As we are breaking up for Easter, we have decided to meet up as much as possible this week.
We are now narrowing down our thoughts to what we think are going to be the key elements of this project.
Recurring themes:
Noticing the Unnoticed
Weeds, specifically dandelions, we like the idea of this being the logo
Guerilla Gardening / Colour our city
Small changes going towards one greater change - reflects the seeds of a one-o'clock - individually they are small, but together they create one larger thing.
Collaboration - creative and conceptual people pairing up and working together
Work shops - recycling- idea with plastic bottles
Changing the idea of a design festival- does it only have to last a week?
Changing people's perspectives of the city - idea for another workshop with view finders, which will make people look at the city in a different way
I have enjoyed the group meeting because it seems a lot less formal than a tutorial, and I feel more comfortable voicing my opinions. At the moment I feel that we are being a bit repetitive as a group, as we are meeting up, and talking about what was previously discussed in the previous meeting. I also think that the ideas we are having are really conceptual, which is great because there will be a story behind out work.
One of the girls from interactive arts mentioned the idea of the logo being a sticker, that could be placed around the City, to reflect that change is here to stay and the festival doesn't just last a week, but then of the other girls then said that if we were doing something like this it could be seen as vandalism.
I think the idea had a great concept, possibly not that realistic as we would be pitching to the council at the end, and I'm not too sure they would be keen on stickers around the city. The idea introduced a different way of advertising the festival that I definitely wouldn't have thought of on my own.
This has got me thinking of different shapes, so a sticker might not be realistic, but we could have the posters in a circular shape so that they differentiate from other posters.
