Week 2: The Stairs (Planning/Inspirations)

To create my stairs, I did some research and brainstormed what I could possibly include in my designs:

Scheme 1 = Frigid (CJ Hendry), Mysterious (Gucci)

Mysterious - Gucci:

·       Dark, shadowy, heavy stair, one colour?

·       Mix of light and heavy?

·       Multiple elements = confusing?

·       Curls, swirls ornamentation à or the steps themselves are curvy?

·       Like in a maze à lots of lines crossing over

·       Can’t really see well where the stairs lead to

·       Swirling down chairs

·       Black and white?

·       Play with spaces – have some, but change it up as the stair goes up?

·       Include a mirror on the side of the stairs à the stairs seem wider/longer than they actually are? à adds the mysterious atmosphere?

o   Warped mirror à warps the body?

o   Mirror on the stairs?

·       No railings

·       More intersections/ more directions --> spreading different ways

·       Dim lights on top of the stairs (slide 23)

·       Looming effect

·       Outer stairs

·       Have Gucci items on display near the stairs/on the stairs

Frigid - CJ Hendry

·       Heavy

·       Frozen elements --> stairs should convey stillness, rigid atmosphere

·       Bulky steps?

·       Separate stairs into several segments

o   Few steps up à then there’s a platform for rest? Longer step?

·       Have the stair a part of the wall --> seems like its stuck/frozen in place?

·       Cold, hard exterior

·       Include railings --> gives structure --> makes the space seem compact

·       Blue laser lights --> pointing at the person as they move up/down the stairs

·       A bit hollow

·       One colour: white à icy feeling

·       Glass = ice?

·       Rectangular, lot of edges/corners

·       More minimalist compared to the Gucci stairs

·       Flat, glossy surface? With some cracks?

·       Materials – tiles (boxes)

·       Underwater stairs

    Scheme 2 = Rubble (CJ Hendry), Nightmare (Gucci)

    Rubble – CJ Hendry

·       Material --> stones, sandstone, dirt?

·       Railing = block of cracked concrete

·       Stone pebbles piled on top of each other with dirt inside

o   Extra pebbles/stones stacked on top of the dirt/mud?

Nightmare - Gucci

 Black, dark coloured stairs --> marble? --> plastic?

 Foggy atmosphere

 The unknown

 Sharp edges, corners

 Like being sucked up into a black hole

 Melting plastic