The GREGGS Jute bag was a reaction to a brief called 'Movable Feast' - “For a selected social scenario, improve the way people eat and drink when there is no table available” - was the brief we were given at the inception of the ‘Movable Feast’ project. Rather cheeky for one to submit a bag as a solution in a Product Design Engineering course, but it was a clean, marketable and environmentally conscious solution.
The project, interestingly, then required us to swap with someone else halfway. I received ‘Social Colours’, from my mate Duncan, a design which aims to make business buffets easier by providing a system of components which serve, and accommodate the eating of, buffet food. The product also aims to smooth out the networking process by using the colour of the plate as a signifier of business area.
The improvements I made to this concept include separation of the food and drink areas, lessening constraints on pod use and allowing for the use of wet food, with or without pods.
To kick off this semester, we were given a brief to design an architectural connection, a joint project (no pun intended) between PDE and the Architecture students. The ‘Y’ joint combines a modernist appreciation of long vertical and horizontal spaces, whilst reinventing the traditional ‘Y’ connection seen traditionally. During this project I gained the title of self-proclaimed workshop wiz.
Yes, eagle eyes, that is the Ulm school ;) sorry Max Bill!
Please find these projects on my portfolio page, or on my Coroflot.
At the moment we are working on a very interesting project with the local community, looking to redevelop the nearby Garnethill park. Another joint project with a different set of Architecture students, this has the added fun of being a live project, set by the council, and including a huge amount of community input and insight. There will be an exhibition in late May, or you can find some of us next week at the RIAS Festival of Architecture in Dundee on the 24th March.
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