Henry Ford and Woolly Mammoths

Friday, February 20, 2009 5:17 PM by Betty Brennan in General


Henry Ford once said that your car can be any color so long as its black.  In a design-build project at Taylor Studios, this is not the case.  Whether you are building a woolly mammoth or a car, the process is the same.  So how do we get there?  There are three phases to our design process (schematic, design development, and final design), and just as Henry Ford would build a car, each step gets you closer to building your dream.  So let me take you through our design process and you will see just how much we have in common with Mr. Ford (but we let you pick different colors!).

Any design-build project must start somewhere.  Schematic design is the first step in building your project.  Just as you know a car needs wheels, a frame, and an engine, schematic design creates the general idea of your floor space and the intent of your exhibit.  We identify the most important content areas and assign importance to each.  This guides us as we move into design development.  Just as wheels are important to making a car, every design needs schematic design to identify what is important.

Design development starts the process of seeing and knowing what the exhibit will look like.  Will it be an SUV? A sedan? A hybrid? Will the car have two or four seats?  Will your exhibit have murals? Audio/visual? A giant tree? We take your ideas and begin to create an exhibit based on the schematic design, creating exhibits within the framework of importance developed in schematic design.

Final design takes design development and gets into the features.  Will your two seat car have leather seats or cloth? Will your hybrid have a CD player or just a radio?  What will be on your mural?  What color will the graphics be? (no, black is not the only option!)  The details come out here before we begin the process of building your exhibit.

Once final design is approved, its off to fabrication to put the rubber to the road!  Hope you enjoy the ride!

Posted by: John T.

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