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Over the christmas break I carried on experimenting with materials. I tried to mold the homemade paper clay to the c shaped tin (for the 4th time). I let it air dry and I belived thaqt it would take about 1 week for the whole thing todry fully but when I checked up on it I found that the sample had started to grow mold. I confided in my group and told them that the process wasnt working as I didnt have the right equipment at home. I told them that I was gonna try to do a mini model in normal clay and they all agreed. I bought some normal clay and created a C shape with the clay. I then drew and photoshoped some chairs and people in the images I took.

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-Trying to sketch the machine into a space.

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-Milk and vinegar experiment
-Going to try again as it didn't go to plan.
-I need to correct the ratio of milk to vinegar.

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-Presentation & feedback with group 14
-The presentation was a great way to see what we was missing and what we could do next.  It was also great to see what we had done well.
-It was really helpful to see other peoples work and give eachother feedback.
-Also had a tutorial with Sylwia: need to make diagrams of how exactly the table will be put together.
-Ordered materials to make the desk.

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Spent weekend adding my work to the google slides presentation.

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-Shekaina,Elisa,Natasha and I all meet up in person to discuss the table, website and presentation. We also called the people who couldnt make it on teams so they could also be part of the conversation.
-We came to the conclusion that we was going the make the desk in the shape of a C. The desk will also have draws built in so when people are done working they can put their scrap materials into the draws. These draws will then be collected and the materials will be taken to the studio.
-Also came up with the 'material girl' idea- a section of the website that shows different edible&not edible recipes.

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29/11/2021 mini tutorial before main tutorial at 1.30pm

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29/11/2021 mini tutorial before main tutorial at 1.30pm

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-Meeting up on teams with the team members who are focusing on the physical aspect of the project.
-Figured out what materials to use for the building and for the furniture.
-During the meeting with Shekaina and Natasha we each dicussed our individual research and findings and we all put forward a number of ideas about the studio and the office furniture.
-We came to the conclusion that we needed to come together in person and do an acitivty where we all design a table and merge our ideas into one to create something new. We want to create a table that is beneficial to everyone and incorporates sustainability in its everyday use.
-After the tutorial as a whole group with Sylwia we decided to meet up in person on thursday at 11am to design the desk. Another thing we need to do is go around the unis and collect scrap material that can be used and to take pictures of the things that could be improved and changed.
-I created a group padlet so it was easier to have all our ideas in one place. We all felt that the padlet format was easier that the google doc.

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-Drying my homemade paper clay experiements + take good pictures
-Bioplastics finally dried
-Resarching the machinery that will go into make the office desk.

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What skills do you want to learn from U6 yourself and what is that you'd like to learn while collaborating with peers?

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What skills do you want to learn from U6 yourself and what is that you'd like to learn while collaborating with peers?

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I think picking up small things from each course and trying things that I've never done before. Also it will be interesting to see how each course approaches a project and see how I can change my persepective when given a project.

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cycle in the uni.
-alot of the waste in the uni stays in the uni and is made into office furniture

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slogan maybe: - UALs dustpan and brush

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18/11/21 First Group meet up (In Person)

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18/11/21 First Group meet up (In Person)

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During the first group meet up we discussed our initial ideas of the brief and what we did in our individual courses for the two weeks prior to being put into our groups. A few people from the group couldn't be there due to having other obligations but we updated them when the meet up was over. We also called a group member who is not in the UK on teams so everyone is involved in the intial decision making. Each person put forward their ideas and we discussed each idea in depth. We found that the running theme of all the ideas is 'Waste'. Each person had put foward an idea that linked to the idea of waste being a problem in the uni and we all had individual experiences that proved that. We discussed making a studio space that we could advertise with a magezine/website. The studio space would be somewhere that students to take their waste and it could be turned into furniture. We divided a few research tasks amongst ourselves and a google document was made so we could all share our intital findings.

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-Chosen theme for project and now we are working through the logistics of the idea.
-Spoke to Sylwia about the research we found from the UAL Carbon Management Plan.
-Creating a studio space where waste can become a big part of the uni.
-Making office furniture through recyced materials.
-After the tutorial we divided into who does what.
-Im going to start looking at what materials we can use to work on the desk

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Ilaria suggested that it would be a good idea to split into two groups so we can work on different parts of the project.

'Desk & Studio' Group: Viona ,Natasha, Shekaina, Cissie
'Website' Group: Elisa,Ilaria,Mengfei,Frances

We would work in these groups to get more work done in a shorter timespan and then we would come together after a week and merge ideas. This idea really worked for us as we constantly communicated with eachother and made sure no one was confused on what was happening.

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What is your understanding of the brief now?

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What is your understanding of the brief now?

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After researching and talking through the breif with my textiles group it started to make a lot more sense. I think the brief is a really interesting starting point to come up with solutions for the UAL.

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-We spend the weekend trying to figure out the basics of the studio and website. We all put forward our ideas and debated on what ideas we thought fit best. Everyones ideas were accepted and discussed. Our initial idea of making a magazine that showcased things like fashion garments made out of recycled materials was discussed in the WhatsApp groupchat and we decided that we would put that to the side for now as we felt that it didnt really make sense within the project. We also spoke about how we wanted the studio to work.

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I would like to have a better understanding of the small things I can do to be more sustainable. I would also enjoy working with a group of people doing different courses as I feel like it will be a small taster of what working in the industry will be like.

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-Explained my intital ideas to Sylwia and the rest of my group. I shared my ideas about using the waste from around the uni to create things like lampshaped or chairs for the uni.
-Referenced Kulla Design Studio.
-It was so exciting to hear everyones ideas : e.g.
Tasha's research on HUF HAUS and Shekaina's Food Waste diary
-Planned on the GC to meet up on the 18th November

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Tuesday (Carnival of Crisis):
-Customizing the jumpsuits with a partner
-We decided to get a blank jumpsuit so we can have a fresh canvas to work with.
-We had found some reference pictures that we wanted to use for inspiration and we had breifly discussed what we wanted to do via WhatsApp.
-The whole day was a very interesting/fun experience and we constantly shared ideas on what we wanted to do next.
-Seeing the jumpsuits on the carnival day was almost the embodiment of collaboration.
-It was interesting to see so much collaboration happen in once event. (the jumpsuits to the actually carnival.

Thursday ( Group evaluation):
-We discussed the two weeks as a group and expressed what we liked and what we disliked.
-It was really interesting to hear everyones opinions on how the two weeks impacted their group and how it had set them up for the rest of the project.
- I believe that the two weeks was the perfect segway into the rest of the project as we had time to explore different ways of collaborating and sharing ideas. I was nervous about starting this project but after the two weeks I felt like I was fully prepared to bring valuable research and ideas to my other group.
-Group 20 WhatsApp groupchat was created

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Monday (Briefing):
-Very confused on where to start with the brief as it is so broad.
-Started looking at biomimmicry and ways we can improve the systems in place by looking at ways other life forms organize themselves.

Wednesday (Research):
-Show&Tell of initial ideas & research
-Found Kulla Design studio which inspired the idea of looking at waste
-Really liked the idea of using the waste from studios on the ground floor of c block and the food waste from the canteen to make furniture for the uni.
-Sharing ideas with everyone in my group (and also hearing their ideas) really helped the stressful nature of being introduced to a new brief. As I spoke to everyone
I realised that everyone was in the same boat and we was all overwhelmed with how broad the breif was. However, as we was talking to eachother we all fell into our own ideas and the conversation about climate change just started to flow.

Thursday (Material):
-We all brought in different materials and we started to discuss what to make. After a while of trying to decide we thought it would be best if we all make individual things that we can then put together in the end. We found a new way of collaborating as we knew that no matter what we made we would all come together in the end to make one thing.

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When we was first briefed I was really confused about what way to go with the project. The brief is so broad that it was stressful to start researching.