Last week we entered the second year of Product and Furniture Design, starting off with a kick start one week project looking at how people misuse products in ways which they are not designed for, and a solution to help people's needs better.
Thursday 4 October 2012
Sunday 4 March 2012
Monday 6 February 2012
Creative Cleaning
3 initial design concepts for the Creative Cleaning project:
- re-designed sink and drainage space
- drying rack making use of window sill and overhead space/ self-hanging system
- washing gloves with attached scourer pads
Hollow - Model-making
After the initial blue foam model was made, and that I was pleased with the form (other than the dimensions of the actual model needed working out, the blue foam model was pretty much how I imagined it to be in my mind) I went on to start my real model with a block of jelutong. The square top and rotated bottom were drawn on and I began hacking away in the workshop. I figured coping saw and chisel was the way to go, since the form I wanted is quite irregular I didn't want to risk it on the bandsaw. I must admit - it was extremely tedious slowly sawing away little by little. I was quite pleased that it was done within 3-4 hours though!
Wednesday 1 February 2012
ModelMaking - Radio
The radio model-making project from last term. Finally it's been photographed properly!
Monday 30 January 2012
Hollow - Slip-Casting
The Hollow project requires us to design specifically to the manufacturing process - there are certain forms that will be difficult or even impossible to achieve due to the nature of the making. At first I was interested in challenging the difficulty in the making - flat surfaces (which requires a compensation curve to counter the shrinkage when being fired in the kiln). It led me on to manipulating the form to a twisted cuboid, which retains that minimalist aesthetic of a cuboid, but with a slight twist, which will actually make it structurally more sound. Above is the initial model out of blue foam to help me visualize the curves as the cuboid is twisted. The second image is of the top component of the incense oil burner that i envisioned (well it should be upside-down so that the dome is locked within the hollow cuboid)
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