Interior Design Final Project : Curative Retreat

At this final stage of this semester, as usual we need to transform the whole spaces into a curative retreat center. First comes in my head was accommodation, because I want to create a short gateway place for the women right after they giving birth. Even tho its just a couple days, but it consider as emergency healing based on specialized body condition by using Chinese traditional methods. The differences between the hospital and the curative retreat that I'm going to design is the treatment wise, nutrition, environment and services.

First of all, I start to Due to the limitation of space, I had decide to do maximum 3 bedrooms on the first floor and others treatment services on the ground floor to divide the private, semi-private and public spaces. 

Interior Design Project 2b: Site Analysis

As we had settled our program, user and promotional kiosk, we start to conduct site analysis studies where we gonna build our design at. Our selected site location is The Greyhouse located at Bangsar (1, Jalan Terasek 2, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.)  

Its an event house allow everyone to rent the place for any kind of party, wedding ceremony, celebrations and more. When I heard from the start, I start to search the place on Google to checke out the environment surroundings and the interior spaces of it. Based from the pictures that I have saw in Google, it looks wide, clean space.Thus in reality, its constructiveness with all naked finish, bad vantilation (I guess they didn't open the Air conditions) and surprisingly small. It just a corner double story house. We continue conduct every analysis study which include measurements, environment observation, SWOT analysis and more.

On this stage, I am under SWOT analysis group. Because our batch is too many peoples, everyone only just need to do a bit than done already. Even tho this is the second time doing analysis study, still got some part I never learn before. I learnt that every single services can be refleacted to the design it self.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qc20biw2vomkuy5/AAAHJJz2M7XgPteUWD2xPPXEa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m5qzzmtpiuy8izm/AADVkYDgXOwYlYc8JKSiX1z1a?dl=0

Interior Design Project 2a: Promotional Kiosk

In this second stage right after we understand all the programmes, we need to start create a brand or re-branding the current brand for our curative retreat center. On this project, we are allowed to work as a team of 4 too which is still the same group mates with the first projects. 

The requirements are building up a brand which include the name, logo and the background, promotion booth and sample product designs. All requirements are need to related with the programes and the user itself. From this projects, I felt that I'm studying marketing business which we need to find a way to design for attractions and the psychological impact. This project I enjoyed the most compared to all others, because can create a brand from scratch and I had been interested and studied on branding quite a long time. 

Our first step on this project is create a name as we decided on creating new brand than re-branding the current ones. We kept on find the synonyms of the term "love" or "care" which could symbolized the nature loving from a mom. At the end of discussion, we decide to name our curative retreat center as "Aurora" which means in Ancient Roman goddess of the dawn or radiant emission 

"Be the goddess of the day, during your postnatal period to get your pre-baby body back"

Selections of logo compositions.

Selected colour scheme.

Based on the meanings, we created the logo which combining the fairy tale-ish with soft pastel colour and graphic symbolized the mom and baby. Pink pastel colour represent the female and lemon yellow represent the goddess or the important timing for the female.

According to our programes, we decided to use body scrub and herbal tea as the sample product for our promotional booth which is convenience for the user to testing on the spot. We re-designing the packaging by change the colour and put our logo on the packaging.

We keep our packaging design clean and simple which easier to carry around and keep in bag too. From that, we need to design a compact-able promotional kiosk which is easy to install and keep by just 1 people. The purpose of this kiosk is to promote our brand to the nations. At the end of our discussions, we decide to put our promotional booth at Mid Valley Mega Mall because of the population and great environment as in there's always have baby's fair going on. 

Last but not least, we combine everything that we had done into a presentation slides. 

From this projects, I have acknowledge the functional of exhibition design, circulation in addition of visual psychology impact. I really enjoy the whole process of creating new brand. For me, its creating new meanings and identity the story behind and from there make it logic, promotions, samples and media commercials to spread the story and the services as well.  

Interior Design Project 1: Research Findings: Curative Service

In this semester 4 of interior design project subject,we're going to design a curative retreat center in total of 3 projects, 2 group project and 1 individual.. Before that, we have to draw luck to pick a topic from the selections that set from our lecturers. The choices are weight management, dietary / nutrition, occupational, aesthetic, native and cerebral. For my group, we get weight management topic and I was a bit sad because I wish to have dietary topic but its okay I take it as challenge. 

As for our first stage of designing projects, we need to considerate our clients / main user of the space and understand the possibility of the activities. Weight management could be a wide range, from children to senior citizens, its a need in every stage. Based on our group discussion, we decided to focus on confinement women. After we decided our focus group, we start planning the programme according to the user needs, wants and condition. From my perspective, this stage is crucial because we need to understand the needs and wants and based on that, create a functionality and visual relaxation space for the user. Last but not least, we combined all our research into a video presentation.

Reflection on Video editing Class

In video editing class final project,

I became the director

Because we are using my story to film the video.

Overall experience was amazed and I enjoyed.

This is the first time for me conducting a video from story to filming.

At the same time I would like to thanks my group mates, Jocelyn and Ester who guided me well through the whole filming process.

At first I though it would be hard because my main character is my cousin and she is 9 years old.

Pairing with child which also first time for me, and I am scared that I will not be able to guide her well. But surprisingly she is a very good actor, she could act!

Her emotion and impression reach my expectation.

The hard time through out this filming process is the requesting cafe for filming.

Because in my ending, it will need to film it at a cafe.

As a cafe is a public spaces, not all cafe allow us to film.

But at the end we're lucky to able to film at Hype concept cafe at SS15.

Thank you Hype Concept Cafe for allow us to film in your cafe!

Last but not least, in general I had a good time to film and finally I can understand that filming is not that easy.Its just not only about the story, the lights, angle and motion considered the main key.

At here I would like to thanks Mr Martin for guiding us and theach us all kind of shots, angle and even story setting. I'm glad that I've made the right decision by choosing this subject.  

storyline assignment

  

Sc 1 Sh 1, W.S

The GIRL walk opposite of the camera

Sc1 Sh2, M.S

The GIRL turn back, looks lost, face to the camera

Sc 2 Sh1, O.S

DAD come back

Sc 2 Sh 2, M.S

GIRL noticed

 

Sc 2 Sh 3, M.S

GIRL climb out from the bed

Sc 2 Sh 3, M.C.U.S

GIRL gave the result to DAD

Sc 2 Sh 4, M.C.U.S

GIRL hide back under the bed

 

Sc 2 Sh 3a, M.C.U.S

GIRL looks sad, moving inward under the bed

Sc 3 Sh 2, M.S

GIRL signed because been locked out

Sc 3 Sh 3, M. W.S

GIRL walked behind the alley

 

Sc 3 Sh 4, M.C.U.S

GIRL found the spare key and get in

Sc 3 Sh 5, C.U.S

GIRL found sfood to eat

Sc 3 Sh 6, M.S

GIRL alone in living room

Sc 3 Sh 7, M.S

GIRL sadly watching tv (background change to supermarket)

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Sc 4 Sh 1, M.C.U.S

GIRL walk in to the crowd and disappear

Ending of the storyline for Video editing

What if I manage to run away...
Where I will be?
What am I doing?
"Deliver the Happiness"
this appeared in my mind.
When I was small, I feels that I can't get enough attention on me.
One day, I have an idea.
Although I can't get enough attention on me,
what if I made something that makes happiness?
At that time, food delivery is the first thing in my mind.
Food.
The simplest and the easiest thing that create happiness.
I used to imagine that...
I will work in a restaurant.
Packing all the delicious food.
Deliver the most heart warming meals to those who needs.
The dreams that I dream.
Simple.
Not so fantasy.
But for real.

Video editing class Week 8 Storyline practice

Storyline practise

Story line of video editing class

Childhood, a growing stage between birth and puberty which assume to be the most happiest and purest moments in our life times. There is some saying that children's mindset is the most creative ever, but who can secure every single child's creativity? It is infinite and unstoppable crazy ideas and the point of view among daily life. 

When I was small, I hardly meet my parents because they were busy with their career at overseas and I was grown up in a typical Chinese family mostly with y grandparents. During that time, I had suffered the middle child syndrome which has been a belief that middle children don't get the attention the eldest or the youngest in the family gets. Which lead  my creativity flow in a negative mindset that I always asked myself "Who am I?" "Why I'm here?" "Am I adopted?" and more...I always had an adventure in my house to find the evidence of my birth but then I couldn't find any (actually I found birth certificate but during that time I was a kid don't know that is the evidence). At the same time, I used to asked myself questions that started with "What if...?" then I'll think of 2 consequences. "What if, I committed suicide? If I success, I'll become a spirit and float in the air just me alone (I was scare being alone when I was small, what I can conclude my imagination is face the reality which is no one will care about me). I can imagine that the surrounding is dark, cold and I cried because too scary. If I unsuccessful, I can imagine I'm laying in a hospital surround with my family member despise me which let me feel wanna run away from home to wherever I can get attention from others. With my planning, my  first run away was half way success, 4 hours missing in action with no one notice about it and end up going back home. Indeed, I do it again but I get caught up by my grandma while I was planing to go back. After that no more escape, because my parents had arranged me to a strict after school-programmed.

By the time passed, I had come to rebellious stage which the time that I disobey each point of view to gain acceptence. Because of this mindset, I played football for the first in my life because I was arguing with my male friends that who said girls cannot play football. Due to some coincidence, I become more adventurist and more friendly, no longer emo or negative thinking. I'm different compare with the younger me.

Video editing (practice 1)

YEAR 2 SEM 2 - Video Editing (week 2)

On the first week of this sem, all Malaysian are having public holiday and same goes to me no class for the day. So our first class is on this week which consider week 2 and as usual introduction and briefing on our projects. Then, I tried my very first time editing small clips by using Premier Pro CC and Mac (I never use mac before lol) which is a good experience for me.

After that, the lecturer announce that we will be joining the video editing competition this sem (hooray...have 3 competition at the same time.../.\) and for the task of the week is choose a song that represent myself. Well for me, I will choose "can't stop the feeling" by Justin Timberlake which also my favorite song on these days. Why I choose this because I can't stop my feeling when I listen to this song too HAHA, just bringing me happiness and cheerful which I'm like that(sometimes, basically more on I wish I am that cheerful people) I'm quite shy on the outside but crazy on the inner side of me.

I realised that when people grown up, their had more and different character on themselves.  Which something like when meet family won't joke a lot and so on same goes to me when I meet different types of people because not everyone get your joke but sometimes it get mixed up with the feeling like maybe these friends won't crazy a lot but then I suddenly get crazy and it cause a bit awkward. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0K8uYEZWw

As for the final project of detailing drawing, we need to produce a series of working drawing of our design. those working drawing include: setting out plan, reflected ceiling plan, furniture plan, electric plan, section and furniture details. From this project, I learnt that the actual working drawing that i need to produces when I work as an interior designer. Which I need to use these communicate with the contractor. Its important that produce a right working drawing, if produce wrongly then will occur construction failure.

Details drawing week 8 (individual reflection)

On last week (week 7), its our 1 week mid-semester breaks. During this break we need to upload our progression of our project 2 thru online submission. In this project 2 we had to visit 3K Sports Complex located at Subang Jaya and then produced a report and minimum 4 drawings in a group of four. As for me, I group with Tia Nellisa, Goh Pei San and Thian Bing Xun. After we settled our group mates, we started divide our parts like 2 peoples (Pei San and Tia) do report and another 2 (Me and Bing Xun) do drawings. 

Next, Me and Bing stared divide the drawings like he will do 2 plan and 1 details drawing, I will be doing 2 section and 1 elevation drawings. The week before the mid-term breaks, we discussed about all the measurements of the drawings include the title block and we tested before we draw the official ones. I felt enjoy but stress at the same time because I enjoy drawing but then I need to keep my paper clean and the line weight need to be up to the standard. Last, I'm actually very happy to join this group which everyone of us works like a team do our own best, thanks to Bing for guiding me on the drawings and Tia and Peisan for done a great report although we're almost late for submission due to binding problems but we still make it on time. Thank you Group 10!

Detail drawing week 6 (riveted, welded, nut and bolt joints)

In this week, we need to observed 3 different joints which is riveted, welded, nut and bolt joint. From the observation,  we need to sketch 3 different types of object (either furniture, architecture, interior and others) from Singapore which we having a study trip on last week Friday to Sunday (6th May to 8th May). On this trip we went a lot places to observed the architecture and interior which quite interesting. More over, I like tge ways how they constructed according to the human needs and the balances between cities and nature environment. For us as a designer, I think we should have think of eco environment when we designing either interior or exterior. Because if our mother earth is damage, where will be our home?

Detail Drawing Week 5 (Revision Remarks)

For this task, Ms Norji asked us to comment on other group's work that we have done last week, a interior detailing drawing. As for my group (Imani, Wafaa, Tia Nellisa and me), we had done Interior Detailing Drawing Eames Lounge Ottoman Chair. 

Our Selected furniture (Eames Lounge Ottoman Chair):

Our Detail Drawing:

After this submission, we will received the comments from other group as well and we need to re-draw in our journal book.

Detail Drawing Week 4 ( Observation Drawing)

As for this week, we was given a day off to explore ourselves. It means that we don't have class, we get permission from Ms Norji to have a outdoor study at wherever furniture outlets that we interest with. As for me, I went Ikea Damansara to do my research. The requirements of this outdoor study is measured and sketched 3 furnitures (Table, Chair and Cabinet) with different kind of materials and listed down their specifications. 

For me, Ikea is a theme park / dreamland for me since i was a kid. The way they displayed their product which allow me to experience different kind of interior styles and of course  their meatballs and other delicious food  from the cafeteria considered one of my motive to go there and I believe majority of the peoples will same as me.