Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Silhouettes and Stacking Suitcases
The inspiration for my design of a display came from a single picture. It was a photo of a young woman wearing vintage travel clothes sitting on vintage luggage. From her clothing I would guess that the photo was taken in the 1930's and she was seated on top of a huge pile of stacked suitcases with a straight back and her legs at 90 degrees so that they resembled a table. Automatically it clicked for me.
At first I played with the idea of stacking suitcases to look like the silhouette of a woman and amongst the suitcases there would be open boxes where the necklaces would hang.
From there I wanted to expand the idea so that it wasn't so obvious that I was trying to mimic a silhouette. I experimented with making the suitcases black, rather than the old fashioned leather look that I originally imagined. Not only did this save time but it also created a sleeker, cleaner look and the black worked really nicely with the mirrored backs of the open suitcases (note to all: black spay paint does not wash off so easily). Against the black lacquer display the necklaces stand out and really take the focal point of the display and I was happy with the way this looked.
The next part was to create a counter at which one could sit and view the necklaces and take time to look at the jewelry comfortably. The counter would be connected to the stacking suitcases display so that it was all one unit. I also placed a drawer within the counter, where the jewelry boxes would be stored and could easily be accessed.
At this stage I am putting on the final touches and getting my display ready for the presentation tomorrow.....stay tuned to see the final product!
I began sketching and formulating my idea.
This is how I used one picture to translate into a complete idea for a display
From there I wanted to expand the idea so that it wasn't so obvious that I was trying to mimic a silhouette. I experimented with making the suitcases black, rather than the old fashioned leather look that I originally imagined. Not only did this save time but it also created a sleeker, cleaner look and the black worked really nicely with the mirrored backs of the open suitcases (note to all: black spay paint does not wash off so easily). Against the black lacquer display the necklaces stand out and really take the focal point of the display and I was happy with the way this looked.
The next part was to create a counter at which one could sit and view the necklaces and take time to look at the jewelry comfortably. The counter would be connected to the stacking suitcases display so that it was all one unit. I also placed a drawer within the counter, where the jewelry boxes would be stored and could easily be accessed.
At this stage I am putting on the final touches and getting my display ready for the presentation tomorrow.....stay tuned to see the final product!
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