why re-mining?

I say re-mining to highlight the material value of recycling and it begins to describe my interest in the influence a recycled object has on a designer. We put our waste in motion through a reries of non-spaces. Starting at a skip and ending in landfill, where it waits. re-mining is the process by which we will return these resources, to once again share our space with us.

MindWeather

!-!elper Man

Helper man was a research idea. It links back to Challenge Anneka.

transitive verb
1 : to give assistance or support to *help a child with homework* 2 a : to make more pleasant or bearable : IMPROVE, RELIEVE *bright curtains will help the room* *took an aspirin to help her headache* b archaic : RESCUE, SAVE 3 a : to be of use to : BENEFIT b : to further the advancement of : PROMOTE 4 a : to change for the better b : to refrain from : AVOID *we couldn't help laughing* c : to keep from occurring : PREVENT *they couldn't help the accident* d : to restrain (oneself) from doing something *knew they shouldn't go but couldn't help themselves* 5 : to serve with food or drink especially at a meal *told the guests to help themselves* 6 : to appropriate something for (oneself) *helped himself to the car keys*
intransitive verb 1 : give assistance or support ó often used with out *helps out with the housework* 2 : to be of use or benefit synonyms see IMPROVE ñso help me : upon my word : believe it or not

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These three images document the response i got to the #contents blackboard.

skip website - HireIt + FindIt

With the abundant source of resources in skips spanning the country, I want to aid those ready to re-use. I intend to develop a series of skip attachments designed to aid the skip raider.

The skip is an object that attracts and repels people. Those that are attracted tend to make use of the free source of resources. It is a device that transports objects from our daily use and understanding to an abstract, out of sight, location. Their user no longer desires the objects, instead they return to a primitive material composition. At this point it can become more effort to mine again, than their original extraction costs were. Their previous design lingers, confusing their reuse with layers of meaning and associations. This can also be a trigger for breaking rules and building narrative around the link between the new use and what it once did. It’s interesting to see how the new object attracts and repels the old.

Objects attract and repel

The Ikea advert revealed to me the power of a skip to level attractions and repulsions between objects. I decided to take the skip as my focus and location for my experiments. While the skip levels the properties of the objects it contains. It also has an attraction (source of free, often interesting objects and materials) and repulsion (sight of waste, decay, sign of our wastefull lifestyle). As one of those who see it as a great source of "it will be usefull, honest' materials, I wanted to create outcomes that aided the skip raider.

The leveller of all objects

"In 1995, an Ikea ad campaign (above) urged Britsh shoppers to "chuck out your chintz' and discover the joys of self-essembly furniture instead."

'In 1998, 180 million people visited over 150 Ikea stores in 28 countries including China'
(page 26, Products of our Time, David Redhead, 745.2 RED)

magnets repel sharks

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Challenge Anneka

Lewisham show off our work

Liz's expression says it all. When we arrived at Lewisham Library, many of our boards displaying our work were on the floor. The window was dirty and the display badly hung with names in the wrong places. But still, no one turned down the photo.

Coconut#2

Coconut#1

PostR

Roding light

Ready made #1

Extracting the flesh

How to remove the flesh of the coconut through the three small holes. Dissolve? maybe but not with any of these solutions.

Nice bunch

Transorming a coconut. Versions of the same object/material in different states. different reasons for desire and wealth.