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These are slides featuring my design work during and post college. They range from interior design to stage set design and include my artistic sketching and rendering techniques.
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Design Portfolio Featuring the past projects of Dana Gordon,
2008 graduate of Samford University
A Piece of My Heart tells the story of six American nurses and
the experiences they had during the Vietnam War. These nurses are
in a direct relationship with the audience. They have a great,
urgent need to tell their stories, and it is from this urgent need
to communicate that the style of the play evolves. The set for the
play itself is a presentational-style piece. All design elements in
the set therefore conform to this style. Nothing in the text is
directly illustrated but instead is abstractly or suggestively
shown.
Inspiration
Inspiration
Inspiration
Collage of Considered Idea for Brick Texture Materials
The Space The play was held in the Bolding Studio within the
Leslie Wright Center on Samfords Campus. The space presented
challenges for an effective set design not just for its small stage
size (33 by 17 feet), but because part of the set had to be mobile
in order to be stored away during the day. The stage was used
during the day for choir and piano rehearsals by the music
department.
First Rough Sketches
and Once I had the idea of intersecting platforms of different
sizes and levels, the biggest challenge was creating a 3D model and
construction documents-in that order. A program called Sketch-Up
greatly helped me with putting together my idea for documents-
Sketch- what the set would actually look like once completed. From
there, I was able to obtain measurements within the computer to
then help me develop plans in Auto Cad to aid the builders of the
set.
Rendered Floor Plan
The Amazing Process!
The Two Primary Paint Colors Flogging the Ground Cloth The
Amazing Process!
The Amazing Process!
The Amazing Process!
The Amazing Process!
The View from On Set
Show Time!
Show Time!
AutoCad Sketches for Flats Similar to my previous design
project, the stage space for the Birmingham Festival Theatre was
also small, roughly the same size as Bolding Studio. For this
project, I was mainly dealing with layouts for flats to create an
interior home scene, which would be styled according to the early
1900s. As you can see, three doors were usedone for the front door
and two for the bedroom doors.
Floor Plan
Rendered Flat Elevation
Completed Set
Show Time!
Show Time!
The Alexander Looby Theatre with Flat Locations
Rendered Flat Elevations
Close- Close-up of Block Print for Wallpaper
The Building Process
The Building Process
The Building Process
The Completed Set
Samples of Interior Design Work Pieces from Throughout
College