UNITY COMPARISON

Today in studio we compared two projects at a time to determine the weaknesses and strengths that we have as designers and as a class as a whole. I was amazed at the level of craft and ingenuity that our class displayed today. There was a broad range in the design of products. It seems that everyone really reached for the limit when designing with his or her kit of parts. The professors also stated that we had done well with our projects.
We were then instructed to pick another project in our class to compare to our own. I chose Tracey K. Wright's project to compare to mine. Ours were very much alike, involving angled lines, and planes glued horizontally across the rods. Visually, our projects look very similar. But in fact, they are quite different. Tracey’s project used two rods with a plane glued on either side to create a sense of thickness and stability. On the other hand, my project used two rods and one plane to create four modules. I wanted mine to have a sense of space, which would allow the eye to form closure; therefore I left one side of the planes exposed. Our projects also differed because Tracey formed her project by using angles that radiate from a central point. On the contrary, my rods and planes worked together to convene to a central point.
Overall, our projects may have looked quite similar, but the construction method is what made them different. And although they are different, I would say that we both effectively achieved unity.