Unit X // UNCONFERENCE

'?' Theme Board

Unconference was the launch of the Rooftop Project. The aim of the session was to answer 'What is Design?' This was based off a number of post-it note tasks. Collectively, we had come up with four sub-groups, including 'Pleasure Beach' 'Sustainability' 'Building Ground' and '?' It was difficult to differentiate an overarching theme for the last and so, became the ambiguous unknown.

The boards were then used as heat maps, where we had to place ourselves in the area which seemed most fitting to us as a designer. For an odd reason, I gravitated towards the '?' board. It was suggested that we could focus more on a concept, which I found intriguing as sometimes my practice can lack in conceptual research. However upon reflection, I do think that the building ground board was more appropriate for me as I enjoy the physical side of making.

Once my group was established (consisting of Melissa, Laura and myself) we were allocated a wall space that we can use throughout this project. This will allow us to think visually in terms of our research and development. At the moment we have combined our personal research of rooftops and manifestos, extracting significant keywords and points. Overtime the mood board will grow and identify more specifically what our piece is.