Design Evaluations

This is the typical Dairy Queen we all grew up with, but in the lower left you'll notice an early DQ.

 To the left is a Jack-in- the- Box, some of us remember these from our childhood, especially if you're from California.

The last one here is McDonalds, we all know of this one. This though is a bit different from the, as the famous Golden Arches are missing. They are however represented on the top of the building just above the entrance.

These are all different designs of fast food places we all grew up knowing, and how some of change in design over the years.

Gestalt & Architect The Holland Building

This is the front of the Holland building, if you've ever been there or walked by it, you would notice the curved wall running in front of it. This has lots of the Gestalt theory built into it.

This next picture is taken inside the Holland building, on the ground floor. You notice above your head the stairway, it uses a lot different form as it hangs above you.

This is taken from the soccer field directly behind the Holland building, it shows different types of design built into it. You can see how it goes from ground level upward. The horizontal lines tell a story.

This one was taken from the second floor east end of the building. It looks at the stairwell going up, you had seen this in an earlier picture taken from the ground floor.

Harmony,Balance, and Contrast

To me these are all forms of harmony, balance, and contrast, in various different forms.

The first is a pleasing botanical scene, you have the welcoming plant, in the foreground, the shadowy darkness of the building and the shingle siding, the view through the window, just seems to bring it all together.

The second one is to more a very beautiful sunset, the different hues of color, the red,purples, orange all seem to flow. The reflection in the water is something else. and the dark shadows just make this a very beautiful picture.

The last one is especially eye capturing, the tree says so much the vivd color of the leaves, on the tree as well as on the ground, the treys, and blacks make this picture just come alive and draw you right in to it.