We took a look at the already designed materials to see how they were made and how we could implement them.

#Biomaterials #Biodegradable #Eggshell #Woodshavings

We had our first meeting as a team to discuss the given topic and start doing some research.

#Meeting

We also did some research on the topic of designing bio-material connections which would be easily compostable and easy to use. Design to connect was a really helpful site during our research.

#Research #Designtoconnect.blogspot #Connectiontechniques

We went to a cheese manufacturer to get some whey. We went ahead and made some biological glue. We have glued up some test pieces to check it’s strength and capability’s.

#Glue#Whey#Bio-degradable#Bio-glue

We had a meeting with team 14 as we are the step before them in the recycling cycle. In our meeting we discussed our approach and what we were trying to do.

#Meeting

We designed a poster concerning eco-friendly prototyping. This poster has a qr-code which will take you to some explanation on the topic. The reason we took a qr-code is so we actualy could see the interaction level with the poster.

#Qr-code#Poster#Interaction

We hanged multiple posters with a QR-code throughout the IDC. When scanning the QR-code the user is send to a webpage with a simple fact and some information about prototyping. By using a QR-code we can measure the amount of interaction with our poster because of a counter build into the webpage.

#Qr-code#Poster#IDC#DidYouKnow

We tried to glue wood, plastics and mycelium together with our self-made bio-glue. This worked really well for the mycelium and the wood. This unfortunately didn’t work for the plastic. The drying also took a long time.

#Bio-glue#Plastic#Solvable#Mycelium

We took the prototyping canvas that is taught by Yannick and we added some questions. These questions are meant to make you, as a user, more aware of the environment and the used connections within your prototype. Now this canvas is being tested by some students.

#PrototypingCanvas#Designing#Prototyping @Yannick

We made our feedback loop with motivation as our most important aspect. We tried to integrate all the aspects important for our system and see how they interact with each other.

#feedbackloop#motivation#archetypes

We will focus more on the different connection methods. We will add some different methods on this wall and make some easy to use templates.

#Connection#ConnectionWall#Template

Our scan total ended up on 30 scans in one week. We will try to make a more interactive poster with a clearer message. This does show us that hanger a poster won’t go unnoticed and a poster can make a difference.

#Qr-code#Poster#IDC#DidYouKnow

We made our first physical connection to put up on the wall. These connections don’t require any sort of glue or screws.

#CopperScrap#Rope#MetalToMetal #Connectionboard

We made an overview on what type of connection can be used on what type of material. We tried to preview how we would add onto the connections wall. How the board will be structured.

#Connections#Connectionboard#Overview

We gave a presentation to our fellow students and teachers about our project and how we were tackling our subject. It was good to see everybody’s take on their topic and how we are all connected.

#PrototypingCirculair#Presentation

We went in the atelier and took a picture of all the prototypes that were not disassembled correctly. We discovered that there really weren’t that much un-disassembled prototypes. We think that the majority of the prototypes don’t end up in the atelier.

#Prototypes#disassembly

We are working on a system that allows you to bring back large pieces of wood to the shop in the IDC. This is not an easy task as there is no cash at the IDC. We got the pricelist and are working on a fair and accessible return-policy.

#Return#Money#IDC

We were told we needed to change our way of tackling our subject so we had to brainstorm again on a new way of approaching our topic.

#Brainstorm#Change

We have planned a meeting with the students from Edge to host a new variant of ‘night of the atelier’. Our variant would be called ‘night of the disassembly’. We have some ideas to propose and some ideas to organize it and they have the know how and could be able to implement this in the next years.

#NightOfTheDisassembly#Edge#IDC

We putted an announcement on Ufora. Unfortunately, We haven’t had a lot of success with it, that’s why we asked if we could explain the importance of the material library to our fellow students.

#Learning#Awareness

We thought about how we would be able to lower the barrier of using the bio-materials and we came up with these cards who will also be hung on the wall. On these cards we want to show some example connections as well as a card that tells you what type of machining the material can be used for.

#ConnectionWall#Implementation#Bio-Material

We had our meeting with Edge. They told us who to contact and were interested in the concept. They were interested in taking over the concept after we worked it out. Now we are planning a test event to see how we can improve and where we need to change it up.

#NightOfTheDisassembly#Edge#IDC

We had a meeting with 2 other teams to re-align our vision on the site and the connection between the material-bord and the site as well. Now we know what to focus on and how we need to continue to contribute to this site.

#Meeting @Team13@Team14

Unfortunately yet again we didn’t have much interaction with the word file we distributed. We think it might be due to the length and the fact that the file might look overwhelming. To solve this we will make a small checklist that is easy and quick to fill in with the basic/essential information.

#Fail#KeepTrying#Simplicity

We had two students fill in the prototyping canvas and listened to what they thought of it. We made some last changes and hope to let Yannick implement it as soon as possible !

#PrototypingCanvas#Disassembly

Due to the few answers we received from last week, we tried to approach every group personally and give them a much short list to fill in. Now we know how these materials can be machined. This approach seems to have worked out well. Every group has answered the little list. This knowledge can now be added to the website from group 13.

@Team13#LowerTheBarrier

We ran through the script of ‘Night of the disassembly’. We disassembled some prototypes and ran into a few small hiccups along the way and came to some new insights which we implemented into the script we are planning to hand over to Edge.

#NightOftheDisassembly#Test#Succesfull

We handed over the script of Night of the disassembly to edge. We hope that this way the organizing load is for them as low as possible. We also implemented our insights gained from testing.

#NightOfTheDisassembly#Edge

We have a clear view of what we want to check with our LCA and how we are going to tackle it.

#LCA

We checked the presentation and filled in as much as possible so we can ask specific questions if we don’t understand something. This also gives us a clearer view on where to adapt.

#Theorie#Project