Day 11 - BMW Hybrid Concept

I have spent 30 minutes trying to upload this and it is just not my day here! First of all this does not do justice to the beautiful BMW concept everyone would know by now. And worse, the dam uploader doesn't want to rotate the picture! Very annoyed and so not my day but hey another day another drawing. Quite embarrassed to put this up but oh well! They can't all be awesome-ish

Day 2 - 360 Fold Out Solar Still Concept

 

My final uni project was quite ambitious that saw me centering around water and harnessing it for good. I went from researching household micro generators to be attached to water mains to the more sensible, solar still concepts for rural third world countries. I had gone through so many iterations that even my teacher had not seen the concept in my final presentation... And what a fail that concept was!

Any-who, this was me revisiting that path trying to redeem myself. This was inspired from a simple solar still that would stretch out into a larger container.

My concept works like a hand fan that stretches instead of 180 degrees, 360 degrees forming a full circle still.

Yeah I know! Far from any resolution I'm already asking

• How does the user fill the vessel?
• Can something like that be manufactured?
• How does the user get to the clean water?
• What about the cavities inside? How will it behave when folded in?

Who knows? But if I do have some time, i would lie to return and explore its potential or save me the effort and someone (an engineer perhaps) tell me that this concept is not viable.

 

Observational Drawings

The following are the three observational sketches need to be sketched whilst at the museum.
(Did not have an a4 scanner ready so I will re upload this with better quality)

NGV Galleria

In our first class we viewed the contemporary design gallery in the NGV which featured chair designs that highlighted the likes of Newson, Bugatti, Ghery and Aarnio and their contribution towards the furniture 
industry.

Carlo BUGATTI

Lad's Writing Desk & Chair, 1888 - 95

Chair, 1902

Poul KJAERHOLM

Hammock Chair 24, 1965

Alvar AALTO

Armchair 41, 1930

Marcel BREUER

Long chair, 1935 - 36 

Charles and Ray EAMES

Eames Loung Chair and Ottoman, 1956

Eero AARNIO

Globe Chair, 1963 - 65

Frank O. GHERY

Wiggle side chair, 2003

Verner PANTON

Panton chair, 1960

Tom DIXON

Pylon chair, 1991

Philippe STARCK

W. W. stool, 2002

Marc NEWSON

LC2 Lockheed lounge, 1985-86

Michele DE LUCCHI

First chair, 1983