Our Presentation of our initial idea, we will be building on these ideas.
Week 3 Presentation
Water Consumption Research
The impact meat production has on water consumption. Nearly half of all the water used in the U.S. goes to raising animals for food. It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of meat, but it takes just 25 gallons to grow 1 pound of wheat. You save more water... Continue Reading →
Proposals for Assignment
Proposed Experience #1 Water meal Serve the main dish: eg a meat patty - presented nicely with proper main meal setup. Napkins Full cutlery Plates Garnishes Tablecloth (sophisticated) Table decorations While they are eating their patty we ask to fill up their glass. Throughout the meal we keep on adding more glasses to the table... Continue Reading →
Tea Video
Here is our 1 minute video of our afternoon tea set up and space. https://vimeo.com/322653179
Drawing/ Collage
Here is my drawing for this task, I decided to do a collage style of the beginning, middle and end of the afternoon tea process. At the beginning, the table is set nicely, with all the clean plates, cutlery, and set up food. In the middle, the food is distributed across the table, tea cups... Continue Reading →
Afternoon Tea Process
Before Tidy/ Organised Aesthetic, pink, flowery Clean dishes Cutlery and tablecloth set up Full pot of tea Food set up on stand Napkins neatly on table Quiet During Food on plates Tea in tea cups Half empty pot of tea Food from stand missing Cutlery in use Chatter between people Quiet classical music After Crumbs... Continue Reading →
Task 2 Brainstorm
Allocated Dining Experience: Social Food Chosen Social Food: Afternoon/High Tea Social Food Ideas: Research afternoon/high tea (background info and research, etc.) Afternoon tea. It's interesting how there are so many specific rules for traditional afternoon tea, it goes to show how formal it is intended to be. According to afternoontea.co.uk, Anna, the 7th Duchess is credited to... Continue Reading →
Ritual Video 2
In class for Thursday we did some brainstorming more in depth for our ritual. We then recreated a video spinning off the Shrek video, making a more specific ritual of morning washing. https://vimeo.com/321639608
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is known for her sculptures that she creates of domestic spaces. She did this piece named "Cabinet", that resembles a medicine cabinet, stripped down to its simple forms. This relates to our ritual as she chooses to recreate everyday spaces, and we focus on an everyday ritual. The space that you would find... Continue Reading →
spatial design 