week 15_reflection

Feedback from Ruwan, his guest and Yasu:

- As we presented as a group some of our technologies did not mesh
- My presentation needed more interior renders showing the dance spaces
- Liked the introduction video and the unorthodox manner in the way we presented
- Yasu said I needed to explore the idea of how and who would use this club as it was open 24/7

week 15_presentation

A1 SUMMARY BOARD

 PECHA KUCHA STYLE PRESENTATION

 

week 14_swotvac

During this time I completed the introduction video using a combination of Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Premier. Final product below:

The group decided that along with this video we would present together as a whole, as our presentations would have better resolve and flow.

This how the presentation would work.

week 13_the dance floor

The most important aspect to think about with this design was how a future dance floor would work. I began with looking at the traditional dance which is single plane, then what if you could create and multi-plane dance floor which brought me to a piece of artwork by Escher which explored relativity.

 The idea was to explore if anti-gravity could be explored. I first decided to look at how centrifugal force could create an anti-gravity dance floor.

 Unfortunately, this idea was quickly scrapped as while you could be fixed to a vertical surface during the rotation while it is spinning the amount of force on the person would not allow them to freely move around and dance.

During the final tutorial Ruwan called to my attention 'quantum locking' or levitation. This experiment which is still in its early days could be adapted to work for a dance floor.

week 13_idea for video intro

I wanted to do a introduction video that would easily explain all the important events that have lead to our predicted future in 2032. I liked the prologue from Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet and used this as a precedence to create the video.

week 12_future speculation

This diagram from Future Files and What's Next will help in forming a base for the future nightclub scenario.

It shows current trends in technology categorised into several different aspects and shows where these might lead to in 50 years time.

week 11_ mcdonalds

Sociologist George Ritzer wrote a book called the McDonaldization of Society which analysed the characteristics of the popular fast food chain. Ritzer noted 5 primary components of McDonaldization:

1. Efficiency
2. Calculability
3. Predictability
4. Control
5. Culture

McDonalds is a large and very successful corporation because of these 5 elements. These elements will be used to create the same model for this future nightclub.