PEER-PROVOKE-PRESENT-PROMPT-PRACTICE

charissimpson
Oct 2, 2020
2 min read

Prompting

Tensta Konsthall 2003

Embraced the reality of surface wear and tear

Challenged preconceived ideas about interior decoration

Plastic lawn chairs were altered with casters and specially made leather seats

Fast growing plants convert space into an outdoor garden

3D wallpaper made of silk flowers

Soft shelter 2011

Transform large public centres into relief shelters during times of natural disasters

Creates adaptable and flexible spaces indoors

To provide privacy and comfort without making it dehumanizing, encourages sense of community

Flexible craft paper walls, flat pack. Makes it possible to reshape them as needed

Selexyz Dominicanen 2007

A church that houses a bookstore

Multilevel bookcases take full advantage of the church’s height with elevated platforms

Monumental scale matches the church’s grad proportions

Inserted bookcase creates additional floor area to fulfil the original brief.

Love Seat 2015

One piece of furniture with conjoined seating surfaces and a mutual armrest.

A tete-a-tete (face to face) conversation between individuals without physical contact

Intent is only achieved when two people sit in it together

Embodies both the expected and unexpected

“smallest meeting place you could invent”

Sensfloor 2014

Smart floor that detects movement and falls, can call for help.

Can determine the number of people even if in a wheelchair, their direction and velocity of movement, or whether they are lying on the floor.

Installed in core facilities and lets carers know when a patient has fallen.

Triggered by changes in the local electrical field and can accurately determine the movement.

Peering

Ashore by Marieke Evans is such a great project. I have been so inspired by how she has created her images and design. Her style is really well done and easy to read. I love how she has used her own sketches in her images really puts her own edge to it. her use of simple and minimal colours is effective and well put together.

I think it is a really important topic to create a project around, especially in Glasgow. To learn about different cultures is an important life skill and something everyone should embrace and learn about.

Provoking

The interior has a huge impact on day to day life. The design of a space can change and have an effect on people’s moods and emotions. It has a psychological and physiological impact on people. Using the elements of design to work together. Form follows function and it is important to create a space that has an important use.