inventory investigation

this store has the possibility of selling and a multitude amount of things. with every creative department at uncg being a possible option for selling goods, it opens a variety of things to be sold.

at the end of every semester there is critiques in both iarc and the art department. specifically in the art department, there are always art hanging from the wall. these without a doubt could be hung in the store instead of sitting in the empty hallways. this would give a chance for the customers to see a side of uncg as well as decorate parts of the space.

uncg also has a wonderful music department. also at the end of every semester there is recitals for musicians as well. not only could you sell possible cd's made my students, but you could play there music in the store.

there is also a department at uncg that designs clothing or clothing apparel. its called the cars department. obviously their clothing or clothing designs could be sold there. students would design the clothing themselves and would be sold as if it were a clothing apparel store.

what makes this store so amazing is the collection of creative minds. selling all these different kinds of things really opens up the possibilities of endless amounts items. what also is so good about this store is with ever new class coming in, there will be a new amount of items coming in as well.

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the hatchery

our precedent research for the hatchery involves finding any kind of location or environment that shares qualities that identify with the proposed hatchery. i collected photos both that have taken myself and that i found searching in the internet for environments that fit the qualities i can foresee the hatchery having.

here i used a subway and an airport. the hatchery is going to a place of coming and going. i love the feeling of coming to a new place and experiencing something new so i really could see this new space having this feel.

the hatchery is located right in the center of the city of greensboro. the city has a vintage old city feel. most of the buildings are remodeled now but there is still a old style feel to the city. here these pictures are on old style that is still being remodeled.

i love traveling. its a passion of mine. there is no city like florence. so many stores are holes in the wall of the small italian streets. they feel so welcoming. its the exact feeling i want the hatchery to have

here is some small coffee shops that really show the cozy feel im envisioning. there also the "hole in the wall" feeling i really want to hatchery to achieve.

this is princeton's basketball gym. its like no other gym in the nation. the simply the lighting in the gym cause you to say wow. i honestly dont know where this could fit in to the hatchery but this space is just unlike any other i thought i would put it in.

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window displays

using inspirations from either our own blogs or other blogs, we were to design a rough concept/idea of what could be the possible window installations in the salvation army select store.this display uses the contrast of white and red. here i designed simply shapes to work off one another forming negative and positive space. selecting only a few blocks to be highlighted red is to draw the attention to those areas.
i envisioned tight metal wires to be strung from top to bottom of the front windows. in the middle of the display would be a wire cut out of a shield. the wires would be tied off to the shield was well.here the shapes in the window are meant to create a "wall" or "backdrop" for the store front display. colors here were important. they are meant to be playful while drawingProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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nes eye to the front of the store.

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inspiration

finding inspiration comes from where you can find it. our task was to find inspiration from anything for salvation army select. i started simply drawing this set of shapes. i really began to appreciate it and my ideas ran from there. i began to think of sets of stones or masonry work. how shapes contour other shapes and the positive and negative spaces between the solid pieces. it makes my eyes really explore the shapes and sizes of the pieces. i also like the idea of using natural pieces. using stones or some other natural material in a creative way i think usually gives great results.

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salvation army select

our task was to figure ways to market the opening salvation army select. it could be anyway in which you could market your idea. here are some of mine:

seeing something over and over again really gets my attention. here i thought of making a sign most likely out of a material that can with stand weather. then posting these signs randomly all over greensboro. a bright red would grab the persons attention. intriguing people is the goal here.

working hand in hand with the signs i would place these "s" circles also around town. these would be the information for the signs that people have been seeing around town. it would be similar in the fact it would be bright red with the words "open". looking inside the sticker would show you various information possibly a website or something like that.

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time piece

our project was to design a time piece with-in our store that spoke to the essential qualities of our conceptual framework. it didnt have to be a literal clock or watch but something that represented time. here was my interpretations

here was my first exploration. this design doesnt tell time but rather shows time through movement. its located on the floor of my store and is intertwined within the orange lines traveling throughout the store. the black path will have a pulsing beat of light traveling around the "track" roughly every second.
this is a more literal exploration. its located on the floor with no elevation pieces. there are grooves in the floor that a orange orbe of light will travel through like the hands of a clock. you will be able to see the lights because the grooves are covered with a solid slate of thick glass.
this final piece is the one i took the most strech on. there is a toy that little kids play with where you take wood pieces and slide them along a wires. well that is where i got my inspiration. i wanted to show time rather then tell it. these pieces would site on tracks on the ceiling and travel back and fourth throughout the store. various sizes are mixed and match on the same tracks.

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filter:

this is what you get when you combine motherboard + hats + bags. i envision the space being sleek and glossy. the use of hard materials seemed to fit my concept well. i wanted to use minimal colors yet have very strong accent colors. that is where my bright orange and teal came in. i felt they gave a strong balance to the white and gray. i envision the orange and teal lines going throughout the store not only as way finding, but also being used in display cases and the the products themselves. most of the materials are metal or plastic gloss. the name filter comes more from the products than the concept. the products themselves are sleek high class hats and bags and i felt the name would give a good anaology of what the products represent.

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