Jaime Salm Lecture: Mio Culture, Why I love design

On Thursday Oct. 8th I went to a lecture by Jaime Salm. He talked about designing using sustainable resources and waste. This tied in with the trip we took to NYC because it had a lot of the same ideas behind it. Why waste? For example, a company named Bloomberg had 12 palettes of paper to dispose of. Instead of simply throwing it away, they had Jaime's Company, Mio Culture, design chairs for the workplace. I found the lecture interesting because besides talking about what the products are, he took us through the process of how he ended up with a successful business today.

Trip to NYC

Ok, so back in September the jewelry department took a trip to NYC to visit the Cooper Hewitt Museum. I have to admit..I found the trip much more interesting than i originally thought it would be. The Exhibition we went to see is called Design for a Living World. The idea behind it was to create products from sustainable resources. Some areas that the products came from were Costa Rica, Australia, Alaska, and China. My favorite product was the first one in the exhibit. Organic wool. The artist made large sheep rugs made from organic wool. I found the process interesting and have to say...i loved the rugs. She used knitting needles the size of yardsticks! The wool came from a sheep farm in Idaho. We also went to Govenor's Island which was having a show that also featured incredibly comfy looking felted wool sheep rugs. Besides the rugs, Designs for a living world also had bamboo furniture, a dress made out of salmon, and black pearl jewelry. Altogether it was a very interesting and insightful exhibit and I would recommend it to others.

Some Thoughts on the welding project...

I have been throwing around a few ideas for the welding project but have not yet come up with anything I particularly liked. Luckily, google was able to help me out. Here are a few images that I particularly liked.