Assignment 1 // Wallpaper

This set of designs was inspired by earlier experimentation with coaxial curves in confined spaces (see sketch board below). The repition of semi-circular elipses was used in a grid format, where an opposing twin was overlayed in various squences - offset and perfect mirror, to create some simple, yet effective patterns which are unique and I believe are aesthetically pleasing to view.

It took alot of experimentation and required also some experienced help to allow me to complete this set of patterns, however I believe I will be able to create more complex designs in the near future.

These are the set of 4 sketches I designed for the first assignment. The inspirations came from windy, fluid forms, supported by repetitious structure and oppositional formats. The fourth sketch (bottom right) was a bit of a wild card, which was an attempt to depict random pressure changes in tunnels, also perhaps the waves of viscious layered material of some kind - i.e liquid plastic of some kind - the background represents a cast or block for the design to be bored into.

Currently I am working on the process to combine these two designs using the coding programe "Processing" at Victoria University's Faculty of Architecture and Design
For my pattern I am going to combine these two designs to make a series of overlapping - opposing elipses to create tubular "jacks" (i.e union jack). The code will be posted on http://www.openprocessing.org/portal/?userID=10412

Above these sketches will show scans of my original hand drawn inspirations which have encourgaed me to take this step in direction.

Cam