Wanderlust 108 - The Design of the Kula Market Archway Entrance
A major feature of the Wanderlust 108 project was the Kula Market archway entrance. The Creative Producer wanted it to be a big feature that festival-goers would be able to see from the entrance. That would draw people in, and represent the brand.
Through brain storming, I came up with this design. We took the Wanderlust Compass logo and cut it in half. Like this, it automatically became an archway.
I was left to sketch ideas for this. In the Creative Producer's original mood board was an image of a living wall, surround by white lines, and so this went on to inspire the final piece.
Original sketch of the Kula Market Entrance
The next step was to work out the dimensions of the entrance way. I decided that the easiest way to do this would be to draw it up in AutoCAD. We spent some time playing with the measurements, as as well as looking accurate to the compass, and visually correct, it also had to meet health and safety regulations.
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Ideally, it couldn't go over 4 meters without being unsafe in the wind, however, we still needed to clear head height.
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Eventually, I came up with the below drawing. I added dimensions etc, and we talked about rigging suggestions; ie, how we could hold up this massive structure. Whilst there were plenty of solutions that would have been hidden completely, or nearly completely, by the structure, these were also very expensive, so we eventually ended up with a simple goal post structure.
Basic CAD drawing to show measurements
Finally, it came to creation. The structure was created in smaller pieces in the workshop, so that it was transportable, then painted and assembled on site.
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Unfortunately, due to time restraints, the final assembly, including final coats of paint and adding in the ivy, we had only a few hours to complete it before the big day, and this was all done in the dark, late at night, too!
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We weaved different types of ivy in and out of chicken wire attached to the structure, and at 11pm, it was finally complete!
The final structure in place on site!
The structure ended up as the most "instagrammable" piece in the park, with hundreds of people posing underneath for photos, which made me feel very proud!
