The Union sketches

Brainstorming and sketching while considering all of the requirements for my retail space allow ideas and creative thinking to come to fruition. It's not about "pretty", it is about process. Now with a semi complete project, I can really see where I began to take my ideas and learn more about how I think and create. This is my favorite part of the design process; I get to convey ideas with drawings as well as have a visual diary of my project from beginning to end.

 

 

What does the star have to do with The Union?
I added the star closer to the end of the design process when I began to think more about what a Union can be and began to do more research.The star is a symbol of unity which is an essential part of The Union coffee house's design concept.

UNION:

1. the act of uniting two or more things.

2. the state of being united.

3. something formed by uniting two or more things; combination.

4. a number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union.

5. a group of states or nations united into one political body, as that of the American colonies at the time of the Revolution, that of England and Scotland in 1707, or that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.

6. the Union. the United States: The Union defeated the Confederacy in 1865.

7. a device emblematic of union, used in a flag or ensign, sometimes occupying the upper corner next to the staff or occupying the entire field.