Mashup

What makes this feat even more remarkable is the fact that Lady Gaga is there not just because of the eye-popping Sh7.8billion ($90 million) ‘Monster Ball Tour’ which became the highest grossing tour by a debut headlining artist this year and could easily go down as one of the top ten highest grossing tours of all time, Jonathan Ive, Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple Computers and designer of the iMac, who has been described by the New York Times as "perhaps the most influential designer in the computer world" and by Time Magazine as "one of the world's cyber elite". In their study -- which includes all sorts of equations and variables and such -- they conclude that "her endorsement had a positive effect on the votes Obama received, increased the overall voter participation rate, and increased the number of contributions received by Obama." but also because of her 32 million Facebook fans and 9.5 million Twitter followers- cheekily referred to as ‘Little Monsters.

More than 2 million iMac computers were sold in the first year of production, and Business

Week has called iMac "one of the century's lasting images". They even come up with a 

number.1,015,559. As in, Oprah's endorsement meant 1,015,559 additional votes for Sen. Obama.

reference:

Lady Gaga: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000035452&cid=123

Jonathan Ive: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/browse/naa/famous/

Oprah Winfrey: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/the-oprah-effec.html

Yosemite valley, California, USA

Since both Oprah and Lady Gaga are from in USA, Oprah was burn in Kosciusko, Mississippi and Lady Gaga was burn in New York, I pick up valleys from USA. Another reason for choosing valley in American is that Jonathan comes from British, where has no remarkable valleys. Yosemite valley is attractive because of the wanderful environment and the bright colours created by vegetation and mountain.

photos from internet

These are image captures in sandbox, I created the rough landform and the idea from Yosemite valley. however i faced some problems about terrain texture.

The Grand Canyon, Colorado, USA

Grand Canyon valley is farmous for its special and glorious terrain, and it is also a representation of  power. I made a similar terrain in sandbox.

photos from internet

sanbox screen captures

two point perspective drawings

one point perspective drawings

Experiment2 final work download link

sketchup model:
1. 3D warehouse:http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c3e8c0d2f978ea627bae61ff2e622c7e&prevstart=0
2.Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CX51QP2X
Note: if you download SU model from Megaupload, make sure your sketchup version is 8
2 links include same file



Sandbox objects and levels
1. Filefront: http://www.gamefront.com/files/20285753/yimingsongz3326121objectslevels.rar
2. Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5J2FK4LH
Note: Please open the level called "z3326121yimingsong002.cry'
2 links include same file

Posters for EXP2, a more clear and summarised presentation

Final presentation for EXP2

"The connection between psychology and science is also a collision between human and nature."

new hyprothesis for final work

The theme of the model is to show the 'cooperation' of science and psychology.

Based on Freud's theory, human has 3 levels of personalities, Id, Ego and Super-ego. So I designed a standing frame structure with stairs wrapped to represent such a process that human explore themselves (Odyssey) and control instinctive behaviours. Climbing up to the roof of black frame is a symbol that people reach a level of super-ego (using morality to restrain themselves). Another Freud's theory is called "death drive". For example, people have the impulsion to fall down when they stand near the edge of a mountaion or skyscraper. People could stand on the roof to experience this feeling.

For Newton's lab, I provide a vast outdoor space for his experiments, such as Newton Cannon, motion of objects and the universal gravity.

I designed  a waterfall in landform since waterfall could emphasize the feeling of death drive (psychology) and also represent the gravity of mother nature(physics). The whole labs are combined together and are suspended on a valley, where waterfall comes from a cave. The cube is used as a meeting place for two clients. Freud can walk around the horizontal frame to arrive at cube while Newton could walk through stairs to this place. There could be a symbolic meaning as the connection between psychology and physics.

glowing experiment

overview of the architecture

standing on the second floor of Newton's lab. Client can do experiments here

stairs, an important agent to connect different parts of building, a connection between physics and psychology

landform

more glowing experiment, red glowing makes the frame weird

view from the bottom of waterfall, notice the lights effect

cube meeting place with waterfall cave

top floor of frame structure, people can experience the death drive feeling. controling yourself from falling is also a provement of super-ego

an interesting screen cut, looks like a painting in the frame

undergroung balcony, watch the waterfall from here

an alternative starting point (if u don't want to climb the hill)

overview

glowing experiments

normal route towards the building, follow the red line



Experiment2 week3 36 textures from dark to light



 Count from left to right, the textures numbers are 1,2 ,3 ,4, 5, 6
Texture 1 (Freud): inspiration comes from contradictious space, which gives people  illusion and misunderstanding about 3D space
Texture 2 and 6: simple designs of 6*6 patterns which based on grids
Texture 3 (Freud): the wave lines allow people to feel the movement of texture. This could be a reflection of psychological field
Texture 4 (Newton): a texture with rectangulars is used to represent Newton's attribution on maths
Texture 5 (Newton):  textures represent the  melting process of ice, since Newton  is a great man on physics. His contributions on motion and universal gravity are priceless.

3 textures chosen for final model

Experiment2 sketchup model for sandbox

rough model

model prepared for impotation

handdrawing for landform and model

simple landform design, includes waterfall and stairs