>I have recently developed a preoccupation with this. Here is a piece of furniture that I admire very much, The Superleggera chair by Italian designer Gio Ponti is exceptionally strong and weighs only 1.7kg. During the mid 1950′s the manufacturer, Cassina, ran an advertising campaign which showed the lightness of the chair, and claimed if Continue Reading
ArchivesFebruary, 2010
23Feb>Light Aesthetic.
19Feb>Introduction to Major Project.
>My conclusion for how I would like to introduce the Major Project, as it appears in my sketchbook. INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR PROJECT. The Major Project has not taken the smooth start that I had expected. I don’t feel my time has been wasted, but being over three weeks into the unit I have little drawn Continue Reading
16Feb>External Examiner.
>Today I met the external examiner to talk through my work. I think it went okay, but you never know. Apparently results will be arriving in the post soon, which is exciting!! Other than that today I finished my book, ‘Emotionally Durable Design’ by Jonathan Chapman. It was a really good book, but many of Continue Reading
15Feb>Stockholm!
>Wow. What a place. I really don’t know where to start with this, so I’ll write in the order in which the events occurred, and try to keep it as relevant as possible. We landed at the wrong airport because of some dodgy weather conditions and a last-second aborted landing. When we got into Stockholm Continue Reading
10Feb>Stockholm!
>Tonight, I fly to Stockholm! I spent the day organising money and other things. We went into Waterstones and copied some ideas out of a ‘lonely planet’ on Stockholm. I had originally attempted to buy this lonely planet but amazon did not deliver it in time for me leaving, so I shall send it back Continue Reading
08Feb>Thinking Space.
>Amongst my continued reading, I have been jotting ideas down on my ‘thinking space’ sheets. Today I started to think about the statements I might want to make within my final project. These statements could appear within pieces of furniture that are intended for function and everyday use, or, probably the more radical ideas, could Continue Reading
05Feb>Why make anything more in a full material world?
>So here is the killer question that was posed to me in my tutorial the other day. I have been formulating an answer over the past few days and this is roughly the answer I have settled on. It is based on my own ideas combined with those from books that I have read. My Continue Reading
04Feb>Tutorial.
>Today I had a tutorial with Jim Cheshire. We discussed the way in which I should progress through the unit. He approved my initial rough plan and thought that moving from drawing board, to workshop and back a few times was a good idea. I raised the questions that Neil Maycroft had asked, and tried Continue Reading
03Feb>Sustainable by Design – Stuart Walker.
>FINISHED. That book has totally changed the way I perceive ‘sustainability’. I need some time to reflect upon the ideas in there. It really makes me want to make some radical pieces to make statements about our current preconceptions about a ‘sustainable lifestyle’. A part of me thinks that this MA project is the best Continue Reading
01Feb>Tutorial.
>Today I had a tutorial with Neil Maycroft. I went in quite confident about my project, but Neil soon asked questions that I didn’t have answers to. This left me a little uncomfortable afterwards, but I gradually began to think up answers. The first question was to with thinking about what sustainability actually means – Continue Reading
