Experiment 3 Final Submission

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Obama's dog to be made into a fur coat for Madonna by Prada? Oh My!

The MashUp

US President Barack Obama's choice of a Portuguese water dog has triggered a surge of interest in the pedigree in Britain. Britain's Kennel Club said it had seen a 125 percent increase in enquiries about the hypoallergenic breed. "We frequently see the popularity of certain breeds soar once people have seen them being bought by their favourite celebrities," said club spokeswoman Caroline Kisko. "But dogs are not a fad or a new accessory that can be disposed of at will -- they are a lifetime commitment. Sadly, there are already reports of Portugese water dogs being abandoned and captured by pounds. What is there to do for these dogs? Miuccia Prada’s new fall collection may provide an answer. Boss designer Ms. Prada's fall collection includes fur tippets tied loosely at the neck. ''We feel there's a major opportunity in fur -- fur handbags, fur berets, fur-trimmed shoes and boots, and fur neck pieces,'' said Sandra Wilson, the accessories fashion director at Neiman Marcus. ''It's part of a luxury statement in all fashion categories.'' And with the unstoppable Obama brand soaring all over the world, what is more chic this season than a fur piece made of Portugese water dog fur? First in line for the new line of Prada Portugese water dog fur coats is of course Madonna who topped PETA’s “Worst Dressed Celebrities of 2009" list. "When you see Madonna in fur, you realize nobody has copied her style since 1984," they say. "We realize she's on the prowl for a young cub, but someone needs to tell Madge that wearing fur doesn't make you a cougar." Despite PETA’s very angry stance on the subject, the style will be among the most prominent for fall.

Sources

Madonna article from Glamour magazine: www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2009/03/peta-names-madonna-worst-dress.html

Obama article from The Age: http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/obamas-dog-choice-makes-splash-in-britain-20090415-a6e2.html

Prada article from New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/16/style/it-s-not-just-something-in-the-air-that-s-miuccia-prada-s-influence.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/P/Prada,%20Miuccia

at this point, the french film about fish turns to them and slurred: 'it doesn't matter dolly, cause you're not in the final unreal anyway!'

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click on above link and thou shalt be taken to my model.

paperwork aside, lets get to the fun part - images!

Cousteau Lab

For Cousteau's lab, I used the fact that he spent most of his life on a boat and made the ramp connecting the two levels and the meeting place uneven and undulating to mimic the rhythm and pitch of a boat when it rocks on the ocean. At the same time in accordance with his quote 'to protect' i made the ramp encircle his lab.

In reference to his marine life documentaries the lab itself was as fishbowl-like as possible so its like he's working in one of his documentaries. Also the floors and the walls mimic this effect as well as if you go into my model in unreal the floor flows in a wavelike fashion and the walls bubble like a typical fish tank.

There is orange light illuminating the lab from the interior to mimic a sunrise or a sunset on the open sea.

Also, notice that I have installed a crow's nest at the very top of his lab so that when he wants to remininesce about his life on the sea he can climb up there and look out to the horizon line.

Electroliquid Aggregation Link: The ramp in this lab sort of watches over the lab itself at the same time it provides the watcher to opportunity to dissect its attributes from every a single. Hence noting its similarities and differences.

Nobel Lab

My quote for Nobel is that 'all science is built on observations of similarities and differences'. So his lab was built entirely out of cylinders of different sizes, referencing both his idea and the fact that his most famous invention - dynamite traditionally comes in a cylindrical shape.

His side of the ramp being a maze that becomes more difficult to navigate as you walk closer to his lab references Nobel's shyness with people and his intellectual need for challenges. If you read his biography Nobel was a 19th century Renaissence man in that he ran a successful business that made him a billionare by age 40, invented a lot of things as side projects...etc. So it made sense (to me anyway) to have a maze installed on his ramp to stimulate him as he walks to the meeting place and as it becomes harder closer to his lab to keep away people as he was notoriously awkward with people.

The Ramp/Meeting Place

The top image is the view standing on the second level Nobel lab looking out at the ramp leading up and leading away from the meeting place.

The bottom image is the view standing at Cousteau's crow's nest looking down at the meeting place and the ramp leading up to it from the lab.

The meeting place is in the shape of a perfect circle so to denote that Nobel and Cousteau are meeting on an equal footing (sort of like the Arthurian Round Table) and the texture which looks like two halves straining to meeting is a sign of the spirit of cooperation in which they can have an intellectual exchange of ideas.

I kept the lighting simple as well so to keep the meeting place as neutral as possible.

Electroliquid Aggregation Link: To protect something you need to know as much about them as possible. Both images are from labs watching over a link. Because when something enchants you that much...wouldnt you want to know as much as possible about it?

Fillers

For your viewing pleasure, here are some more fillers.

note: sorry about the lack of spaces in the texts, i've been trying to correct it but its just not seperating for some reason so it looks like one giant paragraph...

'but textures!' protested the dynamite, 'textures are what makes it come alive!'

the textures - 6 sets of 6 from dark to light.