Post by Maria Seymour:

The project is really starting to take form now, and both Dan and I are putting together our individual sections to make our final piece. I started by modeling a ‘Siemens Porsche’ kitchen using photographs and magazines I had collected. The modeling wasn’t difficult; however was time consuming as our goal is to make the finished rendered piece photo realistic. I then passed Dan the finished piece photo realistic. I then passed Dan the finished piece so that he could texture it with the other models.

I then started work on the website, after much thought over which software to use. I finally decided to use flash, as this was by far the better option. I searched the web for good websites which also use flash, and looked at there overall interfaces for good design tips. As a prototype before I started the final piece I produced a simple website with examples of features that we will implement using one of the interfaces I designed in Photoshop. As a team we discussed the pro and cons of prototype and what changes we would like to see. I am about to begin the final site.