Event Project

My brief for this project was to come up with a product designed for a certain event. After quite some thought on the topic the event I chose to represent was the 'Mevlana' Festival in Turkey mainly because I have a deep interest in religion and this festival seemed suitable. My first thought was to research on the dancers themselves as I found the moves and curves in their dances pretty mesmerizing and wanted to look into this.

Whirling Dervish

Looking at existing products I decided I wanted to go ahead with the idea of making a pavilion that reflected on the costumes of the whirling dervishes. I researched into existing pavilions and also some of Davinci's inventions as they had the sort of same spiral effect and curves. I thought the bulk of research was successful however I believe I rushed into the idea of making the pavilion too soon and should have taken it slowly and looked into other aspects.

'Rumi Red Chair' by Sadi Ozis

Davinci's Helicopter

'Sema Table' designed by Alper Boler & Omer Unal

Davinci's Tank

From these ideas I started to sketch out my own and throughout the process tackled with the idea of creating sinuous lines within my work to best reflect the whirling dervishes in my final piece. My first idea I thought was very appealing in drawing however when I made the model in 3D it did not really inspire me in any way and I felt it didn't work well with what I wanted and my idea, although the model itself was very successful.

I took a trip out to the RIBA to gain more inspiration as I didn't think what I had would suffice in creating a successful final piece. The trip was eye opening and from the research that I gained I created another model that I felt was better at reflecting my ideas. I used tights and cardboard as I thought this would best present what I wanted the final pavilion to look like. The model was a good one however I think it felt unfinished like it needed something more which is why I chose this project to continue on for my final major project.