Design session 4

1. The plan is to work with the 6 ideas that came over from children this week. We photocopy the ideas that come over and then read them, watch any videos that have come over and then unpack them in terms of our palletes (space, colour, texture) with the group.

2. Brainstorm as a group

3. Then break off and work on the 6 designs (allowing for participants to choose which design that they would like to work on) - translate into cardboard or plasticine

As soon as possible Gregory and Mick to work digitally with designs with each group. Hopefully some designs will be laser cut during the session as well.

Designs

1. Entryway

Inside and outside of the main entry to the edge. It is where the edge has turned upside down. It is made up of bricks and has formed a tunnel/cave like entryway. There needs to be a spot for a screen to go in to show you upside down. 'welcome' could live on a brick written upside down.

2. Girl hero. She does not need to be huge. Lady beetle body with a snake tail and eagle feet with mouse ears. She has come to library and turned it upside down and revealed all the hidden stories. All the special ones have tipped out. She goes to different places to collect stories. Each story has a number and a tag. By adding our stories we help the world turn upright again and for girl hero to share stories elsewhere.

When we add a story near her you then can spin her. Either her body or her tail.

She will be in the window of the auditorium as well as in the knowledge walk.

3. Girl hero display (to fit toilet rolls). This is where children's art/stories will be placed. It will frame the auditorium window and floor. It will also be in other parts of the edge.

4. Candy town lollipops

These will be used to create candy-town where the handbag will be. They may also be in other parts of the edge and main library. Can be different sizes.

Designs from the session

Entryway

A tunnel like structure that is inside the edge. It has the ground up high (grass and flowers) and the sky down low attached to it (yellow Sun and white clouds). There are foam bricks in the structure. These bricks will also spill outside. Flowers could cover the light bulbs in the entrance way as well.

Possible add on ideas: a sign on the ceiling upside down. Cut holes in the tunnel to access parts. Upside down posters, upside down graffiti.

Girl Hero

Eyes are grey/black with white spot. Front black. Wings are red with black spots on both sides. She is 800-900 high from top to bottom. Back and front needed to bulge out a bit more. The rotating needs to be resolved. Add a bottom disk for the stand on the bottom.

Girl hero landscape

There is a foam mushroom that has holes in it with a cardboard stem. There are holes in the mushroom for the toilet roll characters to go in.. The mushroom tops can be red, yellow or green or blue.

The main landscape are organic shapes cut out of 7mm cardboard and stacked on top of each other. Many Islands like this can be made. The children can then plant their characters in the holes. They need a bottom layer.

The toilet rolls that the children are making with need to have a 8mm space at the bottom so that they can fit comfortably into the landscape. More work needed on this in terms of the typography. (mushrooms, waterfalls, trees). More levels.

Candytown lollipops

They come in multiple colors and heights.

10x medium sizes (1metre)

1 x big (2 metres)

1x 1.5m

10x 30cm