good and bad design

Bad Design

Dixie State North Plaza

        This building is where most of the art classes take place at Dixie State. It used to be an old Harmon's grocery store a long time ago and then Dixie took over and it appears that they haven't changed the appearance. The whole building has plain white walls and cheap flooring and not one of the classrooms has a window. This is where students are expected to be creative. There is no thought or design put into this building and nothing to be proud of inside or out. 

 Good Design

This is the campus of UVU in Provo, Utah where most of their art classes are held. They have a similar story where they inherited an old building for the use of art classes. The building used to be an old gym but unlike Dixie they designed it to look like art classrooms. For example, if you look at the air vents, they painted them in bright colors. Painting the vents, to me, shows texture and contrast. Also, the classrooms are large and have windows to expand the creative mind. Classrooms have storage cubbies to save space and to store the artwork. UVU took something old and dirty and changed it for the better.