i love me: 2010

Sunday, 12 December 2010

Floating bridge.

My sketch models made from thighs and card.

The external skin that could work in my design needs to exert force inward on the internal structure.

And the internal needs to exert the same force, so that these forces could be balance and the structure would stay up like these.

I broke the card structure because the thigh doesn't allow enough stretch!

My sketch up of the floating bridge to show scale and roughly how it would float.

To carry

An internal structure that carries the weight of an external skins; skeletons.

I love snakes skeletons because they are simple but very effective.

My development in the idea of carrying inspired by skeleton structures.

I like the idea that a form, which is being carried by its internal structure, can also carrying something inside it (in this case, people)

A connecting bridge from ground onto a steep mountain site, where walking might not be possible.

I also look at how external skin can be supported from the inside.

Clear connection between the skeleton shape and some bridges

Bridge = carries people from one place to another.

Movements can be created in a structure by using pivot and sockets....inspired from the snake vertebrate.

Initial designs of a floating bridge.

10x10x10

Interpretation of 10x10x10 was a collection of something similar.

I collected 10 leaf of the similar size and colour. Then, cut a square of 10x10 mm on all of them.

I really like the contrast between the organic and man-made.

Going around Chelsea recording everything that was 10mm 10cm or 10 m.

Linking back to the original idea of collection.

Drawing Chelsea's contours and then shifting them by 10 cm down and 10 cm left.

10cm radial line around the point where something touches the ground.

Taped ten stripes on the bench and another ten up the backrest. We also played with the 3 dimensional of the object. I really like this piece because it creates a kind of illusion of lines going into different direction and dimensions.

I randomly selected ten bricks on the wall and draw their outlines.

We didn't know what to do with the 10 flames, so we stacked them up each layer slightly turned.

I think this actually works quite well because I can quickly relate this to my "collection of the similars" idea.

Great fun today!

Final product of the RRR

The chair actually work!!!!!!

Hana tested it!!!!

My first trial failed because I used a much thinner soft wood. Luckily, I got this strong piece of wood from someone's furniture ( I didn't steal it, I just can't remember the name of the person, who gave me this).

I liked the final product, though I think I should have been a bit more adventurous. I could try different ways of treating the surface, maybe drilling or covering it with other interesting material. The time limit was quite tight, but it pushes me to just go with my guts.

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

REUSE+REMAKE+REINVENT

I bought this school kid chair for my project this week, "reuse+remake+reinvent." The first thing that caught my eyes about this chair is the contrast between its curvy wooden seat and its very structural and engineered metal legs.

I'm interested in the curvy back support because it was just so simple and subtle. There was no complicated joint, so it should be easy to be disassemble.