Thursday, December 5, 2013

Prototype, prototype!

WEEK6 - DAY4



1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY

Growing Hope for America, Farm Aid Board Members Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews perform "Homegrown" at Miller Park in Milwaukee on October 2, 2010. 

2. PLACES TO KNOW

Kew Gardens in London

Kew Gardens Youtube Official Channel

3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER

Decimus Burton

The Palm House

The London Zoo
Joseph Paxton - It was 1854 and Mr. Paxton was ahead of Sir Norman Foster and Renzo Piano. Watch The Crystal Palace he made.


4. QUESTION OF THE DAY

5. INSPIRATION

Aimée Furnival  and her
 PostCarden and the the Matchcarden, Garden Kit

How about a chia pet?
The word prototype comes from the Greek “prototypon” which means “original”, “primitive”, “a first impression.” It is a product’s early model or sample that we use for testing a concept or a process. Start from the overall “function” and not with its form. As Mies would say here, “form follows function.” (From the Course Letter)

Dunne and Raby: project “Weeds, aliens and other stories,” the designers explored the English obsession with the garden and irrational relationships between people and their plants. The result was to produce a collection of psychological furniture for the home and garden.

Isamu Noguchi - His ceramic vases... 

Allotinabox

Plants for Kids - It contains lots of interesting experiments to make things like miniature mazes, lentil 
forests, hairy potato heads...

Gardening with kids - another site

How-to grow citrus trees in containers

Electricity out of lemmons


all right with me.

Homegrown

is the way it should be."


6. Homework: I will make a “physical” prototype of my garden.


I did not have a pet bottle so I used a similar recipient. I learned some things while doing this prototype. The hanging wire must be strong or it will bend. The hole on the bottle cap must be tiny. You can do it on the side and not on the bottom of the bottle cap. If you do a tiny hole the thred will block the water. A big hole will let the water flow out. A tiny hole and nylon thread, like the one we use in ladies necklasses is the ideal.

7. A video I found. The Work of Zina Nicole Lahr. She says that to bring life to something and animate it has always been a passion for her. This amazing girl was killed in an accident past November.



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