Violet and Yellow

  These days, I thought a lot about the colours, materials and furniture about my kiosk. I love various combinations of diverse colours, materials and furniture.Different ways of combination gives people different feeling.

  First, I want to talk about the colour.
  My favorite contrast colours are red and green which are strong and pure. When I read the advertisement of Cartier(Their poster's colour was made of red and green), I realized that I love the assembly of red and green.

I cannot find the original poster, but I still remember the colours are like that. They are elegant.

  You know, the principle of matching colours is using contrast colours or adjacent colours. It can be proved in a large number of masterpieces! For example,

Henri Matisse"DANCE"

Henri Matisse"RED ROOM"

• Vincent Van Gogh "CROWS"

  I try to use the violet and yellow as my elements of the colour design, because the violet is charming and mysterious. About the yellow, it is the colour of wood which makes people feel comfortable and peaceful. With materials, it will be a stimulating combination! I took many photos about the violet and yellow.

  The Brazilian architect Brunete Fraccaroli designed the Japanses barbecue restaurant. Her colour has the feminine charm.

   Home design in Australia.

  I also find some in graphic design.

  WOW! I have to say there are so many choices! My mind is a little confused! When I moved my eyes from the screen, I saw......

  Yes!!! It is that kind of colour I want, is not it? Transparent violet and warm colour of kraft on the wall. It is a mixture---- mysterious, stable and peace.

Inspiration Comes From the Packaging Design

  About the kiosk, I think, in the beginning, my mind was a little affected by the Beth's container,because I wanted to design a different container. But, most important thing is why does the kiosk be a container?
  People usually follow the conventions and  the previous' footsteps, but I cannot agree with that. Normally, we eat noodles with bowls and use the cover to keep them warm. Actually, we also can put the noodles on cover and use the upside-down bowl to keep noodles warm. As for me, this is the design. Everything is free and everything should not have their definitions.

  Before I decided my concept, I tried different types. I love James Turrell's work‘skyspace’very much. So, maybe the kiosk can have this kind of meditation space.

  The KazuyoSejima's work enlighted me to create the kiosk with open space. But, how about the bad weather? The UK's weather is changeable!

KazuyoSejima designed this public area

  Thanks to Victoria who introduced some very useful designing websites to us, I decided to find some inspiration from other fields. Then, I treated my kiosk as a box, my design will be the packaging design. What should I do is opening my box. I searched different types of boxes, such as, cigarette box and cake box.

  Finally, the CD box enlightened me.

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/04/29/competiton-five-copies-of-designing-sustainable-packaging-to-be-won/

  I like this idea very much, because it is a flexible kiosk with open space in good weather or closed space in bad weather. Due this kind of open way, the kiosk was not keep its common shape. When it is open, people can drink coffee outside and enjoy the sunshine. Besides, the problem of where can baby carriages be put is solved. In the bad weather, such as rainy day, people can seat in the closed kiosk. 

  There are 3 units of my kiosk. Kitchen is in the central place, two sides are cafes.

  Teacher gave me some pieces of advice and next tasks:
1.When it is closed, how to expand the interior space and maximize the space？
2.When it is open,the outside space can be the kiosk's yard.
3.the shape of chairs in yard. How to store these chairs?
4.What will you offer (food and drinks)?
5.To do the food and drinks, what machines will you need?
6.How to fix wheels?
7.Electric,light,etc.

Location of My Kiosk

  As the heart of Nottingham, Old Market Square is the largest public area in city. Thousands of people flow into and out of this square every day.Some people pass straight through whereas others regard it as a meeting,eating,playing and seating place. Many bus or tram stations and shops around the square.
  The map of the square (from Google):

  Through the photos I took,I build the model of the square's terrain. This square has some slopes which is convenient for the old and the disabled. People prefer to have rest around the pink area.
  

  

  Different perspective:

  Then, I marked the flat area by blue dotted lines and divided the square into 5 parts(A, B, C, D and E). Every part has its own character.

A: 1.It is next to the biggest resting place, which means many people may want to buy some food and drink from the nearby cafe. 2.It is next to the fountain, and most children prefer to play the water.For parents, they can seat in the nearby cafe and watch their children.Besides, there are also many people choose the fountain as a resting place. 3.And there is a long slope which is convenient for the disabled and  parents who push baby carriages. 4.It is not very crowded,therefore; it is safe for children.

B: a large number of people, particularly the shoppers, enter square through this place. Sometimes, it is over-crowded.

C: walkers usually go through this entrance, then they go across the road.

D: it is next to the fountain, resting place and tram or bus stations.It means there is a plenty of flow of people. It is busy and may have the potential chaos which is not safe for the children.

E(central area，bright blue): normally, almost stalls gather in that place. This crowded place is not convenient for the parents who pushing the baby carriages.

  Think about the children's nature, safe, other kinds of customers and location of entrances, I decided to put my kiosk in the A.

Brainstorm of Old Market Square

  Talk about the Old Market Square, there are so many things coming into my mind. I still remember that day when I first met the square in August. It was really a busy and vigorous place with a plenty of stalls which sold the food, crafts and clothes. Besides, some stalls and facilities were born for children. Overall, brainstorm will be a good idea.

  Based on the brainstorm, I analyse the shops, transportation, people's behaviour and their mind about this area.

              

  Due to the flow of people, I think maybe the takeout food will be popular. Some people can take the coffee, ice-cream or bread to go shopping, some can bring the food to wait the bus or tram. So, my kiosk may be designed in this way.

  Apart from the ‘takeout food’idea, I also have another idea. Via my observation and experience of Goose Fair Festival, I believe the ‘Nottingham Loves Festival’is a nice chance for children to go out and play and for many people to enjoy the family time. Thus, my kiosk's main customers may be family with children.

  

Kiosk Sherwood

  Today, we visited the Kiosk in Sherwood.
  In the bus, I was thinking,"When we arrive at Sherwood, how can we find the kiosk?" In that moment, I saw the Kiosk in the rain through the bus windows. I was surprised and screamed in my heart,"Oh, it is here! It is easy to find it."
  There is a map which comes from the Beth's blog.

  I took some photos about the surroundings of Kiosk. It is the simple and clear logo that attracts my attention effectively.And about the shop sign, it is also interesting, because it is on the long side of the triangle area. It means more people on the street can see and know this shop.

logo

view of different direction

  The highlight is the container.Beth renovated it.There are 5 tables which can serve 16 customers and TV, air-conditioner, loudspeaker boxes, fire extinguisher and storage chairs. The little space is used effectively.

http://dontforgettoturntheovenon.blogspot.co.uk/

  Interior space:

  Hand-make tables, these well-designed holes can be used to put sauces.

  The yard, in the good weather, customers can drink coffee in here.

 Some details of the container.

              

              

                         

  But, there are still some problems about Kiosk. The biggest one is the kitchen which is too tiny and separate from the container. During the busy time, the kitchen has to contain 4 waitresses, and the washing water may splash on the food. Besides, due to the separated kitchen, the food become cold quickly.

  From this window, waitresses can see the customers in the container.

  Storage space:

  Next stage, I will visit the Old Market Square in city,and think where is my kiosk and what I can draw on this kiosk.