Lighting designer

The Pruitt-Igoe complex began as a benign plot to provide low-income families with affordable housing, but several decades later, it ended up as a ruined relic of the past. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city, specifically that of St Louis, Missouri, in the developing era after the second world war, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development team and the residents of St. Louis who called the complex home. After WW2, many residents…

receding planes, with a procession of sailboats at intervals. One’s eye can only move to the horizon. This painting is a sharp contrast to the painting showing ‘The Woods of Asshockan’ (1871). This composition invites your eye into a wooden valley. The lighting and texture could only be paying homage to great artistes like Church and Asher B. Durand. The second exhibition, the one at the Dorsky Museum, showcases McEntee as a modest, yet unique painter. He stayed in Europe for a while with…

the films all the more appealing to its demographic audience. In all films, the “enunciator” crafts a window of “psychological reality” where the spectator identifies with the visual field as a bona fide reality through the use of editing, natural lighting and other magic tricks in order to amplify realism and even enjoyment, no matter how absurd the themes or story. A true Hollywood film “sets out to erase or at least obscure all marks of enunciation” (Sconce 107). By doing this,…

Many designers are familiar with the phrase, “form follows function” but in this city, the built environment of Las Vegas would have you believe the the function and efficiency of the building are playing second fiddle to aesthetics. Our city is know for it’s “iconic”…

filled with many types of vegetables, with flowers surrounding the basket; the vibrant oranges, yellows and greens are absolutely beautiful. The ceiling is made of glass window panels that allow natural daylight to enter the exhibit. The natural lighting not only allows more light to showcase the display of flowers but also helps to reduce energy costs and helps the…

Character Sketch The golden light peaking over the hill from the setting sun highlighting the smoke drifting from her lipstick stained cigarette. The defined profile of her face was easy to study in this lighting. From the window where she flicked her ashes floated in a breeze that twirled her fiery auburn hair. Her large deep hazel eyes were defined by mascara clad eyelashes and dark rounded eyebrows contrasting against her pale rounded cheeks dotted with freckles. Scanning her figure I…

THE HISTORY OF PONCE DE LEON HALL Flagler College’s Ponce de Leon hall, located at 74 King St, St Augustine, Florida, was built in 1888 by architects John Carrére and Thomas Hastings, who were still new to the field at the time (Horn). The main building of the hall is now used mostly for student housing purposes, but the exterior architectural features and domed lobby space showcase impressive design features and elements of styles that we have covered this semester (Branch). It originally…

Dale Chihuly’s installations do not only appear in Museum’s. Two Chandeliers were set up at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. Dr. Jonas Salk, the founder of the Institute, commissioned Chihuly, because he believed that art and science coincide. These chandeliers were specifically designed to hang between the towers, bordering the courtyard. Each chandelier contained a different color-scheme, but both were vivid colors that could serve as an inspiration to the…

However, contemporary urban thinkers and designers have come out with ideas and proposals that challenge the human-nature dualistic thinking. They are proposing for non-human life to be acknowledged, celebrated and brought into cities, considering the importance and the various benefits of nature…

passing with a distinction and this is where she discovered her lifelong dream and the passion for creating beautiful makeup looks by using unique techniques. Julia has been on 11 series of x factor as not only the contestants’ makeup artist and designer but she is also a personal groomer for Simon Cowell as well as louis Walsh’s during her time on the show. Julia has more than one…