FIESTA FINAL

Ian O'Saben and I Developed a Fiesta Map system and brochure came from some pretty cool beginnings. It all started with the inspiration of cut paper and the fascination of Luchador culture that propelled us to make an Energetic, Fun, and Legible system to help families through the Kansas City Sculpture Park.

Moodboard & First Luchador

Our first priority was the ergonomic form of the built artifact. Above all else, the piece needed to be able to be used by kids. The resulting vessel was a mash-up of Blue's Clues and (the more adult version) simple field guides used for plant and animal identification (think birds, leaves, etc.)

 









This yielded a colorful (and brand-standard compliant) solution that embraced the Frida Khalo exhibit while showing exciting and playful nuances.

The Field Guide Closed (left) and open (right)

This system yielded the idea for the kid-sized Luchador (for interactive photos) along with the utilization of our icon set for wayfinding. 

Final System

FIESTA UPDATE

Luchador update [p3]

Working on assets for the Luchador project for the Nelson Atkins. Here are some images of just a jumble of all the things I've been working on. Trying to break down the Luchador and have some idea of how it will interact within the design. Also trying to connect it to the color pallet they have been using on the Frida exhibit coming up. I think it to be appropriate to use their colors being that it is being tied into the actual debut of the exhibit.

Luchadore

Just an update on our first round of ideas, just some imagery that we are trying to apply. We are trying to make the connection to the idea of this child friendly.

Nelson Atkins "fiesta"

brainstorming yesterday with my partner Ian O'Saben we played around with ways we can express culture and create cute little way-finding systems for this child-centered event the Nelson will be throwing during the summer. here are our beginning idea gathering and possible images or cultural ticks we want to draw from.

Evaluating myself

It is hard to believe that we are 5 weeks in and time has just blew by. So far I actually have really enjoyed my time. I have tried lots of new things, exploring my horizons in type, letting myself just try new ideas and not making the first thing that comes into my head. For my User experience class i have tried to do new things, with the How To video Ian and I both really wanted to try new things, I threw out the idea to try trip-tic and I also story boarded out the way we could employ the special videography. So I feel that Ive been trying new things and that is good I believe. I want to continue to push new ideas for the remainder of the semester and into my work outside of school. Im happy with how I've been trying to push.  Do I think I'm doing the best, no but I have really been trying. I think ive been growing consistently, and its only been five weeks!!!

Wheel Whorin'

So I'm partial to a group within the automotive culture, we are formally called wheel whores it's when we own multiple sets of wheels for our cars. For instance I have three sets right now. The title is given when you have more than one set of special, rare, nice, expensive, or wanted wheels. Standard is two sets or more. Usually they are just chillin in the owners garage not bein used. There is even bigger collections that consist of 10 or more sets but they are legen wait for it dary. The wheels themselves are what are important to the wheel whore, they have to be really interesting. They have to be Something that people respect.  Wheel whores are the kind if people when they see a junk yard of old special edition cars are lookin for the wheels first. They love to find those original BBS's or OZ's that nobody has. They really are picky to they're own sub genre also. If they love rally they are goin to be looking at braid wheels or more rally heritage based wheels. If the person is into the whole stanced nation they would have wheels that have an insane offset and have an insane deep dish look. The tires also play a big roll on what wheels or sub genre you are in. The look of tires are becoming important to the culture and the tread, size, tallness, and width are becoming a big deal. So to be a wheel whore you have to have a special eye on what wheels look like and what they represent, that's why we collect wheels for our vehicles.

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Wheel collectors or Wheel Whores are tied into a couple areas in the automotive world, first the wheel makers, they buy their wheels and collect old wheels etc. They also are within the tire world, they buy collect and document tires. They gauge the ability the look and the performance of the tires. Which can either make a tire or break them. Also the Lugnuts that are being used to hold the special wheels and tires. There is a big wow factor when you find some OG wheels then you find some super rare Manufacturing Lugnuts that were ultra limited. The Lugnuts also are used to compliment the wheel or car so the wheel whore also pays attention to these factors. These are the general areas in which the Wheel collectors are apart of. They stimulate a niche group and they get some major rep within the automotive world.

Along with the car itself if you have some wheels that a generation or specific owner will have some connection to the culture just as much. People have massive collections and ones that a lot of people covet. Even if you cant find a whole set Wheel Whores like to reauthor or reconstitute the use of the wheels. The common usage is a wheel table. Usually you will find a real wheel whore who has a old F1 BBS wheel or OZ wheel that are super deep. Super cool things come from these reconstituted ideas.