and residue from the graphite will create a mark. We know this from our days in elementary school. So, when we view the very well rendered image in the lower left corner of this presentation, we cannot help but think that someone sat down for days drawing all of those lines. We know how the drawing was completed. It was done with great detail and it would be near impossible to erase a part of the drawing and replace portions of it. For example, fictional architects ‘Francon and Heyer’, a creation of author Ayn Rand in her novel The Fountainhead, used to drape their drawings in a transparent cloth before they proposed them to their clients. This way, Rand believes, the client would be less inclined to suggest that something will be different because it already looks so finalized. Although this poses less of a problem on the architect, the building ultimately belongs to the client, and their suggestions should be easily implemented.
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