Week 1
For the first week, each member of our group picked an object from the V&A Rapid Response collection and pitched to each other to select the object that we would like to push further for this brief.
The objects considered are plastic bag, 3D printed door handle, and a smashed MacBook.
The one we decided to proceed with was the plastic bag which we found was very open ended and gave us a lot of room for exploration. We each did our own investigation of the object, where I chose the approach to analyze the wrinkles that were created after we use them and its materiality by photographing plastic bags in curated light to bring density to the material.
Jamal and Aishwarya investigated the plastic bag through videos and posters to bring attention to the environmental crisis plastic bags are creating.
Beautiful bouquet of tulips in spring season
Week 2
From our last critique, we recognized that all of our outcomes have a campaign aesthetic which became the method we used to investigate our inquiry: “Can designers solve problems without creating any?” In this case, it would be using campaigns to guide the behavior of the viewers.
However, we recognized by creating visually appealing plastic bags, it would appear to be encouraging the use of plastic bags. Thus, we moved on to the approach to replace the plastic bags with reusable tote to emphasize our message of reusability.