Stage design

For my exam I followed the title of 'fans' and wrote a design brief that required design a stage for a music festival. I began by researching existing stages and looking at art by the likes of Banksy. From this I decided to base my designs on street art and graffiti. Therefore I walked around Manchester to find hidden street art to use as context.

My first ideas began through my experimentation with card.

Leading on from this I explored the possibilities of potential end products and how they would be made, what materials would be used etc.

Once I'd finalised my end result I designed it on Sketchup to visualise it.

3D outcome

Glamping pod project

My first project in 3D design AS involved designing a glamping pod for a music festival. 

I started by looking at pre existing glamping pods and tents.

Then I experimented with shapes using card to begin my idea process.

After developing my second idea I made a 3D model on Google Sketchup.

I used the college building as initial context and sketched various parts.

After studying Ben Butler I sketched some of his work. 

The Whitworth

Soon after the reopening of the Manchester Whitworth gallery I eagerly visited in the hope of finding fresh art that would bring excitement to the current Manchester art scene. The building itself is grand and really accentuates the impressive architecture which can be found in Manchester. What's especially attractive is the combination of the historic building mixed with the new glass extension; the view onto Whitworth park via the full length glass windows makes you forget you're stood in a building rather than actually outside in the park itself. I particularly liked the exhibition room which had the the brick wall of the original building exposed as it allowed you to really appreciate the historic architecture.

For me, the most inviting part of the gallery was seeing pieces made from vast amounts of materials. From the squashed musical instruments and garden tools by Cornelia Parker to the gun powder artwork by Cai Guo-Qiang, the range of mediums greatly inspired me and demonstrated how art can be found in any object.

MOSI 3D exhibition

I am fascinated by 3D printing because I believe that in the near future 3D printers will be common in households across the globe. This exhibition in the Museum of Science and Industry demonstrates how this new technology will shape our future. I find it compelling to think that in a museum displaying old technology, in a city which stimulated the industrial revolution, there is an exhibition for future technology. Not only will the average person own a 3D printer but at the current rate of technological development this technology will be in archived in museums soon enough.

The exhibition itself held various 3D printed objects, many of which were quite small as they printed onsite. Some of the more impressive objects included the world's first fully printed bike frame and a model of Bez from the Happy Mondays.

 
I found that one of the most intriguing parts of the exhibition was seeing how this technology will be eventually used in the medical industry. It explained the numerous benefits of how design and technology can come together to help people medically, whether that be to recreate bones and hopefully one day to print organs.

Overall it was interesting to learn more about the uses of 3D printing and see so many objects in real life however the exhibition was quite small and had the potential to be a lot more invigorating.