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An OnionDiscovery

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Designed by Ka Mei Kwan | 2011 Fall | UC Davis

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This is my independent study project , which is authorized by a Design Professor,Sylva Kathryn, at University of Cali-fornia, Davis in 2011 Fall.

In this project, I selected an regular object my daily life, which is an onion, and applied my design knowledge and skills, my instinct of being a designer to create views, mood and pattern about an onion, which is different from our general expectation about an onion. Creation can be subjective, however, viewers should be inspired and con-nected.

Ka Mei Kwan

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CONTENTS

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Onion Impressions

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An onion is a vegetable that we eat normally. It has two different colors: red and white onion; it has two favors: bitter and sweeten. As I learnt in my childhood, an onion normally tasted spicy, bitter and it is not a food for a child. However, today I love eating onion because it does not taste bitter any more but sweet for me. Does my taste change or an onion change ?

An onion is recognizable as a circular, fat bulk body and roots locating at the top, which look like its hair. One thing that everyone would remember about an onion is its irritation to eyes and make us cry. An onion is steady, strong simple in its outer look, unless you cut it. It is an object will full inspiration of shape, form, pattern and mood. An onion is like an knowl-edge designer, who has a lot of great ideas inside. You would not know it or see it, but you will be inspired when you get a way to open it. If your feeling inspired, please show.

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Onion Impressions

My overall vision about an onion that I discovered and interaction that I Created in myProject process.

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Onion Exploration

An Red Onion With Water

Setting:Cutting an onion into pieces and circular shapes and placed into blue water. Attempting to capture its randomness and colors’ interaction between blue and purple.

Getting:Onion pieces are expecting connected and created patterns both and orderly. Unexpected reflection of light link them together as a unit, which release a sense of movement.

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Onion Exploration

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Perspective of a Red Onion

Setting:Cutting an onion into a half and play its layers and sizes of layers. Placing them randomly and orderly in order to create patterns and views.

Getting:Looking at an onion differently from different angle of view. Creating interesting shape, proportion and patterns.

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Onion Exploration

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An Onion ink Stamping

Setting: Getting: Cutting an onion into a half and stamp with black ink. Ink creates the simplest organic form and texture for an onion. Pattern and texture create dramatic

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Onion Exploration

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Curves of an Onion

Setting:After cutting an onion into piece, place its skin under the sun. When they get dry, they curve.

Getting:Skin get stronger and solidarity as a unit. Its curves is expending and growing infinitely.

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Onion Exploration

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An Moldy Onion

Setting:After cutting an onion into piece, place it into a plastic bag for a week. And it was decayed.

Getting:An onion did not as steady and strong as it used to be weakness, disaster, and sadness mood are releasing.

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Onion Exploration

An White Onion in Iced

Setting:Cutting an onion into pieces and put it into a plastic bag with water and frozen it. Attempting to make an

onion crying when it is melting.

Getting:Instead of crying, an onion is giving up its strong and

form. It is tired of being strong, and lose it energy.

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Onion Expression

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Interaction with An Onion

Setting: Getting: Have an model playing with an onion. Attempting to An onion does not mean sad , it depends on how we Capture the falling movement of an onion’s tunic. project it.

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Onion Expression

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An Onion Camouflage

Setting: Getting: Putting an onion under dried leaves with similar color. An onion looks match to leaves but still be able to identify, It is different from dried leaves, it is isolated.

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Onion Expression

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Setting: Getting: Dropping onion into water and capture wave it created. Waves of water and light created dramatic, dimensional surface and pattern.

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