Overalls

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These guys are looking good, and have hoods!

I emailed the guy to see if he will do a discount for 15 of them, if that fails there are these:

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That reminds me...

For the 'switchboard' design, i was imagining a cross between this machine from metropolis;


And, the 'dove from above'

In/Out walls

Hey guys. Ok so for the In/Out walls I was trying to keep within the themes we talked about (metropolis/1984/factory etc) I quite like this image:

I really like the grids and the industrial look of this, I though a shelving system that looked a bit likea big grid system for both the 'In' and 'Out' would look pretty cool, but it would be pretty hard to put up, and the work would be a bit shut off. I'm guessing everyone wants both the 'In' and 'Out' work to be on show as much as possible. I think Matt's idea of doing the evidence bags containing objects/work would have the same problem.

I did a few sketches, and the thing I thought worked best was if we suggest the sort of industrial grid thing using graphics, like this (the bottom drawing- not the top one):The 'In'and 'Out' walls would both have matching grids, shown with graphics (tape? paint? - I don't know) I like the idea that at the start of the exhibition each person's Out 'box' would only have their project description, and a few photos of final pieces etc. and by the end it will hopefully be spilling out and they will all mix together. I much prefer the way it looks without shelves, but I think that because there are going to be 3d objects on show we really need them. The other option is to not have shelves and photograph+print out all 3d things we produce during the time there. What does everyone else think?

Oh yea, and I worked out that everyone gets roughly half a metre squared on both the in and out walls - however this is based on the idea that we won't use the bottom bits of both walls - because if the table is there and people are sat around it and there is work on the bottom row I guess people wont see it.

Switchboard brief

Switch board.

We need everyone to have a think of some ideas to put in the switch board, the more we have the more interesting I think it will be...

These are the ones I have so far (just as example)

• Pitch
• Swap
• Make it move
• Put in future
• Draw
• Turn inside out
• Sell
• Photoshop
• Recontextualise
• Film
• Merge
• Curate
• Google
• Wikipedia

That is all, if everyone thinks of a few (4?) for tomorrow we'll be laughing...

The 'To-do list'

ORWELLIAN / 1984 GAMESHOW / MINISTRY OF DESIGN

• Design in/out sign - Aisling
• Design system for holding inputs/outputs (the way the walls are divided between each person etc. - El
• Design Desk - Fleur
• Design Umpire desk - Fleur
• How do we welcome people into the space i.e. marking out the spaces signage or what, how to get people t sit down and participate - Stacey
• Space for / machine / conveyer belt / washing line / lazy susan to move objects down desk - Jack
• Design&make the design gong - Lou
• Put collects of inputs and outputs together (retrieve images etc from people) - El
• Design & make Dartboard - Liam
• Design & make switchboard - Liam & Tom
• Design & Make 'recontextualiser' machine - Liam
• Write brief for ideas to put in the switchboard - Liam
• Design & make/source Like/Dislike, Good idea/Bad Idea, Thumbs up/down etc. Stickers - Azahar
• Design & make 'Pitch space' - Aisling
• Photograph, design & make method for showing documentary photographs (day1 day 2 etc) - Luke
• Try to fit everything in the space (sketch) - Liam
• Design the systems for using 'process machines', buzzers/gongs, switchboard etc. - Lou Stacey Tom
• Timetable - Lou
• Write introduction text for space - Liam, Tom
• Source Jumpsuits - Liam
• Design the 'Umpire' - does he have a megaphone, how does he act/wear, etc. - Yuki

Others (unassigned)

• Brainstorm, and decide on Name
• Make the space in studio next week i.e. get boards up, and fully make it se we can work out all the intricacies
• 'Dress rehearsal'

Sketches

fleur here...longest attempted blog entry ever. would attempt to upload more scans but way easier to show everyone ammora..

Input/Outputs Brief

Based upon this brief that we have for ourselves we need to 'design' our inputs, and present our outputs. The idea is to bring our work into new designers in a way that allows us to discuss it and talk about it with people that might be interested, and then to send it through a new 'process' so that we might arrive at more ideas or thoughts about the work that are documentable and able to be taken forward into new paths of research, and potentially, new outcomes.

THE BRIEF

INPUTS

To collect items of research (already within your work) that you feel might be interesting, whether they went on to be useful or if they still just sit in a sketch book or post-it somewhere. Some examples of these might be

• Quote
• Word
• Photograph
• Drawing
• Interview
• Essay
• Model
• Prototype
• Scrawl on a napkin
• Short piece of film
• Post-it note
• Small objects
• Recorded conversation
• Piece of clothing
• Performance (documentable/performable somehow)

There is no limit 'conceptually', just bear in mind that we have limited space, so think carefully how these can be presented (no benches! but a photograph of a bench or a video on an ipod about it is fine). Each person should have at least 6 inputs, and I think the more the better.

OUTPUTS

We have already reached a series of outputs, i.e. the work that we exhibited on brick lane, so it doesn't make sense to have these as inputs to a new process. Instead these can be presented in the 'outputs' section of the exhibition as a piece that has come to realisation based upon our research. Then, if we feel the need to, they can be taken as inputs and taken through another process.

We need to collect these outputs too, again it's about size, I would say a maximum of two 'outputs' and these need to be smaller than 30cm cube.

SUMMARY

To summarise, the brief is to arrive at at least 5 'inputs' that can be used to inform a process in the new designers space, and to design a way to show 2 outputs.

DEADLINE

Thurday 19th, this gives us a week before new designers to see if we can get everything in the space.