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HOW TO DESIGN

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Design something WITH your process

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The fabricated objects should now become a vessel to carry/contain/hold/support/display a medium. Each student will define their medium – water, sand, objects etc – and respond to the physical constraints of their medium, tweaking the design process and creating final objects that display and carry in unique ways.

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Make >> Draw >> Iterate >> Concept >> Context >> Analysis/Narrative >> Presentation

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Exercise 2: (7 Weeks) Design Something with the Process

Week 10 (April 2) Make

4/2 Exercise 2 Introduction & Vessels

4/4 Studio / Make

Week 11 (April 9) Draw

4/9 Studio / Make Desk Crits

4/11 Studio / Draw Desk Crits

Week 12 (April 16) Iterate

4/16 No Class (Patriots Day)

4/18 Studio / Iterate Desk Crits

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Week 13 (April 23) Concept

4/23 Studio / Iterate Desk Crits

4/25 Studio / Concept Desk Crits

Week 14 (April 30) Context

4/30 Studio / Concept Desk Crits

5/2 Exercise 2 Interim Review

Week 15 (May 7) Analysis/Narrative

5/7 Studio / Context Desk Crits

5/9 Studio / Narrative Desk Crits

Week 16 (May 14) Presentation

5/14 Studio / Prepare Presentations + Desk Crits

5/16 Exercise 2 Final Critique

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  • Biodegradable
  • Water Bottle

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Ari Jonsson

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Vessels

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  • Water

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Yves Behar

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Vessels

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  • Juice

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Yves Behar

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  • Coffee

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Christophe Guberan

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  • Fractal Vase

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Meshcloud

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  • Basket

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Christophe Guberan & Self-Assembly Lab, MIT

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Vessels

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  • Baskets

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Aranda/Lasch

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  • Expanding Wooden Basket

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Unknown

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  • Fruit Basket

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  • Fruit Basket

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  • Sand Timekeeper

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  • Pasta Measurer

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Alessi

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  • Orange Tray

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Yanko Design

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  • Cereal Bowl

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  • Chips/Salsa Bowl

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  • Bee Sensing

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RCA

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  • Portable drinking bowl

(for pets)

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  • Fermentation

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RCA

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  • Chemical glassware

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Compound Interest

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- Identify possibilities for what you are containing in your vessel

- Refine your physical process to create a vessel designed specifically for your substance/medium/things

- How much of your substance/medium should be contained? How do you measure it?

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Assignment: MAKE

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Deliverables for Exercise 2:

-Prototype models

-Drawings of the final object/s

-Final Object/s

-Narrative/Context of the vessels

– weight/volume/temperature etc.

-Final Video

-Final Presentation

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