THE ILLUMINATED SCOTCH & SHOT BAR

This assignment was one that I enjoyed and will keep for many years to come. It has been one that required much detail in design and measurement to enable a fine specimen of what I wanted to achieve.

Image 1. The Completed Illuminated Bar
2. Detail Shot of the Light Well
3. The Concept and Design Development

Firstly my shot glass collection will now be safe and sound within the bar that should service us all very nicely throughout the last uni year and shall not remain empty like the bottle displayed in the review.

As much thought and inspiration came from the art deco period, with prominent people like Humphrey Bogart, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante and further on James Dean, I saw the swift curves on the lower levels while drawing the design sketches for this bar and an instant image was formed. The bar fits exactly on top of my book shelf to give the room some elegance next to the fireplace that I hope shall service me well!

As see in in the third image, the design fit EXACTLY on one sheet of MDF 1200 x 2400mm which was a requirement of the project.

The final project consisted of;
- 1 x mdf sheet 1200 x 2400mm
- locktite 401 glue (I tried to minimize the use of it though)
- Space for 15 shot glasses personally collected from around the world
- Space for 2 x bottles consisting of 1L Jim Beam and Jack Daniels respectivley
- An energy saving light lamp that fit in the light well on the right side of the bar as shown in the first image.

As the aim of the project was to keep in theme with our DDI assignment and stay true to the material we used (MDF). I think this was well achieved as not only was the project a bar from my DDI building, it represented a style that was and still is timeless and represented so many cinemas around the world. The bar also stayed true to the minimalist ideal of representing mdf. I used no other materials or fixings other than mdf and loctite to make this bar, unlike many other project in the 4B design stream of this year.