On the night of July 27th, 2012, a huge prank was pulled in New York City and this is the video of what took place. Brett Cohen came up with a crazy idea to fool thousands of pedestrians walking the streets of Times Square into thinking he was a huge celebrity, and it worked! Not only did it work, it caused quite a stir. This social experiment, of sorts, makes a profound statement about how modern culture is so attracted to pop culture, without any real credibility needed.
Monday was a short day. I had a doctor's appointment so I left early. I got some things done in 3ds Max, though--mainly just importing geometry from SketchUp and adding textures.
Tuesday and Wednesday, I continued to work with 3ds Max to create the room environment virtually. We met with EVS again to revisit our designs, and it went very well. They solidified our design decisions while giving us new suggestions.
Thursday and Friday, I kept working on the 3ds Max renders. I cut up a ton of our color palette paint samples (pictured above) while I waited for my computer to render. It's basically can't do anything else while it renders or it'll freeze.
Friday was supposed to be the last day of my internship with IU Health, but I'm thrilled to announce that they want to keep me on their Design/Construction team! I'll be working for them while continuing my education at IUPUI. I'm so excited!
Also, Friday, Christin and Bridget, along with their husbands and I went to Dave and Busters to celebrate my "last" day. I had never been there before, but it was a lot of fun!
Monday, we found out something that completely changed the direction our inboard patient room floor plan was headed. We were told that the nurse servers need a pass-through and the W.O.W. needs a place to sit in the room without being in the way.
Tuesday, we met with an Infection Control representative who used to be an RN, and she gave us plenty of good insights. She said the nurse servers and W.O.W.'s don't need to be in the room all of the time, so we are not planning on them having a designated spot in the room anymore.
Wednesday, the wood laminate samples came in the mail. We mixed and matched the samples to figure out the most soothing/harmonious combination. While doing so, we discovered that darker wood finishes show fingerprints tremendously more than lighter wood, but the lighter wood shows scuffs more easily. It's sort of a trade-off. Would we rather see fingerprints on the cabinets all the time or have an occasional scuff that can be eliminated with each cleaning.
Thursday I continued to work in Google Sketchup while Bridget and Christen started translating our data into visuals.
Friday was fun. We met at Christin's house instead of the office because our boss was out of the office and 2/3 of us live closer to the north side of town. It was nice to sleep in. We did our work while watching the Olympics. I started working in 3DS Max again while Christin and Bridget continued to work on visualizing our insights.
