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Project two: Upcycling

Rationale
This product was made firstly as a hammock although major implications processed it to be made into a room divider/ screen door. The product is especially made from old vhs tape film. This tape was plaited together to give the main strands and allow other lengths of tape to be weaved to combine the screen. By making this product less waste goes to land fill because of the lengths f tape used. Although the casings of the tapes are discarded they can be easily recycled into newer products. To be mass produced the room divider/ screen door would need long hours of plaiting down so either by hand or machine. If the room divider/ screen door were completed by a machine the screen would be always evenly weaved and quite quick to be made. Made by hand the screen would be a little more uneven and take much longer to make. The tape could also be used to make other similar hanging product like a hammock, and shower screen. the rolls from the inside of the vhs tapes gives a reference to the user of where this material has come from if that is not known. The vhs tape has been played many times over the years but has not been played in the sense of a product because the room divider/ screen door creates a bit of irony between the product and the user. This is because vhs tapes are normally meant to be watched not prohibit someone’s view or block sight from something. There is further irony because vhs tapes could have been films something worth watching and pleasant to view but now as a door there is no sense of watching or attraction to watch it more prevents from watching and enjoying. Vhs tapes would be widely available from any movie rental outlet; because most people are converting to dvd or bluray vhs tapes will be phased out and not used anymore.

Philippe Starck: Design for Life

Philippe Starck what a legend. This man is one of the most talented designers in the world but has humbleness when working on a new concept. This series gave a great insight into his way of approaching design and the design process. After watching my insight to the world of design has broadened. Starck describes his team of designers as a “tribe” he says “without the energy of the tribe we are nothing, I am nothing” Stark seems to embrace collaborative design by using tribe to describe his team. This is what I think is very fundamental in design and the process of design.

Creating a new product is a long and hard process; there are a lot of factors that need to be considered. This is very well expressed in the series and it teaches designers what they need to do to achieve a successful design. The series illustrated to me that how much thought actually goes into just one design and how much it changes. I have always thought that the design should feed of one original design but designers can take a large influence from different elements of the world finding inspiration from the littlest of things. This can help designers to expresses these certain elements of the world through their designs.

Design for Life also gives a vision of how designs are critiqued and judged by others in the profession. Philippe seems to be critiquing all the designs harshly although it expresses that in the real world of design all designs will be critiqued in the same manner. Many designers take this criticism very personally where as in Design for Life many of the contestants seem not to take this criticism personally it’s just their design being critiqued. This can help designer that think this criticism is personal to view this criticism as good criticism because for me it expresses certain aspects to be improved in a design not what the design has done wrong.

To work with Philippe Starck would be an honor. Not knowing much about him starting this year after reading books with him and his designs in it and after watching Design for Life he has made a real impact on me. The way he goes about his work is what intrigues me the most I think. He seems so relaxed and at home with his work, yes at times I do believe he does get stressed and angry but who doesn’t. Overall he seems to be a well thought out designer and understands where design is heading and how it can influence the world.