After the Business Plan was
handed in and out of the way a feedback session was had with Andrew about the
People, Design, Technology Boards that were handed in before the Christmas
break. This was predominantly good news with some areas to improve on. One of
the main areas was my use of graphics and layouts, and finding a striking way
to present my work through looking through the work of other designers. This is
an area that I know is not my strongest however, I plan to strive at finding my
muse when it comes to graphics.
The best news is that I have
found the direction that my project is going to go in and all my focus can be
put towards this. I am going to do a ‘live restoration project.’ This will
entail restoring broken furniture or altering new furniture that has aspects
the user does not like. The medium of these repairs will be recycled materials,
focussing on the materials that have been driving my project so far, the
recycled concrete and wood. As a very first prototype I have taken a bedside
table from my apartment and stripped the paint off, planning to make a concrete
drawer with wooden handle, and put a concrete handle on the wooden cabinet.
Will have pictures soon!
