Quote of the week ::It is not about what a drawing or model looks like, but what it can do - how it operates in and on the world.
Design issues discussed on Friday ::
What are your concept models trying to tell you. Let your main concept model advise you. Study how your model operates. How is the model fabricated? Look at the tensions that exist within the model. Study the connections and joints in your model. Is the concept of boundary important in your model. Consider how surface relates to the structure in your model. Does the structure manipulate the surface or does the surface manipulate the structure. What is your investigatory method of surface? Look for the - not simply as representation.. What does it implicate. Look for the systems evident in your concept model, find the systems and notate them as discussed before.
Look beyond the formality of your concept model and dissect the details. You should still be working on your projects for Monday. For those of you who have not presented email me if you need some guidance. Look at the walls of the people we reviewed on Friday, some students' presentations went better than others, but the ideas are there, you just have to look intimately at process and find the dialog that has been guiding you.
Try to implement the above regulations into your project and strategize for your Monday presentation. We will have 8 people to review on Monday. We will start promptly at 8h45, this will give us 20 minutes per person. Remember to begin with your operative concept and quickly move on from there. I will be there at 8h15 to answer any question and concerns.
Remember ::
Models are tests.
Models are instructive.
See you on Monday.
