Our first goal for the week was to discover and research... What were we looking for?

Simple: ourselves and what interests us. At the same time, as part of this research, we still have to try to create 100 objects in 15 days, cataloguing them and paying attention to errors and how they came about.

For the rest, this is a space for reflection, and I think I should also talk about how I feel. We are all a little lost, but this strengthens us and brings us together. I didn't think I would meet so many good people with so many different talents in one week, but that's how it was, and I certainly feel less alone than before on this journey.

What I am trying to work with is not only this, but I am also trying to improve my skills in handling materials by hand and combining them using various joining techniques.

As primitive beings, we were extremely connected to the world around us. The evolution of our species was a fundamental and necessary step to survive changing times, but we did not necessarily have to detach ourselves from our roots or lose touch with our senses and the natural world.

This exhibition teaches us how much of the design around us is unconsciously linked to aspects of nature that characterize it as wild, minimalist, rigid, strong, unknown, and extravagant. The goal that these artists and designers set for themselves is not only to communicate ideas and situations, but also to take the observer on a journey to acquire new awareness of themselves and the world around them.

Among my classmates, the process that struck me and that I feel I would like to analyze from a broader perspective is that of Yasmin. This designer decided right from the start to emphasize the importance of her roots, her relationship with her family and her culture, as well as her native land.

Taking inspiration from her culture, she developed a series of patterns that are both functional and elegant, allowing her to experiment and practice with different materials, while also being beautiful.

I firmly believe that her journey here is only just beginning and that, with a little more time, she could have created something definitive and amazing, but for now, she has given us a taste of her design process, and I am curious to see what the future holds for her.

My research map is showing my field of interest and gathering the things I like, and I get inspired by. The real issue is that I don't know where to start writing, and I have no clue how to structure my CRP.

In the meantime, I'll just get more and more creative getting ideas done and building up inspirations for my research process.

For the structure of my object, I used different types of joints for the sides and base, smoothing the corners at the end with the sanding machine. This project is the body of an object composed of several parts made of different materials, so while I was building it, I also had to take into account the interaction it would have with the other materials I would add later.

In the end, the result is quite satisfactory, and I hope it will interface well with the rest of the box that will be added later. This is the final result for now, and it seems to work, so mission accomplished :).

The speaker consists of a woofer and a tweeter, which cover the mid and high ranges of sound, respectively, and an internal transistor connected to the speaker.

This week, we also had the H. collection. When we were asked to choose an object to research and get inspired by, we understood the importance of collecting objects, how to look at them, and how to actually get both object-oriented questions and object-driven questions, useful tools in our research to get to know the object and its characteristics better.

Moreover, during the feedback, another major problem caught my attention, namely that of plagiarism. The fine line between plagiarising someone's work and being inspired by it is a blurred boundary that is easy to ignore and can therefore lead you to make mistakes and fall into a trap. I will have to analyse this as well.

This led to an important brainstorming session that took me to the next stage of my object to object project.

I was finally able to establish the connection between this object and what I want to explore in the world of architecture. The naturalness of wood will help me, by manipulating it in the best possible way, to create an object that will immediately arouse interest and curiosity in those who observe it.

The idea is to combine my impressions and observations of the Muffler with my knowledge of the Tower of Pisa, which also gives this project a sense of belonging to my country and its history. The main feature noted in the feedback is to make the lamp more interesting by creating unique patterns on the external structure to achieve a result similar to that of the Tower of Pisa: elegant, refined, and very striking.

All this has led me to understand where I am in the organisation of my work, and it has been very useful, given that, while testing different materials, I found myself a little lost in the process, not knowing whether I was really moving forward or staying in the same place where I had always been.

This little book in particular struck me immediately, simple, concise and flamboyant. Obviously, depending on the content, I didn't quite understand what the author was referring to, but the graphics were so striking that I decided to give it a try myself.

During the brainstorming process, I decided to limit myself to the three materials we talked about last week, which are metal, acrylic, and wood. Yesterday, when I received feedback on all the testing I had done and the conclusions I had reached, I had to ask myself new questions, such as how to go further. What are the most interesting aspects of my project that I identify with as a designer? How can they help my work evolve to the next stage?

Thanks to this, I found answers to my questions, such as how many layers I could use, how many different materials, and above all, the dimensions of my lamp, which I thought would be too large but are actually perfect.

We also had the opportunity to visit the V&A and take a tour of the museum, focusing only on the areas we were most interested in. In my case, Edo-period Japan was very interesting. The craftsmanship of that time is what I am researching: the finishes, the long-lasting forms, even the solid, harmonious ones. Spending time drawing the details of these objects helped me better understand how to ask certain questions, both to the technicians in the various workshops and to myself, in researching and creating the 3D models that helped me achieve results.

Today, the technologies we have at our disposal allow us to carry out incredible projects in a short time, but what I am looking for is quality and the immediate, or almost immediate, communication of the message that the object or objects that inspired me communicated to me personally.

Focusing on the details of certain objects, I concentrated on the patterns that different cultures chose for specific objects, whether they were functional or not, and whether they were more related to the practice of these objects or their functionality.

The connection to the Tower of Pisa had to be something that clearly and evocatively recalled its slope. The Tower of Pisa is recognised and remembered almost everywhere in the world for its slope, the history of which dates back to 1700 and has evolved over time. Due to natural causes, the tower gives the impression that it is falling. I first worked on the structure of the object itself and then on that of a stabilising base.

and try to go deeper in my research, but above all in the questions I ask myself.