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1.1 MEASURED DRAWINGS - COFFEE FILTER/ PANEL AND FOLD SYSTEM Coffee filters are an example of a panel and fold system. the filter itself consists of two panels made of a filter material that are joined together by indents in the paper at two of the edges and a bend at another edge.
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PANEL AND FOLD SYSTEMS --------------------http://fresh.co.nz/25-reasons-to-buy-coffee-filters/ http://www.emmalee-design.com/art-design/coffee-filter-rose-tutorial/
Plan 1:1
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When given the task of accurately measuring my object (a coffee filter), I began by tracing the outside of the perimeter. Firstly, I used a thick artline pen but soon realised that this line was thicker than the object itself and the result was an uneven line. I then used a pencil and finally a 0.05 weight pen which produced the most clear and accurate result.
Indents in the paper that act like a tounge in groove system to hold together both panel sides of the filter
After this method, I also used elements of reading Miralls’ and Pinos’ technique in “How to lay out a croissant” (Miralls and Pinos, 1988/1991) and used a more systematic appraoch when drawing the coffee filter. I firstly began by mapping out the four key points of the filter with small, unoticable points and then joint the three out of the four lines with straight lines using a ruler. I then reverted back to my original method and traced the final curved edge in order to represent the filter in the most truest form.
MEASURED DRAWINGS
MEASURED DRAWINGS/ ANALYTICAL SKETCHES/DRAWINGS
The reading, “300 years in Industrial Design” also greatly informed my final measured drawings. The drawings in this text were precise and did not represent the typical sketches I would create when being asked to draw a still life. In particular, I was impressed with the sections of the ceramic handles. Alough my object was much more two dimensional, I was impressed with the clarity that the artists used.
Not to scale
Section 1:1 Elevation 1:1
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This dimensioned sketch is a drawing of the coffee filter once one of the sides has been disconected and thus the once three dimensional object becomes two dimensional. I feel that this sketch clearly shows the panel and fold system - two panels joint together at edges to create a three dimensional object with more structure.
1.7 DIGITAL MODEL
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This is a selection of renders of my coffee filter modelled using Rhino (v 5.0).
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1. 8 DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH MODEL
1.9 SKETCH DESIGN IDEAS - SECOND SKIN
My sketch model is an exploration of the panel and fold system I began looking at last week. A traditional coffee filter (like the one I drew in week one) has typically two panel sides that are folded or joined together, specifically using a tongue and groove system.
After reading, ‘Personal Spaces’ by Sommer, I began to question my own perception of ‘personal space’ in society. What I veiwed as my won personal space may not be considered so in other people’s minds. This issue was addressed well in the reading and I began to see how personal space can be concieved in different forms, spheres and distances.
I decided to remodel the coffee filter shape and instead of two panels, use three. I did so by unjoining one of the folded edges and creating a third panel using layered pieces of the coffee filter. This created a new shape to hold volume
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According to Sommer, ‘personal space refers to an area with invisble boundries surrounding a person’s body into which intruders may not come’. This quote indicates that personal space can be viewed as a very private thing and people like to keep unwanted people (or perhaps even the public) out of it. *Note: All of my sketches represent a panel and fold system as this is the theme of Module One.
1) A person with a replica body silhoutte is a suitable representation of a person’s space being
respected by another person who is close but not touching the first person. However this second person would be viewed as a ‘non-person’ so that the parameters of personal space are met. That is, that a person is not threatened by a inhuman object that is closeby or touching.
2) A snail like shape (spherical) that represents a person’s space being equal in all directions. 3) A more hostile barrier to prevent outsiders from getting into a person’s private space.
This is a top view of the sketch model, it seems relatively the same as the original filter, except there appears to be more three dimensional.
This is a front view of the model, here you can clearly see the new folded sides and where they have been attached.
This sketch model can be used repetively to create a new shape to hold multiple volumes. This could be done over a smooth surface to create a panelised effect, like we were shown in Workshop 1:Making in week two’s seminar.
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Back view
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The three dimensional shape can be easily repeated due to the two flat sides that can touch eachother and then the third, more curved side can act as a profile of sorts.
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These are diagrams of how my model could be repeated and the ways that it would be joint together. Image (1) shows how the interior of the joint volumes would look. Images (2) and (3) illustrate how the volumes can be joint together on the side of one panel.
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