Day 4

The day began with being given briefs and turning our responses into an outcome such as shoes, shopping centre plan, bus shelter plan, items of support and stability and rabbit hutches. I found this to be an intriguing exercise because it allowed me to see how quickly I was able to create a whole plan for a 2 bedroom bungalow or a 'jacket' lamp. I gradually felt more challenged towards the end because I had to increasingly think of moving away from the idea of a typical 'shopping centre'.

Our next task comprised of two small projects: creating a structure made from one sheet of paper that elevated a full water bottle 200mm off the ground; and producing another structure made from cardboard, which elevated ourselves 40cm above the ground. 

My initial plan was to make a few conveyer belt type covers and fill them with scrunched up paper. These structures would sit upon each other forming a tower. However, it didn't elevate my bottle high enough, which resulted in having to turn the conveyer belt base vertically and filling it with the scrunched up paper I had, which was a success up until the structure was tested with a full water bottle. 

Mid-Fall

The main structure I had envisioned formed of 6 'legs' with 3 smaller 'legs' encircling one of the main 6 'legs' giving extra support. On top of this base I was supposed to create a hexagon shaped seat cover, but as I had ran out of time I taped all 'legs' together to form a seat. It was able to support me and I could just about lift my feet off the ground! I felt that I could improve by speeding up how I worked and focusing more on smaller details such as patterns I could've created to make my product/structure more recognisable. Overall I felt the tasks today had taught me to push myself and make the product immediately and make adjustments rather than spending a long time on an idea and then completely changing it at the last minute to something quite simple and uninteresting.