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26 September 2019 Today I visited the 'Food - Bigger Than The Plate' exhibit at the V&A. It opened my mind to a number of design possibilities as well as viewpoints and revelations based on food production, trade, consumption and waste. The street farmhouse project and the Loowatt dealt with collection and utilization of human… Continue reading V&A Visit Day 2
Today’s visit to the Victoria and Albert museum was inspiring in more ways than one. Isabel suggested exploring the pathway of adaptation and reuse in context to the various objects in the museum, to re-imagine the creative potential of already existing products. (Transformative solutions) During our initial brief, we were given some creative tasks to… Continue reading Visit to the V&A museum
17 Sept 2019 Some questions I am trying to answer through my butterfly prototype: Example product: Ladybird Ring (Donna Jewel's Instagram account) The ladybird ring mechanism made me curious about levers and complex movement mechanisms. Prototype based on lever? mechanisms: https://youtu.be/JVpQcG6ER7A Aesthetics Precedent: deeper study of Bristol Whales: Aesthetic study: making sculpture from trash Based… Continue reading Prototypes and Precedents
15 September 2019 User Interface: thoughts Interactive interfaces for the installation Support Prop structures: Models Tripod at baseTripod at top Aesthetics: Precedent - Bristol Whales Sculpture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKgXfPcd1M Flapping and constraint mechanism: Reading - Making Simple Automata, Robert Race Muttering Bird - Mechanics studyCamshaft Historical precedents of 'Automata'Quote - Basics of interactive objects Everyday example: Gym… Continue reading Simple Mechanics Study
11 September 2019 Prototype 5: PVC Fabric stretched across wire frame Prototype 6: Based on found materials and inspiring objects at the site: Participatory trash collection?Using Chicken mesh for structure: Casting and moulding induction with Anna
12 September 2019 Some words describing my experience of the site: Site Inspiration: Photographs
06 September 2019 I found this Jacob's Ladder toy at the V&A Museum of Childhood on our way to the site from Bethnal Greens station. I was quite intrigued at seeing the object, and wasn't quite sure what one was supposed to do with it.. But the clever arrangement of ribbons connecting wooden slats, such… Continue reading Material exploration
04 September 2019 Kinetic Sculptures https://youtu.be/vVHtCaoPbMI Interactive Toys Jacob's Ladder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIyPDSxa3c Kyung Hwa's example of Chinese Opera and changing masks as objects of engagement https://www.facebook.com/InTheKnowCreativebyAOL/videos/2051114428302577?sfns=1
Cities for people- 1.the human dimension-4 factors 2. Shaping the city: effects on usage pattern 3. Socialising in the city -top down planning of cities hampers human experience- how design affects the human dimension, steer away from regimented design -examples of less vehicular access=more pedestrian activity=more psychogeography=more activity=more safety=richer experience -organic development and mushrooming of… Continue reading Readings
Thinking: Objects; Contemporary Approaches to Product Design Symbol of an experienceIndividual emotional valueFeelings captured in an objectInterpreted differently by different people, based on individual experiences Urban Jewellery by Liesbet Bussche Souvinirs for the city? Souvinirs as objects of engagementModular artwork changing and transforming itself to represent ideas, aesthetics, views of people Stimulus for chance interaction,… Continue reading Souvinirs
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