OBDF Process Blog

  I ran into problems with this project in the beginning so I focused on getting a solid foundation for how to build and unroll non-representational objects first before getting into real-life objects. The real-life objects I chose to model in rhino are a toothbrush, tube of toothpaste, and mouth wash. I chose these objects because when I was experiencing the worst months of my depression, just getting out of bed to brush my teeth was incredibly difficult. Maintaining a routine without depression is difficult because of my ADHD, so I've worked hard to figure out what works best for me. Now I keep my floss, toothpaste, and a toothbrush on my bedside table because it's much more motivating to take care of myself when it's right there staring at me. 

       After looking through all of the links I chose to do more research into the artist duo Zim & Zou. I was drawn to their " Colorful Paper Village" and "Atlantis"  installations because they remind me of the video game "Little Big Planet" that I used to play with my sisters a lot as kids. I find whimsical little worlds to be very endearing because they take my imagination on a journey. I spent a good while staring at the photos from both of these installations thinking of how tiny creatures would live in the environments and interact in the paper worlds that Zim & Zou created. I'm not particularly jazzed that these designs were created for a fashion brand but we're all starving artists living in the hell that is late-stage capitalism so I am looking past the consumerism aspect of these two works because I love them so much.  Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann are the two French artists based in Dordogne, France, that make up Zim &...