14 Weeks of Haute Couture

Yes.

Yes.



YES.

IT'S FINALLY OVAAAAR.



I finally have time to give my abandoned blog some TLC (Tons & Loads of Crap. Some people call it Tender Loving Care.) :D



As y'all probably already guessed by now, I was slaving away day and night (night and day, dight and nay, whatever, they just all got mashed up at one point.) to finish my final assignments.



Sleeping at 7AM, waking up at 12, eating "breakfast" at 5, working through the night, forgetting to brush my teeth... oh yeah, it's the life.







Thankfully, this time I actually managed to get my presentation boards printed THE NIGHT BEFORE (IT'S A MIRACLE!), and finished my model at 6AM (on presentation day), AND got to class EARLY.



Granted, I only got like, 4 hours of sleep in more than 50 hours, BUT STILL. POINT IS I FINISHED ON TIME.




AREN'T YOU PROUD OF MEEE?
(Let's ignore the fact that it took me 7 semesters to learn that...)




Anyway, I'll tell you about my project in a bit.


First, some pictures of my classmates' work taken on presentation day (which was a Goddamned SATURDAY, mind you.):



Oh yeah, CLICK TO ENLARGE. I insist!



Pei Ying - ID085-1's very own Zaha Hadid :P


Client: Purple Cane Tea Restaurant

Site: Sunway Pyramid












Zen's elegantly fluid Issey Miyake store. Frank Gehry much?


Client: Issey Miyake

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City







Wormie's.


Client: Kinokuniya

Site: Sunway Pyramid


Check out the walls!





Lai Kuan's.


Client: Emporio Armani

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City


Her design DOES look very Armani, don't you think?





And behold the spectacular 3D renderings by Eason and Alan:



Eason's

Client: Dragon-i

Site: (sorry can't recall ._.)




Alan's

Client: Jogoya

Site: (sorry can't recall ._.)





Now, brace yourselves for sheer epicness of 1:100 proportions:


XIANG AI'S

Client: Gatecrasher (it's a club)

Site: Avenue K




Look. At. Those. Chairs.





Chairs.




CHAIRS





CHAIRS







CHAIRS







CHAIRS







CHAIRSSSSSSSSSSSS
(Sorry my fonts don't go any bigger. So I added letters instead.)







And lastly,

This, in a very typical "me" style, is mine.









Client: Prada

Site: The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City





Yeah. I designed a high fashion boutique, of all things.


And my knowledge about the fashion world? Zilch.

Perfect.

And so... I began my research into Prada, who was behind it, and what inspired him/her.


This project would be the final design project for my entire diploma course.


It was serious shit. Very, very serious shit.



I went to every library in Petaling Jaya, visited countless Prada stores, bought tons of fashion magazines, got myself a stupid Prada bag, and even traveled as far as MILAN for my research!







Okay, obviously they're all lies. LAIS.

I got all my information off the Internet (like everyone else).






Then I did a little Googling on Prada's head designer, Miuccia Prada (any idea how to pronounce that? Miu-chia? Miu-kia? Miu-sia?), and I found that she had a penchant for mixing opposites together in her designs and fashion shows. Such opposites included:


I guess you could say that her concepts revolved around Oxymorons.


Which inspired me to find one of my own:



(credit to Bryan for introducing www.oxymoronlist.com to me HAHAHA)



Control - The power to direct or determine

Chaos - A state of extreme confusion and disorder



Now I just had to put those words together and make sense of it all.



How can one possibly control chaos? Control is control. Chaos is chaos. Controlled chaos?

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!

Here's where I thought, GREAT, SU PING, CHOOSE SOME MIND-BOGGLING CONCEPT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO EXECUTE. BRILLIANT. ._.



But wait. THEN I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH.
(credit to Boon for helping me out in the brainstorming process! Actually it was sort of HIS breakthrough, but saying "THEN I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH" just sounds cooler.)


It CAN be done. In fact, humans have done it; we've been controlling this chaos for thousands of years. We wage it, we start it, we want it to happen, we control it-


It's called war.




War - A phenomenon of organized violent conflict.






Now the ball's rolling.







Result:
Timber floors in contrasting hues unfolding into walls, ceilings, display units. The warmth of wood juxtaposed against the coldness of white marble floor tiles. A dynamic space with a touch of elegance and luxury.




Main Entrance



Side Entrance




Travel



Accessories (Women)




Clothing (Women)




Accessories (Men)




Clothing (Men)



Oh, and just to give you an idea of how HU GE our presentation boards were:

Uh huh.

PS. Noticed that my 3D renderings have improved so SO much compared to last semester?

Sooo last semester.

Well, credits to Woo Shen and Chui Nee for taking the time to teach me. Pardon the cheesy line, but... couldn't have done it without you! :D