Post 02 - Brief Meeting 1

On the 7th of October 2010, myself, Chris and Jon had a brief meeting about the proposed project idea. We all agreed that it has scope and interests us. The main interest for me is the design of the individual items. The rationale and context of such a project was also mentioned and decided that hypothetically if commissioned to be made from actual Portland Stone, it could be an installation in the Tout Quarry: Portland with each piece having a significant shape. It was also suggested that the user or interaction with such building blocks could result in visitors making their own interpretation of Portland Art and Sculpture, thus making it potentially educational, but also an activity for a wide demographic.

At the end of the meeting, some tasks were delegated amongst the group. By the 13th of October, I am aiming to visit at take notes on both the Kirkstall Abbey Visitor's Centre in addition to the Henry Moor Institute and the Leeds City Museum.

Chris was set the task of looking into additional examples of museum installation and to explore methods of showcasing. Chris also suggested looking into similar products, such as the Early Learning Centre building block activities.

Jon has been tasked with looking into which buildings, (both in Leeds and other areas) that have used Portland Stone, as well as beginning to research various shapes and designs of such structures.

We are going to have a meeting, on Wednesday the 13th of October to discuss our findings. Plans for constructing the Pitch (due on the 20th of October) will also be discussed next week. The pitch should consist of information such as the rationale, context of the proposed product as well as the demographic, followed by examples of similar products. This will potentially be presented using the Open Source software, Prezzi.


Location source websites

Kirkstall Abbey: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/kirkstallabbey/

Henry Moore: http://www.henry-moore.org/hmf/about-us

Leeds City Museum: http://www.leedsmuseum.co.uk/tour/