Plastic Fantastic!?

Projects

Case-study presentations:

Every student will present a case-study presentation during class. Themes are given out on the first day of class. The presentation should not be more then max. 15 slides (keynote, powerpoint or google slides). The presentation has to be submitted as a link to the slides as well as as a PDF format to the course blog and must follow the following naming standard: presentation-title_YourFirstName_YourLastName.pdf

See here some Rules for making a presentation.

Date

Student

Themes for case-study presentations:
May 30 Ali A short history of the petroleum industry
May 30 Ari Fast fashion brands: H&M and Zara
May 31 Hilina Bayew Fashion design by Anouk Wiprecht
May 31 Kevin Plastic predecessors: Tortoiseshell, Ivory, Amber
June 1 Hamad Bin Fahad Oil production in the 18th century
June 1 Pangna Sun Tomorrow. Grassroots Solutions to Human Extinction
June 2 Hassan Before plastics: Drinks from bottles and straws
June 2 Ward Death by Design
June 3 Fanisi Less but better (Dieter Rams Ten Rules on Good Design)
June 3 Maxim Blinov the sea chair project
June 6 Mohammed Arham The design of the Coca Cola bottle
June 7 Hannah Greene Plastic and the toy industry
June 8 Roba Olana The Panton & The Monobloc Chair

 

Themes for case-study presentations:

  1. Before plastics: Drinks from bottles and straws
  2. Before plastics: Chopsticks and cutlery
  3. The origin of oil in the Jurassic era
  4. Oil production in the 18th century
  5. A short history of the petroleum industry
  6. Top 10 supertanker disasters and pipeline crashes
  7. Spaceship Earth
  8. 3D printing with Makerbot and Ultimaker
  9. Fashion design by Anouk Wiprecht
  10. Fast fashion brands: H&M and Zara
  11. Less but better (Dieter Rams Ten Rules on Good Design)
  12. Death by Design 
  13. Plastic predecessors: Tortoiseshell, Ivory, Amber
  14. Bakelite
  15. Galalith
  16. The Panton & The Monobloc Chair
  17. The design of the Coca Cola bottle
  18. Plastic and the toy industry
  19. United Nations Environment Program
  20. the sea chair project
  21. Tomorrow. Grassroots Solutions to Human Extinction

Check out the rubric here.

Trash Sculpture/Installation

The goal of this assignment is to rise awareness about trash pollution produced on campus/Abu Dhabi. Your mission is to change how we see trash according to what we have discussed in class. Working in groups (max 3 students) you will propose an art installation to create awareness about the plastic trash produced on campus/Abu Dhabi. You will be using plastic trash collected on campus/Abu Dhabi. Collect and use as many plastic as you want. This sculpture/installation must look like an art installation and not like abandoned trash. You are free to choose the topic/shape of your sculpture.
Check out the rubric here.

Final Project:

Students are asked to form a group with a max size of 3 persons.

The task is to develop the concept for a design project that results in either the prototype of a plastic product, or an object that relates to one of the topics discussed in class. You are free to position your project on a scale to be either artistic and contain elements of awareness, or, to make a functional, new product. The goal is that the result will not be thrown into the trash by your grandchildren once you die. The project should be given from one generation to the next. The material to be used for a final prototype will be recycled plastic. There will not be any budget for the realization of the prototype. Students have to follow the design process discussed in class, following the milestones outlined below:

  • Milestone 1: Creation of a mood-board. Here are some mood-board examples:

    Shunsuke’s radio Squishy Sound Audiloid

     

  • Milestone 2: Creation of a conceptual visualization of your idea. This could be a hand scribble of your artistic work, a computer visualization using your favorite software, or a photoshop visualization. You are free to choose. The result should be understandable and give a clear perspective on your intentions.
  • Milestone 3: Iterative improvements of your prototype.

Artistic Statement Guidelines:

https://www.gyst-ink.com/artist-statement-guidelines 
https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/how-to-write-an-artist-statement/ 

Check out the rubric here.