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LAR Supergraphic Design Competition
The Department of Landscape Architecture (LAR) at NCSU’s College of Design held a design competition this fall, calling for the proposition of a new image for the department in the form of a door transparency. I partnered with a grad student from LAR, Luke Wallenbeck, to collaborate on a design for the double doors leading into the LAR studios. In talking with Luke about the new direction of the program, we decided it was important to highlight the transition from the old way of thinking about landscape architecture to newer, more contemporary conventions dealing with urbanization and global population. Our guiding concept became one of migration and progression.
For the design, we chose to explore abstraction along with movement. We submitted four variations of our design, all four incorporating the LAR abbreviation and a migratory pattern of vector shapes. For two of the variations, we layered the graphics over a Sanborn map of Chicago to create depth and texture.