Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Phase II

Our next step of this project is to create a "Dirty Prototype." Choosing a specific action from our observations in our last phase, we are to design a product. I think, after speaking with the rest of the group we are moving towards the action of harvesting and how it can be incorporated into the home environment. The idea is to create a forest WITHIN the urban home that would allow individuals to harvest herbs and such for their own purposes.




Some ideas and current products that already exist are shown below.














Thursday, February 4, 2010

Final Video!

My first video ever created!
A submission for Lorenzo Imbesi IDES 4302.



Diagram No. 1
This diagram shows tasks that are performed by typical agriculturalists (left) and those performed by our "Urban Farmer" (right). In the middle are the general actions that are shared between the two sets of people. The bar graphs at the bottom show the distribution of tasks, divided into the general action categories.
From URBAN FOREST - JAN 28


Diagram No. 2
This diagram shows a day in the life of 5 different types of farmers. The white line in the center represents time (morning on the left and night on the right). The coloured dots on the lines represent events that happen in the daily life of the individual. The vertical placement of the dots represents how much the person enjoys this event (high events are very fun, low ones are boring or tedious).
From URBAN FOREST - JAN 28

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Brewer Park Photos

These are some pictures Mark took at the ice rink in Brewer Park.

Farmer Songs

Found some Farmer songs that could or could not be used in our video lol.