For getting some inspiration we did a brainstorm session with Micky. The day before I've went to the beach to do some inspiration myself and I found some shells that might come in handy to use as materials.
At first we had to look around in our room and to sketch what we see.
Secondly for each theme I came with some idea's and put it in a mind map. Afterwards in duo's we had to show what we had and put the idea's together.
Theme 1: Covid-19
The ideas translated:
Moving/exercise
Soap dispenser with Arduino
Reset button
Human contact
Make everything by yourself
Reusable face masks
Morphsuit that protects from bacteria for people who work in healthcare
Spreading people/distancing
Country land of the future
Theme 2: Materials
The ideas translated:
From old or broken skateboards to furniture
Gelatine swimming pool
Edible clothing from mango leather
Home exercising/workout set from bioplastic
Giving shells from the beach a new purpose
Finding a way to become more durable by making things by yourself
Theme 3: Homo Faber tools
The ideas translated:
Plasma sphere
Lava-lamp
Inflatables that work on their own
Reusable tools
Guitar tuner with Arduino or Processing
Making moulds for skateboarding wheels
Combining Material & Archiving with Covid-19:
Combining Material & Archiving with Homo Faber tools:
Combining Homo Faber tools with Covid-19:
Bioplastics: especially to think about future applications.
Electronics.
3D modeling and printing.
This part is hard to choose for me because they all have aspects that are interesting. I will look through the resources to get some inspiration and to make a choice.
After getting some inspiration I've decided to choose for theme 2: Material Activism & Archiving. For the idea i have in mind it will have a slight piece of the Covid theme.
I got inspired by these resources:
Radical Matter, by Kate Franklin and Caroline Till, 2019.
Biofabricating Materials by, Cecilia Raspanti, 2019
Blood Bio Leather, by Shahar Livne Design
Due to the current Covid-19 situation we have to sit at home and facilities such as gyms and physio practices are closed, we are limited in material with which we can exercise or move. I want to see if it is possible through material properties of bioplastics to be able to make exercise material at home in order to be able to do exercise to stay physically active.
As is described before due the current Covid-19 situation. Because we have to stay at home, we do not exercise enough so that you can start to feel down and possibly become depressed. By exercising this is a way to counter such a thing and to stay in shape physically and mentally.
I want to recreate a balance cushion i have at home by making one from bioplastic and to look at the material properties that it will be the same as what the balance cushion can do.
Moulds
Recipes (have to do further research in what kind of recipe)
Agar
Glycerine
Water
Gelatine
Holland and Barrett
Albert Heijn & Vomar
Action
Sligro (I don't have a card for it)
Other source that can be helpfull is my physio therapist. The physiotherapy practice is in the same building where I live in.