Farnsworth House Project

For this project in Intro to 3D Graphic Design, we were given the task of creating three forms that clearly display hierarchy, then were given the task of turning it into an information kiosk that goes outside of the Farnsworth House.

The Farnsworth House was created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1951 in Illinois and has become a famous reference for modernist architecture.  At the time it was built, it was a completely unique structure in the way that it is made completely of glass and framework so that the people living in it could be more attached to the nature surrounding them.  The house has since become a museum that people can make appointments to visit and tour through.

This is the house:

 
  
These below are screen shots from the PDF file of my process book for the project:  


 





  

I really liked my color palette, which was just a selection of a couple colors but varying tones because I wanted to give it a natural color scheme since that is an emphasis of the house itself.  The type I picked (Baskerville and DIN) was a decision that had to be based off of whether or not it would be easy to read at a distance for people of any vision handicap and any point size.  The other difficulty I had was making sure that the location of the information was within interest.  I’ve learned that people do not like to read anything above their head or below their waist because turning or tilting your neck to read becomes an inconvenience.  So to solve that, I had to find an effective way or designing the form that would fit all of these challenges.  I feel like I did a great job using the space to invite people “into” reading the information and learning more information about the Farnsworth House, and walking all the way around it to learn the rules at the same time.  We’ll see what kind of grade I get soon and whether or not I was successful at achieving these goals and solving these challenges when making an environmental design piece for the first time.