LINK TO DESIGN MUSEUM'S DESIGN FACTORY:
http://designmuseum.org/universities/design-factory extract from the website:
HAND MADE – HIGH TECH: materials, processes, exploration, adaptation
in a world saturated with ‘stuff’ how do designers generate innovative and surprising solutions?
What is the most important tool of the designer; the ability to look afresh and find inspiration and innovation from unusual and unexpected sources? An open and risk taking approach to the design process? There is of course no right answer and to quote
Design Factory takes its inspiration from the multidisciplinary nominations and exhibits in the exhibition Designs of the Year. This year, we have worked with Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless from studio Silo whose design practice centres on experimentation with industrial materials and processes, adapting them to a more craft approach. Silo look at how industry makes things, trying to find a simpler and more expressive way, seeing new potential.
The impetus of the project is to develop your engagement with the opportunity for risk taking and play afforded by the design process. Developing new processes and approaches which optimize or perhaps subvert materials and techniques often leads to the most innovative and exciting work. For many designers it is often the creative practice and process of design that gives rise to the most surprising and innovative results and ideas – play, risk taking, exploration and experimentation".
You will research and develop concepts on this year’s Design Factory topic. There will be a
visit to the Design Museum in London with Polly Palmer on Tuesday 12th February 2013. Please look at the location map on the Design Museum website for instructions.
DESIGN FACTORY Submission to tutors / MODULE SUBMISSION 25th February
Inspirational links (ongoing list):
THOMAS HEATHERWICK: http://www.heatherwick.com
Experiments/Work in Progress - students please email images for posting
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