Sunday 15 November 2009

What it all Comes Down to

It's hard to tell any more, but I want my final degree project to explore the idea of Subconscious Reliance, people or forces that we rely on without consideration or gratitude.
I particularly am interested in the idea of the hidden worker.
There are several angles I will approach this from, I think;
The Invisible (ie. electricity)
The Natural (ie. gravity, earthworms)
The Hidden (ie. night shift workers)

This post was really just to remind myself that I need to be constantly thinking about this.
Rather than just taking each workshop week as a separate, disconnected activity.

Worst 99p I've Ever Spent...

Best 99p I've Ever Spent...

Insert Egg Pun Here>>>>

Last week we had a joint debate project with the BA Design second years. The topic my group was given was "Design Should Not Serve Industry", which went against a group with the opposite statement. We took this and focused on the argument "Design Should Not Serve Industry, it Should Lead it".
Throughout the week we designed various means of communicating and solidifying our argument. Number 1 was a propaganda flyer. Number 2 was an object that had to embody our debate. We wanted an object that would highlight how industry lead design has lulled the consumer into accepting the familiar, the mundane. It had to be something that would not only cause people to question it, but also question why they were questioning it. And it should probably be a bit gross.
So we set about dying some eggs...


Like this...


Green eggs no ham.


Wanted to see if we could create a giant egg yolk...



Just a little shout out to the New Cross Gate NHS Walk-in who were very generous in supplying us with syringes and needles for the egg dying process. Lovely people.