Monday, June 16, 2008
EXP3 - Steve Job's Space - Final Image Captures
The main idea of Job’s space was to explore the concept of his built wealth and subsequent development of power. The interlocking shapes, which denote ideas of balance, tension, intensity, etc, relate to each other in such a way as to communicate the concepts of building upon, developing, growing etc, vital to the achievement of success and power.
EXP3 - Meeting Space - Final Image Capture
The meeting space is partly open-air and in a round. It promotes equal collaboration separate from the intensity of the respective client’s business spaces.
EXP3 - Donatella Versace's Space - Final Image Captures
Donatella’s space grew out of the idea that her power was drawn from her deep family connection and inherited wealth. The multiple ‘V’ shapes provide an elegant link to the heart of the Versace business and the ever constant furthering of the name and brand.
EXP3 - Dining Table and Elevators Google 3D Warehouse Upload
My Sketchup Model can be found HERE.
See below for the same file uploaded to FileFront.
See below for the same file uploaded to FileFront.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
EXP 3 - Week 11 Draft UT - Job's Space
Sorry that the fraps aren't from in the game, it's not working for me at the moment...
EXP 3 - Sketchup Elevators and Dining Table - Week 11 Draft
Concept: I'm attempting to explore the contrast between Versace's inherited wealth and Job's built wealth, and how their different backgrounds affect how they experience and relate to power.
Elevator 1: Concept of time and space - in order to be punctual you can't just be on time, you've got to be in the right place at the right time.
Elevator 2: The 2 Clients are sort of clambering over one another in order to get to the top, yet it's still graceful.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
MashUp 2 - Jobs, Versace and Yin
Jobs = Green Versace = Purple Yin = Blue
Behind every great dropout there’s a great woman. Women don’t want to look like dolls anymore, they want to be the leader in an industry. Generation after generation, living with the results of other people’s thinking. Today it finally seems that girls are getting what they want, what they really, really want . Occasional threats and unanimous praise in the face of an army of handlers.
With a cherubic style and a fancy for diamonds, one day women will rule the world. The only way to dominate the world is to do great work . Trust that the dots will somehow connect the new feminine way all the way to the bank.
If you live each day as if you have looked in the mirror every morning, […] you are already naked. Right now the new is you , but not too long from now you will want clothes which can work through from day to evening. And yet Wal-Mart is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. Remembering that [..] other’s opinions drown out our inner voices will portay a new woman. Don’t be trapped from a modest background. The queen of trash will become sensual without looking brash. Girl power is very likely the single best invention of life. Courage is to wish that today was the last day of everyday women.
MashUp - Jobs, Versace and Yin
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Jobs = green Versace = purple Yin = blue
Five years ago Zhang Yin was driving around the United States in a used minivan begging garbage dumps to give her scrap paper. Steve Jobs never graduated from college.It’s been a long struggle…but today it finally seems they are getting what they want, what they really, really want. POWER.
In the words of Steve Jobs, sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Earlier this month Donatella admitted to being terrified and to be missing her brother more than ever. Zhang Yin is sometimes called the queen of trash – a title she doesn’t disown. But, she said, “Some day I’d like to be known as the queen of containerboards.”
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. Donatella's brother always said that one day women will rule the world! For Zhang Yin her desire has always been to be the leader in an industry. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Last year Zhang Yin was named the wealthiest woman in China. Donatella Versace is part of a band of sassy signoras who have taken the leading positions in design, retail and marketing. Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. And yet death is the destination they all share. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
References:
Barboaza, D 2007, ‘Blazing a Paper Trail in China’, The New York Times, 16 January, accessed 12 May 2008,
Jobs, S 2005, “You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says”, Stanford University, accessed 12 May 2008,
Muir, L 1997, ‘In Italy, a New Generation of Women Show Off Power’, International Herald Tribune, 17 October, accessed 12 May 2008,
Donatella Versace - Client Article
This is an excerpt from an article on Donatella Versace in Time Magazine. The full text can be found here.
In Italy, a New Generation of Women Shows Off Power - By Lucie Muir
According to Donatella Versace, "Behind every great woman there's another great woman." She might be right, in Italy at least, where a band of sassy signoras have taken the leading positions in design, retail and marketing. It's been a long struggle over 10 years but today it finally seems the girls are getting what they want, what they really, really want. Girl power. […]
[…] As to the rise of women designers, Franca Sozzani, editor in chief for Italian Vogue, says, "Women in the design field have developed great business minds. They have become a lot more oriented in finding solutions to the problems." In Donatella Versace's case, quick solutions have been found after the murder of her brother Gianni in July. She has proved herself to be more than capable in her new position as creative director for the company. All eyes were on her during the Versus and Versace runway shows earlier this month in Milan, where just a day before schedule she admitted to being "terrified," and to be missing her brother more than ever. "Gianni always listened to what I had to say when designing a collection. He saw me as a voice for all women. We worked as a team and inspired each other."
As part of the company's new direction, four graduates from London's Central St. Martins College of Art & Design have been picked to work alongside Donatella Versace on the Versus and Versace lines. "Gianni loved to hear what those around him thought as he believed strongly in an exchange of creative ideas. Now I'll have to learn to confront my work through my designers and exchange my own ideas within a new team," she says.
Her forthcoming designs will portray a new woman.
"I'll be following the new feminine way in which women are dressing," she says. "Women don't want to look like dolls anymore, they want to look sensual without looking brash. They want less colour, even better cuts for more comfort and, in the case of the career woman, clothes which can work through from day to evening."
"I'm inspired by everyday women. Women with families, women out at work in the city. My brother always said that one day women will rule the world. He may have been right!" she laughs. […]
Steve Jobs - Client Article
This is the text of the Commencement address made by Steve Jobs to Stanford University (June 2005). The full text can be found here.
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says – By Steve Jobs.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots…
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? […]
[…] If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss… […]
[…] Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
My third story is about death….
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. […]
[…] No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. […]
[…] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Thank you all very much.
Zhang Yin - Client Article
The is an excerpt from an article published in the New York Times (January 2007). The full text can be found here.
Blazing a Paper Trail in China – By David Barboaza
HONG KONG — Just five years ago, Zhang Yin and her husband were driving around the United States in a used Dodge minivan begging garbage dumps to give them their scrap paper.
She and her husband, who was trained as a dentist, had formed a company in the 1990s to collect paper for recycling and ship it to China. It was a step up from life back in Hong Kong, where she had opened a paper trading company with $3,800 to cash in on China’s chronic paper shortages.
“I remember what a man in the business told me back then,” Ms. Zhang said. “He said, ‘Wastepaper is like a forest. Paper recycles itself, generation after generation.’ ”
Ms. Zhang took that memory all the way to the bank. As a result of her entrepreneurship, Zhang Yin (pronounced Jang Yeen) is now among the richest women anywhere in the world, including Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart and eBay’s chief executive, Meg Whitman. Her personal wealth is estimated at $1.5 billion or more, with members of her family worth billions more.
Late last year, Forbes magazine named Ms. Zhang the wealthiest woman in China. She may even be the richest self-made woman in the world, challenging a handful of others, like Giuliana Benetton, who started the clothing company with her brothers, and Rosalia Mera, who co-founded Zara, the Spanish clothing retailer, with her former husband.
Most of the world’s richest women inherited their wealth: from the Walton women of Wal-Mart fame to the daughters of the men who created Mars candy bars, L’Oréal cosmetics and BMW.
But not Ms. Zhang. A petite 49-year-old woman with a cherubic smile and a fancy for diamonds, she started out from a modest background, the daughter of a military officer. Now she dominates the world’s paper trade through her giant companies, one centered in Dongguan just outside Hong Kong and the other based in Los Angeles.
“She’s a visionary,” says Herman Woo, an analyst at BNP Paribas, which helped her paper company list shares in Hong Kong. “She doesn’t mind putting a lot of money in at the beginning, to build the company.”
“My goal is to make Nine Dragons, in three to five years, the leader in containerboards,” Ms. Zhang says emphatically in a short interview in her glistening Hong Kong office. “My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.”
In person, Ms. Zhang is filled with nervous energy and hearty laughs. But she rarely grants interviews, and when she does, they are brief and controlled by an army of handlers.
Ms. Zhang is cagey about how she made her fortune. In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, “I’m an honest businesswoman.”
Ng Weiting, who was her partner in Hong Kong in the 1980s, says Ms. Zhang was driven and tough and had figured out how to get the best performance out of her workers.
“When her employees asked for a pay raise, she would grant it if it was reasonable,” he recalled. “But when her employees made mistakes, she would criticize them severely. She made it clear when to reward and when to punish.”
Analysts say Ms. Zhang’s ebullient personality made her a great saleswoman and a sharp deal maker.
There were occasional threats from competitors, yet being a woman was not a problem, she says. "Actually, I didn’t find it difficult," she says. "I found men respected me."
Analysts have been nearly unanimous in their praise of Ms. Zhang, though she came under some criticism for appointing her 25-year-old son as a nonexecutive member of the Nine Dragons board of directors.
Ms. Zhang jumped to No. 5 this year in the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in China, from No. 107 last year, largely because of the huge public stock listing.
She hasn’t lost her ambition, though. Sometimes called the queen of trash, she doesn’t disown the title. But, she said, “Some day, I’d like to be known as the queen of containerboards.”
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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