Porject 3-peer commens x5

Nina Harcus
Chen, Charmaine
Cori Eom
Jasonvergara
Chelcie Nielsen

Project three - Upcycling Unwanteds

Recycling unwanted materials into a new purpose are extremely beneficial for the environment. According to the large amount of waste in the world today, it’s amazing to witness much recourse that we can save for the world just by a simple concept.

My aim for this assignment is looking into plastic object to challenge creativity, because plastics are the most unrecyclable materials in the industry. As I am familiar with the characteristics of plastic, which they are strong in a liner shape, easy to clean and has water resistance. My chosen materials are plastic tubes, plastic matt and old tyre. Turing these waste into a couch was the first thing that came up my mind.

My couch is staked my 45plastic tubes with a plastic matt covered on top, so why designing this way? The answer is it’s fixable that you can adjust the couch into the shape you want, because everyone has different seating posture. I also think it is a great idea because it’s easy to store it and you can even use it out door.
The old tyre are cut in pieces and wrap on each end of the tube to stabilize the tube in shape, I think the many holes on the side of my couch are the highlight of my design it almost look like a shape of a honey comb, so you can slot newspapers or any sorts of readings into the comb, this is a additional function, great huh?! My couch makes seating, lying and reading more fun than ever at home!!

About my final result I’m in a satisfactory stage, as my design is fixable and adjustable I think my concept is good but the final product still need to be improved, for example I will take in the considerations of reducing the use of materials, I think I have used way too much tubes as I have expected. Overall I’m really happy to keep this honey comb couch in my TV room!!

Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff video is very interesting and inspiring, the short twenty minutes video reflects many significant issues for example global warming, sustainability, politics and how it has made large impact in our society today. The video is well presented with illustrations, thus made extremely easy and clear for the viewer to understand her frustrations towards the evil America consumerism. As an industrial designer, we should take in the considerations of designing environmentally friendly product and thinking about minimize the use of our human resources in the future, maybe research more about the best material first before taking the manufacturing processes in order to increase the product’s lifespan, therefore will be less waste product and damage for the world.

Peer comments

Kate Barclay
Susana Li
Shan Shan Wang
Glenaldy Janto
Jason Vergara