www.thinkark.co.uk

every product tells a story

HIDDEN STORIES

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/

30,000 mileshttp://www.spiegel.de/international/

1 = 5

http://www.chrisjordan.com/

http://www.chrisjordan.com/

we need to design differently

HIDDEN STORY TELLING

Christien Meindertsma – from farm to wardrobe

Christien Meindertsma

Christien Meindertsma

Christien Meindertsma

Christien Meindertsma

RECYCLING / NOSTALGIA

source: inhabitat, Droog, Jens Praet

source: Droog, Tejo Remy

source: Droog, Tejo Remy

Simon Heijdens - Broken white

PARTICIPATION / PLAY

source: Droog, “Do Hit”

source: Shi Yuan

Alastair Fuad Luke - Basket

ECOLOGICAL / SOCIAL

http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/milan_02/whirlpool.html

LIFECYCLE / LIFESTYLE

the hidden story of everyday

aimto understand the environmental and social, impacts of everyday activities

activity1. consider everything you did today from waking up to arriving at college 5 mins to discuss2. select one of the activities you did this morning

– e.g. having a shower, making toast etc 3. draw a storyboard of the environmental impacts of your activity not only what happened within

your house but where all the products/materials etc came from and how they were made 30-40 mins to do this.

4. present their storyboard talking through all the different elements

timescale: 30 mins group size: Any number divided into small groups (max 6) requirements: A1 paper (or bigger preferably), and coloured marker pens

image source: Vicky Lofthouse, Loughborough University

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http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/co2/