by Matt Uminski | Jan 7, 2019 | Graphic Design, Portfolio Vol. 5, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
If you read my first post, you understand that Alex and I chose to start his Portfolio design process by selecting fonts. Anytime I begin any kind of design project I always start with type. Others may tell you they start with a grid, color palette, forms, and shapes,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 10, 2018 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 08 Mountain Lodge, Uncategorized |
Below is a sneak peak of my next project that I will be illustrating over the next several months. As with all of my projects, I have tried to setup several scenarios that I am interested in visualizing. For this project, specifically, the overarching concept is of a...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 20, 2018 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Uncategorized |
The Desert House Project is nearing completion and I have begun looking at how I can piece together the different images into portfolio spreads. Setting up these spreads help me to clarify what images still need to be generated to fill in the narrative gaps. They also...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 19, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
Even though I have started the new desert house project, I jumped back to the Philly Bridge project to generate this year’s winter special. This was a view that I had planned on illustrating months ago but ran out of time. Luckily, it works perfectly for...
by Alex Hogrefe | Dec 3, 2017 | Fundamentals, Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Uncategorized |
I have been testing out a ton of different ideas for how to articulate the glass facade for the Desert Trench House project. From those studies, I developed a spread that shows some of the iterations that were generated. As I was putting this illustration together, I...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 20, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 07 Desert Villa, Uncategorized |
I have started a new project that I am calling the Desert Trench House. I have yet to illustrate a project on this website that is located in an arid environment and am excited to get going on this. The structure sits mostly recessed underground with large shade...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 29, 2017 | Project 06 Philly Bridge, Uncategorized |
I have been traveling quite a bit lately which means it has been a while since my last post. I figured I would ease back into this with some mapping studies that I have been experimenting with. I have always liked the idea of locating a project at the beginning of the...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 17, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Uncategorized |
Below are some eye level perspectives that I created to get a sense of the pedestrian bridge design from the west side of the site. I had made some substantial changes to the form and wanted to study what the experience was like as you approach it both as a pedestrian...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 1, 2017 | Break Down, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
I always look to diagrams to help tease out ideas or to clarify my thoughts as early on in the design process as possible. The diagram being broken down below is working off of a simple model with almost no detail or structural articulation making it easier to update...
by Alex Hogrefe | May 4, 2017 | Portfolio Vol. 5, Project 06 Philly Bridge, Uncategorized |
A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to give a lecture and some workshops at Philadelphia University School of Architecture. During my tour of the city, I was blown away by the amount of development and new architecture going on. One proposal that I found especially...
