Project Name – Timeless Virtue DOCUMENTATION Introduction Our project’s theme revolved around the idea of impermanence of plastic and taking advantage of that particular property of plastic to create a product that’s timeless and relevant throughout generations. We achieved this by creating a photo frame with an image that could also be removed to act as…
Final Presentation Slides – Mohammed And Pangna
Here is the attached pdf file of the slides for our final project: Final Project Presentation
Artistic Statement – Mohammed and Pangna
Project Name – Timeless Virtue Creators – Mohammed and Pangna Introduction Our project’s theme revolved around the idea of impermanence of plastic and taking advantage of that particular property of plastic to create a product that’s timeless and relevant throughout generations. We achieved this by creating a photo frame with an image that could also be…
Brainstorming Session – Mohammed and Pangna
Project Title: Cultural representation through arm bands design Creators: Mohammed And Pangna For our final project, due to the theme of the item being passed down from one generation to another, we decided that the theme of our project should have to do with it being cultural or an item showcasing some manner of familial…
The design of the Coca Cola bottle – Mohammed
Case Study Topic: The design of the Coca Cola bottle Slides: The pdf file of the slides can be downloaded here CocaColaPresentation.
Transforming plastic bags – Pangna, Hasan, Mohammed
Lab 2 Mohammed, Pangna, Hasan In this lab our goal was to create a coin purse from plastic bags. We began with cutting uncreased/smooth rectangular pieces of plastics from the plastic bags. We had to repeat this process few times as the thickness of the pieces was not to our liking the first few times….
Plastic Paradise Sculpture – Pangna and Mohammed
Title – Plastic Paradise Abstract – This project was designed to showcase the prevalence of plastic waste produced by developed countries, with a particular focus on UAE. Residents of this country use around 450 plastic bottles each year, one of the highest amount in the world. As such, our work was inspired by this worrying…
The Fashionableness of Plastic
Today’s guest talk focused primarily on the prevalence of plastic in the clothing/fashion industry. The guest lecturer was Heather Kaye, one of the founder of Loop Swimwear. This lecture made me realize the extent of the use of plastic in our clothings, something that I was not aware of beforehand. I think the problem lies…
Trash Pickup For Sculpture
For the trash collection at the Park Hyatt Beach I expected there to be plastic bottles and trash near the shoreline where the waves hit the beach. My thinking was proven wrong when the closer to the shoreline I got, the cleaner the beach became. I guess the beach is regularly cleaned for trashes or…
The shift from durability to disposability
I found the text “Plastic A Toxic Love Story” to be enlightening as it showcases the shift in the purpose of plastic, from the perspective of marketing. In the text it’s mentioned, “when plastic first began to penetrate the packaging market, it was promoted for its durability, not its disposability”, and it only took a…
Lab Report – Day 4
Lab Report – Bio-Materials Names: Roba, Pangna, Mohammed E-mails: rgo227@nyu.edu, ps3471@nyu.edu, maj596@nyu.edu Part 1: Gelatin Material: Gelatin Introduction In this lab, we will be attempting to create bioplastics from two different materials. In the first part of the lab we used gelatin as our primary material, whereas in the second part, we used agar-agar as…
Mohammed Arham – Thoughts on Adele Hatha’s talk
Adele Hatha is the cofounder of the start-up called “Precious Plastic Shanghai”, whose goal is to provide solutions and educate the public about the issue of plastic waste management. I found her talk and presentation to be enlightening, particularly about the various uses of plastic that has been thrown away. For example, she showed how…