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| ====== Laura Quinn : From arts to manufacturing ====== | ====== Laura Quinn : From arts to manufacturing ====== | ||
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| So why is sustainability important to integrate into designing my making practice? It might seem like an obvious answer, but for someone who is eco-aware, and makes the effort to be environmentally friendly in my personal life, it has been a hard pill to swallow that my glass blowing practice may, in fact, be unsustainable. As a maker I want to create more stuff...but as a designer, I can’t help see that the creation of ‘stuff’ is what has contributed greatly to our current environmental crisis. | So why is sustainability important to integrate into designing my making practice? It might seem like an obvious answer, but for someone who is eco-aware, and makes the effort to be environmentally friendly in my personal life, it has been a hard pill to swallow that my glass blowing practice may, in fact, be unsustainable. As a maker I want to create more stuff...but as a designer, I can’t help see that the creation of ‘stuff’ is what has contributed greatly to our current environmental crisis. | ||
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| There is now a moral obligation that as designers, what we make should have a positive environmental impact, in some way. The obvious solutions that are now wrapped up in a moral frenzy in popular news would suggest using biodegradable materials, recycled materials, carbon neutral making processes, are the solution. But I am afraid the answer is not so simple as that, and partially I believe, it is because the cause is not as simple as that. I believe the biggest change we can make to a product comes from looking at the engagement humans have with it throughout its lifespan. | There is now a moral obligation that as designers, what we make should have a positive environmental impact, in some way. The obvious solutions that are now wrapped up in a moral frenzy in popular news would suggest using biodegradable materials, recycled materials, carbon neutral making processes, are the solution. But I am afraid the answer is not so simple as that, and partially I believe, it is because the cause is not as simple as that. I believe the biggest change we can make to a product comes from looking at the engagement humans have with it throughout its lifespan. | ||
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| ‘It combines engineering expertise (in terms of design for reliability, maintainability, reparability, upgradability) and socio-psychological expertise (understanding “product attachment” how and why people value a product enough to sustain its use).” (Tonkinwise, 2014, p209). | ‘It combines engineering expertise (in terms of design for reliability, maintainability, reparability, upgradability) and socio-psychological expertise (understanding “product attachment” how and why people value a product enough to sustain its use).” (Tonkinwise, 2014, p209). | ||
| - | It is through this process that I aim to create more sustainably designed glass objects. By using co-designing methods with my clients through rapid prototyping computer programmes such as Rhino, the emotional investment between the user and the object already begins to exist. Computer-aided design drawings render and 3D printing prototypes mean that the design can be easily adjusted before a single glass object is made using energy-guzzling glass melting kilns- therefore decreasing the likelihood of multiple remakes before the client is happy with the result. (See Figure 1+2). | + | It is through this process that I aim to create more sustainably designed glass objects. By using co-designing methods with my clients through rapid prototyping computer programmes such as Rhino, the emotional investment between the user and the object already begins to exist. Computer-aided design drawings render and 3D printing prototypes mean that the design can be easily adjusted before a single glass object is made using energy-guzzling glass melting kilns- therefore decreasing the likelihood of multiple remakes before the client is happy with the result. |
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| + | //Laura Quinn, Finished Glass Whiskey Tumbler Blown Glass// | ||
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| + | //Laura Quinn, Owen Groombridge. | ||
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| + | As well as looking at the beginning of the life span of an object, I look towards the latter part. How can ensure that the object is repairable, and upgradable? For this I design clever, simple mechanical fixings that allow my glass components to come together and apart while maintaining the material integrity of each part. | ||
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| + | //Laura Quinn, Plug, 2018 | ||
| + | 3D Printed Flexible PLA.// | ||
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| + | //Laura Quinn and Daniel Widolff. | ||
| + | Use of 3D printed plug to push fit glass and metal components together without using any adhesive. | ||
| + | Handmade glass and aluminium, 3D printed flexible PLA.// | ||
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| + | Simple fixings like this allow greater component interchangeability. This has huge benefits in being able to repair and replace parts in the latter life of the product, but also for the customer to co-design bespoke products with a ‘mix and match’ approach to the modular components. With this method I aim to create a sustainable, circular design for my products. | ||
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| + | Not only by looking at the relationship between clients and makers can we create more sustainable products, but the shift from manufacturing in the East, back to the West also made possible by the rise in local FabLabs, and Design Labs makes redesigning the relationship between fabrication technicians and experts far more possible. The immediacy of change, particularly during the prototyping stage, and ability to discuss in person, the design with technicians means that troubleshooting issues can happen in a more efficient way. The localisation of FabLabs and Design labs also make opportunities for engagement and idea generation between makers, designers, technicians and theorists more possible- and that is really exciting! | ||
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| + | In this way, people can be seen as resources in the manufacturing process. I would propose that the future of design is in collaboration, knowledge share, co-design. | ||
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| + | ===== Joining the AYCH programme ===== | ||
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| + | The networking platform provided by AYCH, and opportunity to meet a variety of people all working towards a more sustainably designed future was my main reason for getting involved in the programme. Though spread throughout England, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain and France, this network is actually quite localised to the north west of Europe. As a group of countries, it is exciting to think what changes we can make here, that may have a global effect. | ||
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| + | Taking part in the AYCH Creative Jam in April this year has allowed me to reconsider how I identify myself in the manufacturing process. I am a glass blower yes, but far more than that, I am a designer. The Creative Jam was evidence that individuals from varying backgrounds and practices can create amazing and innovative, sustainable ideas. My time so far with AYCH has given me the confidence to apply for, and take part in opportunities now that are not specific to my material background in glass, and as a result it has deeply enriched my design solutions. | ||
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