Brief Breakdown

2020, Mar 10    

“Significant solutions tend to emerge when new production techniques are exploited as a means to a greater end; the crafting of objects that stands testament to the people rather than manufacturing or functional imperatives.”

Basic design elements of:

  • Form
  • Surface
  • Materials (materials and their visual quality will help to add specificity and depth to your interpretation)
  • Textures
    (these by definition implicate composition, proportion, balance, scale, colour, light and shadow, contrast, transparency and reflectivity).

The 3D enclosure of the piece of moon dust from the Apollo 11 mission should explicitly convey through visual language:

  • The Identity (Social and cultural values)
  • Impart the meaning of the object
  • Express the design intent

The enclosure must not be Simplistic or Stereo-typical

The majority of the design will be 3D printed but a small amount of additional material is allowed if it performs a specific function within your design.

PROCEDURE

  • Start by understanding the context and significance of the theme
  • Start to consider the visual vocabulary that might be associated with or represent your chosen theme
  • In-depth research into aspects of the theme will give you further insights, discover interesting facts or traits linked to the context
  • These interesting traits will form the seeds of your design
  • Develop a develop a scenario of use for your enclosure
  • Define how and where that object will be used
  • Embellish your design with a narrative, if that narrative enhances the identity and meaning of the object.
  • Precedents that establish the significance of the context and visual the language associated with your theme
  • Consider how the interesting aspects can be represented through visual language and materials

Precedents definition: “an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.”

Produce initial sketch designs that explore a range of directions -Monday 16th

Project 1 Research

2020, Mar 08    

The themes that interest me the most are:

  1. A piece of moon dust from The Apollo 11 mission 1969
  2. A piece of thread from Alexander McQueen’s Plato’s Atlantis collection 2010

A piece of moon dust from The Apollo 11 mission 1969, July 21 at 02:56 UTC
The first successful landing of humans on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
2.15 hours on the surface, 21.36 hours on the moon.
Collected 21.5kg of lunar material.
Site Name: Tranquillity Base
Apollo Spaceship Name: Columbia**

“The Apollo spacecraft had three parts: a command module (CM)(Call Sign Snowcone) with a cabin for the three astronauts, the only part that returned to Earth; a service module (SM), which supported the command module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a lunar module (LM)(Call Sign Haystack) that had two stages—a descent stage for landing on the Moon and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into lunar orbit.”

3 days travel in the command model to reach the moons surface

“one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”

“Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy: “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.””

The Space race was fueled by the cold war, as the Russians launced Sputnik 1, proving their nuclear capabilitys