Type 2. 2.25

So I realized last week that My direction for the exhibit was more realistic and not as poetic as the project called for so I refined some ideas so far and will continue to. I also put the outside in context. I used the same green for the door outside as the green on the Charlie Parker head statue in the square. I also researched into what I my booklet to look like. 

updated floor tile from bird saxophone lockup

And now some booklet inspiration

So the first direction: layering and simple, more image based

second direction: more complicated layering and text heavy

third direction: simplistic and uses hand lettering

Type 2. 2-24

So from last class, I thought a lot about what I actually wanted to do more as a theme throughout the space. Last class I didn't feel like I had a solid direction, but I feel better about it now. So the exhibit would be separate into parts; the first would be how Kansas City and local musicians influenced his music. The second part would be the start of Be Bop and New York. And the next would be how his addictions influenced his music and how it evolved. The last space would combine all the sections into a listening room with headphones so that you could see next to each other or after another how he sounded at different points in his life, and how different things changed how he played. So this is the basic floor plan. 

I also wanted to incorporate the negative space logo that I created as a pattern of a floor tile so I've been playing around with that.

When you first walk in you arrive in the Kansas City influence area. Here are some graphics I have made for this and a mock up as well.

I know as well I want to have his own written compound accents that are so prominent in Be Bop in that section. The last section I created labels to go behind the headphones to show what you're listening to.

And finally I messed around with phrases and words that come to mind when I think of Charlie Parker and put those on the outside.

type 2: Feb 19

For Thursday we had to start applying our research to the actual exhibit and find icons, symbols and indexes to help us create a story throughout our exhibit. For my floor plans I created more open layouts to go with the theme of "free as a bird." One of the floor plans I actually have the walls in the shapes of wings of a bird. I want the theme of the exhibit to be how Charlie Parker evolved music from KC local jazz and blues bands to New York and Be Bop as well as who inspired and influenced him along the way, such as Dizzy. I want to add things about his life but more focus on the music aspect of it. I also want to focus on the bird symbolism and play with that. Part of the exhibit I want dedicated to being a headphone area where someone can hear the difference between the years of how the music with Charlie Parker changed and how they changed with his drug years. Some where I want to recreate the night life environment and try to let the viewer experience how it might've been back then. 

Some things I created so far...

saxophone in negative space

 

I also found some inspirational icons

Indexes

and symbols