The spatial design at Pullen Park is very open and fun. It is almost designed as if they don’t want people to be persuaded to go a certain way. It is very free and like an adventure. There are many paths to take and each leads to a different attraction. This park is meant mainly…
Amongst many of the Universal Orlando Theme Park’s attractions that feature a detailed queuing experience, that of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride is particularly notable for numerous reasons. Through multiple choices in the queue’s spatial design, the environment immerses its inhabitants in settings from the Daily Bugle, the newspaper at which Peter Parker (Spider-Man) works.…
For this assignment, I chose to write about Cha House—a boba shop cafe on Hillsborough. Despite my biased long-time love for boba, I really do enjoy this place. The space is open with high ceilings which gives a really free and welcoming feeling. The shop has a white, pastel color palette, giving very calming and…
For my ‘space design’, I chose to write about James B Hunt Library on centennial campus, here at NC State. The images taken above are from the second floor, which is a very inviting and open seating area for all. The white based interior really allows the presence of any and all color within the…
Hunt Library is one place on NC State’s campus that I truly enjoy. There are many unusual types of spatial configurations in the building as well as the outside architecture. Hunt Library is a necessary location for students whether they have class on Centennial campus or not. This large library is so enticing, especially for…
Rebeca Méndez collaborated with Chee Salette, an architect, and landscape architect, to create a memorial in Tucson, Arizona, United States. This Memorial honors the 2011 shooting of the victims and survivors that wanted to engage in democracy at Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on your Corner”. The gunman fired thirty-three rounds, killing six and wounding eleven…
James B. Hunt Library is a state-of-the-art library located in North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. The design of the library was done in collaboration by Clark Nexen and Snohetta, a Norwegian design firm. Hunt library is one of the few (if not only) NCSU building that does not use the iconic and ubiquitous…
Rebeca Méndez was commissioned by LA Metro to create a mural for the Expo Line/Crenshaw Station. Alongside local artisans, they created a beautiful glass mosaic mural ten feet by ninety-six feet in 2019. The title of the mural is At Same Time, a portrait of an entire day in Los Angeles, California. Between January and…
Upon opening Stardew Valley, I was presented with a little loading cutscene, then a pixel-art menu of clouds and leaves. Upon starting a new save file, I spent probably too long creating my little avatar before giving up and hitting the Randomize button. After the obligatory explanatory cutscenes, I was presented with a little cabin,…
Schoolkids Records is a small record store full of various vinyl albums, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, and many other entertainment items for purchase. When viewing the exterior of Schoolkids, there is nothing much that signifies a record shop from a far distance, but once at the storefront, there is a neon sign of the shop’s…
PNC Arena is not only home to Wolfpack Basketball and the Carolina Hurricanes, but it is also a multipurpose arena meant for bringing entertainment throughout the community. Throughout the concourse, you can find many different designs that fit the color scheme of both NC State and the Carolina Hurricanes (conveniently). The arena bowl itself is…
This is a Reese’s Puffs cereal box that was created in collaboration with American artist KAWS. This is one of the most recent design collaborations that Reese’s has had as they’ve also collaborated with people like Travis Scott and Lil Yachty. The thing that caught my attention at first was the character laying in the…
A Beautiful Sunday Spent In Umstead State Park The trail we chose to follow was the Sycamore Trail which was a loop trail and was about 7.2 miles long. At the start of the trailhead, you can tell that the environmental / park designers who were responsible for designing the areas and the many paths,…
“Méndez has committed to diversity and inclusion, and she is a role model for aspiring young women designers across Latin America.” – UCLA, Design Media Arts, 2022, https://dma.ucla.edu/faculty/profiles/?ID=32 Rebeca Méndez was born in Mexico City in 1962. She immigrated to California, United States, in 1980. There, Rebeca graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Design…
Hill Library is one of the perks that come along with being an NC State student but it is also open to the very public. There is always something for everyone to do at Hill Library. There are nine floors in the building but it is a bit confusing at first if you are not…