I make things.
14 November 2019 For our Pathway trip for the Investigate Project, we met at the Design museum to seek inspiration and possibly identify a contemporary practitioner for our ADAS essay. Since I had seen the Designer Maker User exhibit on my previous visit to the museum, I decided to visit the Beazley Designs of the… Continue reading Pathway Trip: Art, Design, Drawing and Sensory experience
13 November 2019 I had been meaning to view this exhibition for a while now, and felt that week one of the Investigate project might be a good time, hopefully to inspire and direct me, early on in the project. I left the TATE with an exciting new discovery: a contemporary practitioner engaging with art,… Continue reading Olafur Eliasson in Real life at TATE Modern
Project 2: Navigators: A Dérive into Product Design The project encompassed an investigative exploration of London, and execution of a collaborative design response for a selected site and its stakeholders. Studying inspiring urban installations, especially Liesbet Bussche’s Jewels in the City[1] re-ignited my interest in public art. Moreover, observing artefacts and illustrations (Fig.1) at the… Continue reading Navigators Reflection
Slogan composition based on chosen topic Design for diversity: Open City Projects - design for inclusive urban spaces Immersive study: London Telephone Boxes - scale and design London telephone boxes - precedents in adaptive reuse, other functional spaces of similar scale: Coffee bar, Office pod, Karaoke booth Contextual design concept London Underground: Importance of Poles,… Continue reading Manifesto Research and development
27 October 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BosAac6F4Rp/ StatementInvoke responsenature abstractionLost wax casting https://www.instagram.com/p/BwDmzPYg-e1/ Urban abstractionObjects of memory - visits to citiesMap as object of abstraction
Abstraction process - things to pick from 22 October 2019 Temperate house - largest surviving Victorian GlasshouseSun- warmth, light. Cage?Structural systemBotanical garden - founded - 1840World Heritage siteAims - Botanical research and educationSite started 1759Kew constabulary - police forceKew palace - previously royal country house - plants, animals, pets?Houses 90% of world's known plant speciesvenue… Continue reading Kew Gardens – Essence
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