we also went down to see the boards we had to use for the exhibition, then using this, i will make several boards for the modal to see what they will look lioke in the area, this will give a good idea on how many we can realistically use for the exhibtion with the amount of space we've got.
In the modal, i made the boards white, but these where hard to see so i coloured them red for visual purposes. as the boards are equal to 2 AO peices of paper next to eachother, and there are only 10 students in our class, only 5 boards will be needed.
Another idea taken from the origonal concept is to have a underground sign hanging from one of the collums in the area, although a modified version will be used with the exhibitions name on it, rather than "underground".
Another thing that needs to be decided is how the "map" will be desplayed. The map is the normal London underground map, but it will be altered, so that instead of having line names such as "central" or "picadilli" it will be Daryl and Paul, The lines will be altered so that they all run off the bottom of the map, these lines will then be carried on by coloured tape along the floor and will leed to the corisponding person's work.
Another idea, which is also simpler, is to have only one line coming off the map, and lead around the whole exhibition, it will then have individual peoples work as tran stations. this will be a slightly cheap option as i won't need to buy 10 difference colour tapes, instead i can just buy 1, although people have suggested that we might need to have random other train lines leading to random places or just ending to make it more visually appealing. Rather than just a single line, looping around the floor.
something that need to be discussed on friday during class is how the map will be displayed. i have had a few ideas but they vary in price, and the idea chosen by most people is will be the most exspensive to produce, i will need to see if people are willing to pay the extra money.
The 3 ideas for the map display are:
A box display
on a board (same as the boards that wil display our work)
on the wall
The box idea is the most exspensive idea, we will need to buy several sheets of MDF and buy this box, it wil not be a simply flat box, it will be slopped so it will be easier to see. The map will be printed directly onto the top sheet of MDF and the rest will need to be painted the same colour, perhaps printed at the same time as the map, so that it is the same colour. the problem is, i have looked at several websites and found the cheapest MDF is £7.92 for a sheet of 1220 x 1220 x 15mm the box will need 5 of these sheets, ths cost along with the printing, im looking at £60-80... this works out at only £6-8 per person but i will need to ask every one to see what they think.
The board idea, is to simply have the map printed in a AO size and displayed in the centre of another board, however the problem with this, is that we will be unable to have a coloured line running down to the floor, as there is a large open area below the board, one idea was to have a strip of wood/metal cut to the same thickness as the tape, this will then be stuck to teh base of the board, however i believe this will look tacky.
The third idea is to stick a AO map onto the wall, it will be located on one side of the door, probably the right side as there seems to be the lasrgest open area here, however i beleive this is too simple and boreing, another issue is that there are already posters on this part of the wall and i am unsure whther we will be allowed to take these down.
