At Strathfield Plaza.
24 Hours of Design Studio
I worked 24 hours straight on my design project with my group partner. Here's a little recap of how it went.
We
met at the uni labs at 1pm and decided that we would have to make
physical models of our ideas because they were too abstract for us to
figure out on a computer. So we drove to Eckersley to get some foam core
and then we headed over to Lincraft to pick up some stretch fabrics
that could emulate the work of Ernesto Neto's flexible structures.
My
group partner lives rather close to uni so we decided to just work at
hers. She began the graphic presentation and I started experimenting
with model making. My dinner was my crust-free chicken sandwich with
jatz crackers + flat white.
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Our physical models were starting to take shape so we played with tulle and the shadows it created.
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Architecture
is a battle field. This is my first wound in months though. I
accidentally pinned my finger and it bled everywhere. Behind you can see
us experimenting with stocking material (we ripped apart my group
partner's old stockings - fun!)
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This
photo was taken around 4am.
We
managed to get through the 3-5am drowsiness by sharing stories about
old boyfriends (in my case old crushes). However by 7am my group partner said she was feeling dizzy so I
let her sleep. I stayed up working on the presentation but soon dozed
off sitting upright with my laptop in my lap. My 8:15am alarm woke the
both of us up. So after that nap we continued working up until
11am. I had really bad pains in my stomach, probably from the 3 red
bulls, 2 coffees and lack of food, so I dozed off for a little. We
finished everything by 11:30am and then headed to Office Works to print.
Our best idea yet was to create a "micro" presentation and have
everything printed to A5. It turned out nicely and it was also a lot
cheaper to do.
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We
were very proud of the outcome! Got back to my group partner's place
and started getting ready.
The
weather was awful as always on design studio presentation days. It was
raining heavily and we didn't have any cover for our models so we had to
take our jackets off to shield them from the rain and wind.
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Our
presentation laid out - all the boards were taken but it was probably a
better idea to have them on a table to be picked up whenever. We were
very happy with our results up until we started seeing what everyone
else was pinning up!
We
were lucky/unlucky to have been picked first to present. I wasn't
prepared so I was incredibly nervous and you could hear it in my tone of
voice. My group partner really helped articulate things though. The
lucky thing about being first is that the tutors haven't seen the
standard of work yet so they don't have anyone to compare you to, hence
they are usually nicer with the criticism.
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The amazing work that others have pinned up + our work.
I KO'd that evening.
Alyssa.
Keen-wah
Cooking quinoa again and damn, the skins that peel off from the seeds look interesting but also disturbing.
Skins covering the cover and spout of the pot, with help from the rising bubbles.
Jenny
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Run
Here's what I've done. I've entered myself in a 9km run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday September 21st at 9am. It's nearly a month away and I've been training for the past few months, but the progress has been quite slow. Since the start of the year I decided to push myself more, and focused more on my fitness. So come September time, I can deliver the goods. Even if I don't run all the way, it will be an accomplishment in itself and personal goal just to complete the course.
I'm running with a friend and we're in a small group. I've decided my proceeds will go to Headspace, just because I think its important for young people to develop a strong mental health. It affects you in every way. The reason I got into a health kick was to overcome some things at the back of my mind. Last year I went hiking in Seoul, I never thought I could do it. But once you get to the top, all your worries just disappear.
Sandra
Saturday Procrastination
There's this temporary installation (which I think is no longer there) of hundreds of egg shells at my faculty building and every day the number of egg shells would disappear. Thought it was an interesting use of gallery space. It stopped lots of people outside to come in and see and take photos.
2 days to go till our first brief is due. Group work is hard to manage. It's only a group of 2 but the girl I'm working with doesn't seem to like working alongside someone and admits she gets more work done alone, which totally defeats the purpose of a group assessment if our ideas aren't linear. It doesn't help that I have work tonight. I've decided to de-stress by blogging but find myself only talking about the presentation? I even had an awful dream about Monday's presentation going all wrong before being woken up by my 6:30am alarm, only to snooze away into another dream state where my group partner and I were working alongside enthusiastically.
Hoping the next 2 days go smoothly.
