Meeting with the Tutors

We met with tutors today to discuss how our interventions went and how they have affected our idea.

When we said people will be writing on clothes they said how difficult it will be and that it would slow the process and flow of our stall down. They suggested paper t-shirts instead, as in paper cut up in the shape of t-shirts, much easier to write on and still gives the clothes effect.

However, we had a discussion as a group whether to use MDF or paper as our clothes. We decided on paper as it will be cheaper and easier to write on because otherwise it would be paint as another cost for the MDF and then we have to test how easy it would be to write on a painted surface. So we are sticking with paper. The tutors said you can easily laser cut about 250 t-shirts at a time, however we are pretty sure that would set on fire!

so we will use a template and craft knife multiple t-shirts at once, we also thought it would make it more interesting to have pants as well as underwear shapes, just to mix things up. We will be making the clothes out of A3 so that they are a good size to write on.

We will be putting up paper t-shirts and clothes before the market begins which has the serious secrets from our trials scribed on them. This is so people can see how the idea works and also sets boundaries and a atmosphere of what people are actually writing about so it's taken more seriously.

Our station works in a circuit formation, two ironing boards with a 'washing machine' (made out of a cardboard box with a picture of a washing machine on the front, with the door cut out so you can reach in) beside each ironing board on a stool so that the washing machines are higher, so people can drop their t-shirts into the top of them easily.

Our rules will be printed on paper in the shape of t-shirts and blu-taked to the walls about each ironing board, this makes it clear when people are writing, what they can and cannot say. That means our t-shirts will be white and just have the logo on the back and on the front, so people know what stall we belong to and who to talk to if they have questions.

We thought about spraying febreeze through the area to give the laundry smell and atmosphere.

Floor plan and visual flow of the stall. Front and back of the t-shirts with the logo positions and size

Structure plan for the washing line using wood and a concrete base