Wednesday, 26 November 2008

26th canteen meeting

What is our project about:
- road safety being notice/ luminous at night
- supporting government scheme (2010 pick up drop off bikes)
- promoting cycling in London
- better cycle routes, bike network infrastructure
- health - pollution, congestion, alternative transport
- eco friendly form of transport 
- awareness  and eco/ sustainable sourced materials
- having fun!!!! 

General:
- group name
- product name
- keep designs within ourselves (don't want to risk being copied/ ripped off)

Events:
- polo event outside Tate (build up event somewhere more than one?) (Max Knight)
- Peckham Space
- South Central
- stampede
- Treasure Hunt
- (betting) 

Design
- keep your eye open for packaging designs and collect
- bell animal sound effects
- endanger animals 
- luminous safety in the dark (luminous zebras)
- visiting production factories
- bike lights being attached
- road legal?
- test response from people

Material:
- get samples now!
- surplus material contact companies now!
- Materials Library at St Martins
- luminous 
- workman's jacket material
- Junior Phipps - rip stock fabrics 
- biodegradable 

Process/ Production:
- die-cutting (man in oval that Ella and Chloe went and met)
- laser cutting

Funding and Selling:
- materials for free? small fee?
- possibility of charity but probably not
- Sold in bikes shops
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Advertising:
- tv georgette on the paul ogrady, morning chat shows,evening shows, news, 
- advertisements video (comical)
- Boris vs Cameron on a bike!
- illustration / graphics brief
- one tone colour cheap cheap 
- cradle cradle book waterproof paper
- Boris on our bike/ David Cameron 
- email/ phone call ask for specific person/who is the best person to talk to decision maker - advertising, otherwise emails get passed around 
- flyers/website.... contain information 
- flyers attached to bike
- luggage tags, animal tags, loop pull (cable tie), 
- recycled eco friendly, waterproof
- bike shops
- TFL underground/ bus stops/on tube posters 
- gorilla hanging advertising on tube
- over ground trains
- our own stampede advertising 
- advertising products  -( Fat Face advertising production graphics (Ella))

People to contact:
- Peckham TV, Radio
- V&A
- London Transport Museum 
- Poster in Underground 
- TFL
- Boris Johnsons what events are they doing to advertise? when? 
( cycle hire scheme in London May 2010 will be able to pick up and drop off  bikes at 400 locations around London released initially)
- newspapers
- magazines 
- London bike tours
- blogs
- cycling groups, like the 
- Southwark Council
- Gyms
- Library
- Sports company 
- Bike Companies (raleigh)....
- Biking events Playstation 
- Animal Charities
- fixing bike workshop that was outside uni last year 
- cycling proficiency 
- fixed wheel cycling group
- cycling charities tours

Contacts we already have
- Raw Canvas 
- South London Bike Shops (local independent) 
- Max 3rd year
- Jack at the Sorrel Foundation
- workshop Will big cycling thing
- Otesha UK
- Brockwell Lido
- House Of Fairy Tales - Gavin Turk

After event
- possibility that it could be sold
- production easily made outside 

Documentation:
- start recording visits
- record
- on the day newspaper 

Jobs:
- Media Advertising press release, contact details for: tv, newspaper, museum/institutes 
- Live Advertising: flyer design brief, places to take it to, attachment of flyers
- cycling groups (fixed wheel, polo groups, hire bikes, local cycle shops, blogs, )
- Research Materials and Process Samples - Chiara and Ella
- (Ella - possibility of Tate)
- Design - Chloe, Tom




Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Hi Briony.

 

 

This is Owen here, I left this message on Facebook which you said to send to this address. I’m studying at Camberwell university of the arts and I’m in my second year studying 3d Design

 

 What I am basically doing at the moment is working as part of a group on my course on an external project. The project is aimed at getting ourselves noticed in the public eye. Our idea is based around eco-friendly design. We are aiming to do something with bikes promoting them as an eco-friendly form of transport and we are thinking of ways of doing so. Another of our ideas is to possibly build an eco-friendly boat that would go in a canal that would also aim to promote what we do.

 

We have a to give a presentation of our proposal on the 28th of  November. It would be great if we could show you our proposal as well and get your opinion and have a chat to see what you think and if you would be interested getting involved to.

 

And personally eco-design is a great interest to me and I aim to continue studying and researching the field more and more. I recently read John and Nancy Todd’s 'From eco-cities to living machines', which I found truly inspirational and really got me motivated to find out as much as I can.

 

Thanks

 

Owen

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Otesha


otesha.org.uk

They are a group who are involved in promoting eco solutions. They are involved in debates and other eco groups. There especially based around cycling and they regularly do cycle tours.

Dan from widening communications has put me in contact with Briony who works there and i've tryed to talk to her on facebook but we should maybe take a more direct approach. Thought they would be great for getting advice and maybe getting them involved with the event. 

Also there is another site called   the-hub.net 
They are a group of like minded eco-type people who also do varios projects

The people from otesha are doing a night there next saturday the 22nd. I thought some of us could maybe go and talk to some people there. its in Kings Cross, this is a link for more info

http://otesha.org.uk/627/calendar-of-events/november-events.html


Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Coracle Boats



















- small and light weight 
- 1 - 2 people
- shallow oval / bowl shaped fishing boat
- made with wooden frame ; latticed willow, split ash, ash laths
- hides/ stretched over, flannel water proofed by tarring or pitching, cotton calico
- british used mainly in Wales
- loads of how to instructions on line 
-advice find a coracle maker / Coracle Societys / Green Wood Center run weekend coracle making courses near Ironbridge
- also Indian Coracles, Iraq coracles 


List of Ideas - 1st meeting date?

  • Camberwell Village Fete
  • moving exhibition, portable workshop
  • offer our services: theatre design, road DIY
  • Peckham Space
  • exhibition
  • event
  • performance
  • slipper kits
  • Hyde Park ploughing match, maze maze
  • grow your own kits
  • weed killer
  • set fire to things
  • tattoo business cards
  • spray pain faces on street
  • DIY/Gorilla park benches
  • tarpaulin water slides on zebra crossings
  • Trafalger Square; ball pens, filled with jelly, custard, bubbles
  • Benrik
  • Cadburys giant chocolate fountain, police water guns/chocolate
  • giant tidily winks
  • human tetras
  • dress up and protest
  • string telephones
  • South Bank
  • double decker bus, Mark Phillips
  • Peckham Regatta - dry boat racing
  • giant deck chairs
  • hammocks,tress, bus stops, lamp posts
  • knitted hammocks workshop
  • Thames whale anniversary of death
  • designated picnic area
  • hot air ballon
  • aztec floating gardens
  • urban archery - paint balling
  • giant community quilt
  • wheel chair racing
Boats (I've got a boook):
  • boat 
  • rafts
  • competition - across Lake/Thames 
  • boat kits
  • floating exhibition
  • duck boat
  • land and water boats
  • make on South Bank and launch in the river
  • steam engine - Mississippi 
  • eco man power
  • sails
  • pedalows
  • permission?
  • mexico eco bottle boat
  • John Todd eco cities
  • Ark 
  • corracle fishing boat

Bikes:
  • London Grand Prix us dressed in cars racing around London on bikes
  • flintstone bike car
  • animal bikes