Our poor Dome

At first, it seemed like a really good idea. A dome is a regal shape. Simply elegant and something that Jackie O probably would've loved. But when making it, we just couldn't get it to sit right. and as was discussed with the professors it just didn't fit in the space. So now we're back to the drawing board with only these simple ideas we surely know

1) this is a personal space, a place where Jackie O would've sat every morning to put on her makeup

2) we want it to remain a personal space. Therefore we've chosen our vanity to be our shining star in the studio

3) we definitely need to focus on it being more of a bedroom feel, seeing things like cabinets, drawers and beds that would be in a bedroom

so we'll see where we can move on from there...all I can say is stay tuned!

completely random

But found this on another blog site: http://dailydesigndiscoveries.com/

http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2010/9/30/vintage-packaging-french-chocolate-box.html

It's a vintage chocolate packaging from france. I really love the patterns on it and the colors. I think its classic style might be something we could use for Jackie O?

Just a thought...we'll see what comes out of tomorrow! :)

sketchs and branding

Here's some sketches and branding for our upcoming project. The photos we thought would be a really nice edge to the classic Jackie O style and showcase the lip colors with a more modern flair.

This is the basic floor plan for the store. We're still fooling around with wheather we want one counter or two in the store.

Since we seem to be suffering from "in the box" issues with our project, we've been playing aorund with many ideas. Obviously we started with stripping the walls completely, then fooling around with ways we could suspend a chandalier from the center or doing just a floor and ceiling. We had come up with a birdcage idea, which although very beautiful, we still had to admit that even we were calling it a bird cage and who would want to shop in there?

More recently we've been playing back with our circulr shapes again and we've added back two walls. The two walls, for us, still maintain that comfy and personal feel that we'd like the shop to have. Yet the idea of an arch or dome is still very elegant within Jackie O's simple yet poignant style choices and personality.

Last but not least we of course have the vanites (there will be two in the store). We wanted these to also have those personal feelings, as if you were sitting in her bedroom. We we're realy insipired by the picture below the sketch to do a scalloped design along the edges. This style is again simply elegant just like Jackie O

Jackie O my gosh!

So for our group project we've decided to do a special collection of Jackie O inspired lipsticks. Since the space is so small we wanted to focus solely on  this collection and the experience. We wanted it to be a very personal space so that all our customers would feel like the store was just for them!

It also helped us capture the closeness that Jackie O felt as a wife and mother, she was quoted by saying that she was "a mother first, a wife second, and the first lady last." She was a very subtlely glamourous person. Her style was simle, chic and safe but yet she always had great textiles and tastes (when redecorating the white house) and especially her infamous sunglasses!

For our space, it really centers arround our two countertops (above). We created a semi-circular shape very reminisant of the hats that Jackie O always wore. We had originally played around with the idea of doing a circular space but it was far to close to the oval office and we didn't want any politics, only style. Th tops of each countertop withh be glass shadowboxes and filled with pearls (another siniture of hers) and the lipsticks in our collection

There will be two vanites in the corner of the room. Each vanity will be complete with a circular seat to sit on and a three-fold mirror. The drawers on the side will be filled with the lipsticks in the collection so that the customer can pick them up and go straight to the register. On the vanity will be all four lipsticks in the collection so that they can be tested. There will also be a small glass canister for cotton balls and another for make up remover. We also would like to have a pair of sunglasses, maybe gloves, and a "how to" makeup book including personal pictures of Jackie O to better reinforce that yo are her...at least in our store.

Our display cases are fairly simple. A semi-circular shape, with shelves that will gradually ascend. We decided that simple would be best for our space and for customers who would simply like to pick up a package and run to their other errands.

Final Project

I really loved my final project, despite some minor set backs. I had really wished I'd played around with the repositionable spray glue beforehand, especially when my lace fell mid-spray paint and botched a few of my sides. I still felt my design really encompassed my "glamour for all" idea and would definitely stand out in any setting and sell my product

Display Case Part 2!!

So after talking about it with my instructor, I began making my final model out of chipboard. Since my original idea was to display only one lipstick per tier, I had to revamp my layers a bit to add for 3 more (thats 4 total) per tier of my "lipstick cake"

Somehow in my measurements, I went a little wrong. My display case turned out a bit topsey-turvier then planned but that was a mistake I was proud to make. In the end, I felt it really made the lipsticks jut out more and highlighted them on each tier. My scale was a bit off...still not sure when that happened but maybe somewhere between chipboard and plaster...

I plastered useing sheets of fabric with plaster on them (like a guaze) that I carefully dipped in water and wrapped my chipboard model in. Of course we're never as carefull as we first seem and a lot of sanding went into trying to get my edges nice a smooth!!



I then painted the whole model my gunmetal blue color, to stick with my color scheme and add a pop to the model.

I really went back and forth between doing the red top. Part of me thought it looked super chic and the other half thought it was just a little too barbie. I'm glad I stuck with it though because especially after the lace detailing on the sides, it really brought the whole design and concept together and reminded my customer what we were selling.

I used a new (and beautiful) lace pattern that was very similar to my case as a stencil to spray paint the lilac lace design through.