Sunday, January 24, 2010

consider:process:design::project1:makeshift shelter::experience

A person enters the Gatewood Studio Arts Building lobby, coming upon a small village of makeshift shelters. One among them is dedicated to snacking. Noticing one shelter is dedicated to snacking, he curiously enters it, seeking food. He notices how well built it is of materials that seem totally random. He does not realize four young designers carefully chose each piece and how each piece serves a very specific function. This person is more interested in the food to snack on. Once he has stuffed food in his mouth and he is no longer feeling hungry, he begins to notice how intricate and interesting the structure he is standing in is. He notices how craftily it is constructed. He notices how unexpected materials serve unexpected purposes- coming together to create this makeshift shelter. He feels inspired by this ingenuity. He thinks of how so many people throughout this world are not even able to have this or anything close to it. Another person enters the small space, forcing the two people to interact. He tells this new acquaintance of his thoughts and discoveries while in this makeshift shelter- which has given both food to eat and food for thought.

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