Butterfly Installation By Andrea Mastrovito

Actually this is already finished, but I thought the idea works really well to make you feel like if there's further space in the shop.

Dior Homme “Butterfly” Installation By Andrea Mastrovito

Commissioned by Dior Homme creative director Kris Van Aasche, the Paris flagship store of the brand was revamped last week, featuring a new “Butterfly” installation by young Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito.

“Nine thousand black decoupage replicas serpentine across the ceiling and walls of the white boutique, like Hitchcock’s birds only less menacing, and much prettier.” Via Wallpaper.

The installation will be up for one month. Detailed images follow after the jump.

Amelie

After I saw today's contextual study film, it reminds me of this the most charming film ever!

Chelsea Font Project

The next project was to make a machine that can print a font from junk materials.

 junk, junk, junk!

It was really hard for me to create a machine because I didn't know anything about mechanical knowledge.

But with help of my group, we found the way little by little.

 

We worked on the machine really hard for the whole week.

We came to school even if it was self-directed study day.

Finally, we made it out!

 
Actually I really enjoyed the project and learned how to push myself.

Ultimate Machine - the LeaveMeAloneBox

How ridiculous and and funny!!

Book Project -3D book-Part2

The other book I made and sold the copies at school was 'a book of  very little.'
Because the first book was so complicated and it made me use all the energy I had,
I wanted to make something very simple.
So as the title of the book says, I started to think about ideas of  very small book.
When I thought about what to put in the book, same as the first one, I wanted to put something very clear to understand visually even if the reader is a child. Then I remember there was a life size book in my old collections of childbooks that simply shows every pictures of daily objects in life size. So I thought if I could do it in my tiny book, that would be interesting.

For book sale, I developed it a little bit based on feedbacks from other students.

Because it is very tiny, I can carry it around. 

How to carry it?

 Let's put it on a finger like an accessory.

I made 5 copies for the book sale, and fortunately they were all sold out!!:)

Book Project -3D book-Part1

The first project after X'mas holiday was to make extra ordinary books.

I wanted to make something not flat, because books are usually 2D informations.

So I came up with an idea of making a 3D book, 'a book that gets bigger.'

When I started to think about the 3D book, I thought about children's book.

Children's book has less words, but clear information that is easy to understand for little kids

and I thought it connects to my idea of 3D book.

I tried to remember my childhood, what kinds of books I read, and what was exciting and interesting to me.

I really liked to read books of animal when I was little.

Because it was fun just looking at pictures of animal and imagine how they are big and how they move.

And dreamed about going to zoo and seeing the real ones.

So I thought if I could make 3D animal model in small scale, in a book.

But I had no knowledge of making pop-up books like Robert Sabuda or Paul Johnson.

Then I tried to make 3D object by 2Ds, by slices of 3D.

First idea in my sketchbook

making 3D model

It was a bit unclear to see it from top of it,

so I made some windows on the sides of the book.

you can see it from the windows too!!

Holiday in Japan

I've charged my energy in Japan during Xmas holiday....