Tenth Post - written summary

Tenth Post – written summary

This project challenged me to learn more about communicating on-line via a blog.  This was a real developmental step for me, understanding about how to upload certain documents and what format they needed to be.

I did initially focus on the colour aspects following the brief, but admit to losing my way through the blogs and thought more about furniture and artwork which, on reflection was not relevant for the brief.  This took time to correct and refocus.  This taught me to always refer to the brief from start to finish and not lose sight of what the client wants.

I did consider cost, and feel that painting and lighting was a cost-effective solution leaving more budget for the artwork/furniture etc.  Creating a workflow was good to ensure nothing was overlooked and there was a timeline.

I enjoyed researching into the 80’s colours and how this combined with lighting to achieve the right ‘feel’ for the area.  My ‘cotton reel’ colour matching and the experimental effects of lighting on colour assisted me in thinking what colours would be best in a small area with no natural lighting.  I did initially think a dark purple with pink and neon colours would be good, but this would have made the space too dark and make it feel too over-powering.  

It was disappointing to see the colour in electronic form was nothing like the colour in daylight.  This is the downside to showing colours on blogs and not in daylight.

A plan was considered, but I felt this was probably unnecessary because this would have shown the room layout but not the colours, I did add screens as I wanted to keep the area as clear as possible to give the illusion of more space.

The colour scheme is easy to add bright, colourful artwork too, the wall lights also bring more colour into the space.  I used a lighter tone (yellow) on the two end walls (the shutter door and entrance to the courtyard) as the doors will take most of this space and I didn’t want to ‘close’ this by adding a darker colour. 

The safety signage should be easily visible as the wall colour is so light and bright.

The potential safety hazards which may occur in the installation process would be slip, trip and fall, manual handling (lifting equipment) electrical hazards (installing lighting), fall from heights, hazardous chemicals (paint, white spirits).  I would manage these risks by ensuring the tradesmen are all licensed and conduct a worksite safety induction.  I would also ensure there are SDS available for any chemicals in use.  Work platforms for working at height, trolleys for manual handling.

Ninth Post - feedback from others

Friend to provide feedback :

All criteria has been met with no improvements needed. The suggested colour scheme will provide the intended fun and vibrant feel that the cafe is after. The lighting option has a retro feel and I like the changing colours for the wall lights. on Eighth Post - Concept Boards and specifications

Richard Clarke

on 31/12/16

Eighth Post - Concept Boards and specifications

The two walls will be painted in 'Lime Twist' this is a tertiary hue of yellow-green which will bring
light and work well with any chosen artwork (please see examples of 80's colours above).  The walls containing the roller doors and the entrance to the Courtyard will be painted in 'Sublime Yellow' this is a primary colour with added white - this works very well with the yellow-green hue and gives an overall feeling of sunshine and brightness.

As the whole area has no natural light the wall colours will help to make the area look bigger and the large pendant lights are in keeping with the 80's feel.  I would place the larger ones hanging from the exposed raw timber beams with the smaller ones hanging lower on chains over the possible seating areas.  I have given an example of a wall light above (iDuel Lighting) which can be programmed to change colour, this would be a subtle way of adding light to make the area feel lively, fun and vibrant.

The paint colours choosen are light enough not to over-shadow any fire warning signs.

Seventh Post - Exploration of Colour

This colour wheel (known as a Brewster/Prang colour wheel) has been produced with coloured pencils, using primary colours of Red, Yellow and Blue.  The wheel organises the colour pigments into primary, secondary and tertiary hues.   The secondary hues are orange, green and violet, the tertiary hues are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red.

These colours are all tertiary hues, the first being red-violet, the second violet and the third blue-violet.  Red was added to blue and then white until the tone was the right hue.

Yellow and Blue are the primary colours here.  I added blue to yellow to obtain the tertiary yellow-green and white to blue until it was the correct hue.

In this example Yellow, Red and Blue are the primary colours used to give theses tertiary hues of yellow-green and yellow-orange.

The below images demonstrate the effects of different lighting on the colour selections.

The image below is taken in bright sunlight which has high levels of illumination making the colours seem less saturated, or lighter.

The same image has been photographed (below) in subdued lighting, lowering the illumination has darkened the colours values and neutralised their hues.