Manifesto_ A declaration of intentions, principles, objectives or motive.
This has been the focus of the week, to create our own manifestos. Initially this seemed quite challenging but it has been good to think about why, where i'm going and what I want to say or achieve in relation to designing and making. Setting out a manifesto or mission statement is something I will continue to do with future projects.
We split into groups of different themes so that we are working with like minded people.
The group I am in is the "Sustainabiltiy/ Upycling" group and we decided to base our manifesto around the keywords: Upcycling/ Sustainability/ Repair/ Materials and Process.
As a group we found out and looked though various manifestos and writings that we found inspiring; picking out ideas relating to our chosen themes. We then distilled these and pieced them together into our own mission statement. We decided on a poster style format of short, instruction- like statements which we can use as a guide for rest of the project.
It has been good to collaborate as we pooled our resources and could bounce ideas off one another to form a collective, agreed approach.
It has felt strange to not begin with the usual process of drawing and researching a theme/concept but it is exciting and fresh and has opened up new ways of working to me. I am now looking forward to getting making and handling materials next week, to spark more ideas.
We also set up a collaborative pinterest board to start sharing ideas and creating a body of research.
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