As the 2018 BA Design show MOD is drawing nearer, here is a peek at some of the work you’ll be able to see in the exhibition.
“Dewi Uridge’s project The Baler explores the relationship between the urban and the rural through identifying objects and spaces which play an important role in both environments. The project began with a focus on the sheep pen as a material metaphor, using it to facilitate workshops across London bringing structures of the rural in to the urban environment. In this process, Uridge recognised the urban design studios and workshops, specifically so-called Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs), as critical spaces where designers develop their practice, noticing the potential synergy between farm workshops and design studios.
Identifying these spaces as layering the farm and the city, Uridge identified a reciprocity between the 3D Printer and the baler, in that both perform repetitive taks with material inputs and outputs, collecting material, transforming it into shaped objects and then distributing it across territories.
In response, Uridge has designed The Baler, a tool that is taken for walks through London by an operator and a partner. It is designed to collect not only material data from the floor, but at the same time to act as a site of human data, as an object through which conversations about the relationship between the urban and the rural can occur. It then wraps the information, recording the conversations as it moves through the urban space.”
See more work from the show on the MOD Instagram account. The show will be open to the public 8-10 June at Unit 8 Copeland Park in Peckham.
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