here is my idea for the swapping of ideas thing.
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this could work well with the whole umpire/masterofceremonies controlling it. at a designated time, each section would put what they had been working on into a segment of the wheel. the wheel would then be wound up and let go causing it to spin. when the umpire shouts stop, everyone grabs on to the wheel and pics out the thing in front of them.
is the table definitely going to be a rectangle? if so, we could either have it in one corner of the space (so we'd all have to get up and gather around it to use it - making a performance out of it) or we could have it over the table and work out a way to define which person gets what.
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i guess if its in the corner it would be easier to hang.. how big is the space again?
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thoughts?
jack
ps. doing this via liam's thing so i hope it works!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Umpire and an idea
These are image-inspirations of the umpire...
and the factory (Is it the design factory we try to make? or not? )...
As we discussed in Hobgoblin, the easiest and cheapest way to distinguish Umpire is wearing Hi-Vis coat. Available for 4.46 pounds in B&Q.
http://nextday.diy.com/app/jsp/product/productPage.jsp?productId=36850
It may be worn with the overall as well.
The fashion probably depends on his/her roles in the space but I'm still not sure how the umpire plays there.
Possible roles are...
: acts as a chairman.
: says "start" and "stop" as a time keeper.
: judges good or bad design.
: states briefs.
: adds fancy details of briefs. (eg. some umpire says "draw within a minutes" but some may say "draw without using hands")
: shouts with a megaphone.
: slaps a person who doesn't follow umpire's rule.
: gives a yellow or a red card to a person who doesn't follow umpire's rule.
: forces participants to salute the god of design or something.
And also, I think the umpire doesn't have to be alone. They can be like a commentator and a narrator of over-by-over sports broadcasting. Or they can be like a reporter and a cameraman with a real video camera connected to a screen (like Milan did at Pirate Utopias). Then, we can broadcast activities of inside the factory to outside. It also can play as records of our show as well as make more gameshow feelings.
It's not always visitors have enough time to join and actually make something in our workshop. I think majority of them are moving to the next booth within 5 to 10 minutes. We should think how to entertain them in a short time even if they're not joining to make.
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I just come up with an idea for categorising switchboard briefs. The idea is we could divide briefs into human body parts like head, eye, ear, mouth, hand, etc. then, make a switchboard for these parts. If the board indicates "head", it means "brainstorming" or other conceptual processes.
For example,
Head: Conceptual process: eg) brainstorming
Hand: Making process: eg) paper-prototyping
Eye: Visual process: eg) photoshoping
Ear: Sound process: eg) Finding sound inspirations of the object
Mouth: Presentation process: eg) Pitch
The good point of categorising is its flexibility. We can start to make a switchboard machine as soon as we decide categories. It's more flexible than putting specific activities on the switchboard. I'm sure some new idea for activities will be come up during show and we will want to add it, or if some problem happens for some activity, we don't have to put X on the board.
and the factory (Is it the design factory we try to make? or not? )...
As we discussed in Hobgoblin, the easiest and cheapest way to distinguish Umpire is wearing Hi-Vis coat. Available for 4.46 pounds in B&Q.
http://nextday.diy.com/app/jsp/product/productPage.jsp?productId=36850
It may be worn with the overall as well.
The fashion probably depends on his/her roles in the space but I'm still not sure how the umpire plays there.
Possible roles are...
: acts as a chairman.
: says "start" and "stop" as a time keeper.
: judges good or bad design.
: states briefs.
: adds fancy details of briefs. (eg. some umpire says "draw within a minutes" but some may say "draw without using hands")
: shouts with a megaphone.
: slaps a person who doesn't follow umpire's rule.
: gives a yellow or a red card to a person who doesn't follow umpire's rule.
: forces participants to salute the god of design or something.
And also, I think the umpire doesn't have to be alone. They can be like a commentator and a narrator of over-by-over sports broadcasting. Or they can be like a reporter and a cameraman with a real video camera connected to a screen (like Milan did at Pirate Utopias). Then, we can broadcast activities of inside the factory to outside. It also can play as records of our show as well as make more gameshow feelings.
It's not always visitors have enough time to join and actually make something in our workshop. I think majority of them are moving to the next booth within 5 to 10 minutes. We should think how to entertain them in a short time even if they're not joining to make.
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I just come up with an idea for categorising switchboard briefs. The idea is we could divide briefs into human body parts like head, eye, ear, mouth, hand, etc. then, make a switchboard for these parts. If the board indicates "head", it means "brainstorming" or other conceptual processes.
For example,
Head: Conceptual process: eg) brainstorming
Hand: Making process: eg) paper-prototyping
Eye: Visual process: eg) photoshoping
Ear: Sound process: eg) Finding sound inspirations of the object
Mouth: Presentation process: eg) Pitch
The good point of categorising is its flexibility. We can start to make a switchboard machine as soon as we decide categories. It's more flexible than putting specific activities on the switchboard. I'm sure some new idea for activities will be come up during show and we will want to add it, or if some problem happens for some activity, we don't have to put X on the board.
Setup dates:
Monday 13th 1-6
Tuesday 14th 8-7
Wednesday: Afternoon-judges Evening-press
Photo cards:http://www.eventcommunity.co.uk/registration/ic0000_exhibitor_badges.asp?show_code=
Monday 13th 1-6
Tuesday 14th 8-7
Wednesday: Afternoon-judges Evening-press
Photo cards:http://www.eventcommunity.co.uk/registration/ic0000_exhibitor_badges.asp?show_code=
visitors/ welcome/ enter space
tickets which denote time slots, this will allow people to calculate
how much time they have spent in the factory and allow them to clock
in and start work. It also shows a commitment to that ammount of
time.. so if you clock in for 15 mins, you stay for that period. I was
also thinking about ways of drawing people into the space and
navigating them to their stations. By giving someone a ticket and a
uniform they are drawn into the genre and will hopefully begin to feel
like they are working in a production line. The lines on the floor
give them a direct path from the uniform to the work station, the
hooks also allow people to see how many statoions are free. The red
lines/desks have a hospital/prison asthetic and the semi circle at the
end of the line denotes a barrior where you stand. I also thought
about how the tools could be displayed on the desk, for example in a
tool belt or bento box style. I think it would be easiest if every
station had the same tools.
To-do list (5th July)
Updated to do list
- Post room floor plan to blog - Liam
- Draw up and make 'pitch' box on Monday - Aisling
- Design and make 'flip chart' for pitch - Aisling
- Write up timetable/plan/explanation for pitch - Aisling
- Make dice (postits) - Dan
- Get definite dates & blog - Azahar
- Admin bits from Matt and blog - Azahar
- Phone new designers about screwing into walls etc - Azahar
- Source bell - Fleur
- Floor plan of our space (get measurments, fit in and draw up) - Kat
- Speak to stacey about 'hot chairs' - Lou
- Make umpire table/desk - Fleur
- Make input/output signs - Aisling/Azahar
- Build space in studio - Pablo/Dan/Liam/Tom/Kat
Unassigned... anyone?
- Make Dart Pens - ?
- Source materials for use in space - ?
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