The History of LinkWorld - Biomes
The Imperial and San Diego Counties are filled with rich biological and environmental diversity. To make LinkWorld more "natural" to Borderlink participants, it was important to create settings that they were already familiar with. LinkWorld was designed to celebrate the unique place Borderlink participants call their home.
Ocotillo
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The landscapes and flora of LinkWorld explored a wide range of biodiversity. The landscape as well as the flora were modular and were modeled from images taken from West El Centro by Carol Kerney, and from images drawn from UC Berkeley's CalPhoto database (part of UCB's Digital Library Project).
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The Ocotillo Desert area, for instance, features one of the most beautiful desert plants, the Ocotillo, or Fouquieria splendens. This view shows both the original image of ocotillo from Imperial County and the virtual ocotillo that dots the landscape of certain areas in LinkWorld.
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Creosote |
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This example of desert flora is the Creosote Bush commonly found in many areas of Southern California. It was essential to draw from as much visual documentation as possible, with a distributed production team who came from various geographic areas. The designers never had the opportunity to come to the area and had to base their designs on documentation carried out by the rest of the team.
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The distributed team included the designers, Penny and Craig Twining from the United Kingdom, development lead, Bonnie DeVarco and Borderlink principals, Carol Kerney, Harry Bloom and Kevin Barrow in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
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Imperial County |
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In addition to extensive documentation provided by Carol Kerney, the rich body of landscape views on UC Berkeley's CERES database gave extensive visual support to the design process.
Imperial County Landscapes
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