{"id":16404,"date":"2023-09-19T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=16404"},"modified":"2023-10-01T22:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T02:57:35","slug":"i-wanted-a-mobile-art-studio-so-i-built-one-in-the-back-of-a-honda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/i-wanted-a-mobile-art-studio-so-i-built-one-in-the-back-of-a-honda\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wanted a Mobile Art Studio. So I Built One, in the Back of a Honda."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published:<\/strong> May 16th, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers: <\/strong>Wendy MacNaughton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/16\/business\/wendy-macnaughton-mobile-studio.html?searchResultPosition=11<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long, Solo, serendipitously structured road trips are a big part of how I find meanwhile stories and how I learn about people, including myself. But constantly schlepping art supplies into motels left me wishing I had a drivable room where I could paint, draw, write, scan and design stories – even submit this very column. When I couldn’t find a vehicle that met my needs, I decided to build one myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talented woodworker, Max Schulz, and I collaborated on a fully self contained mobile studio built inside the back of a 2009 Honda element. created specifically for this illustration-journalism-social work thing I do, it contains a custom art supply cabinet and angled drawing table. A battery strong enough to run a color balanced light, iPad, computer and scanner; and a lock box. The seat serves as storage and also becomes a bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s boxy and burgundy, unsexy and unassuming. In other words, its my dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy MacNaughton is a graphic journalist based in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was very unique. It was more like a portfolio entry and it wasn’t written out. It was all told through these illustrated pictures. This artist talked about how she made an art studio in her Honda, which I though was convenient. Although, I am not looking to create a whole art studio in the trunk of a Honda, I think the approach and the thinking behind it is intriguing. I’ve always found the design of tiny spaces clever and well though out. To be able to design for a small space, one has to think of creative ways to include new elements into a limited space. I think this applies to our challenge because we are tasked with designing something for the vehicle cargo storage of a car. Whether that is adding, subtracting, or improving elements of the existing Honda’s, I believe it is important to have this level of creative thinking when approaching this problem. MacNaughton was able to fit a whole drawing desk, storage, and drawing seating arrangement in her car. She demonstrates that the elements are adjustable to allow for more space in the trunk if needed. I can take these aspects of her design and apply to the type of thing I will be creating for the Honda’s that will help with curbside pickup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published: May 16th, 2019 Writers: Wendy MacNaughton Link: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/16\/business\/wendy-macnaughton-mobile-studio.html?searchResultPosition=11 Long, Solo, serendipitously structured road trips are a big part of how I find meanwhile stories and how I learn about people, including myself. But constantly schlepping art supplies into motels left me wishing I had a drivable room where I could paint, draw, write, scan and design […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":16527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[344,411,400],"class_list":{"0":"post-16404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-car","10":"tag-honda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17114,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16404\/revisions\/17114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}