Todays tutorial with Will was super helpful! The ideas from yesterdays session have already developed and I think my context is finally sorted! Will gave my ideas to apply my designs to a Hostel context and designs for flooring. Which has made me think further about how I could sample! I plan to experiment widely with materials and material manipulation with colour and collage and then I plan to scan these in and digitally manipulate them applying them to some type of flooring? He gave me the idea of the parquet flooring which gives me an idea on how it will look- a structured textured patchwork floor! I need to research into the types of materials that would be suitable for a Hostel; thinking about durability, cleaning, longevity and design. I will be designing for St Christopher's Inn hostel, imagining that there is one in Norwich. I found that in the collab projects in year 2, setting myself a clear precise brief helped me so much, doing this will keep me on the right tracks and enable me to research fully into the context and materials. I need to email St Christoper's Inn and ask them some questions about material and design. I also need to speak to flooring companies.

I was thinking about also designing for the walls as well as the floors, maybe evening combining them so that the design doesn't stop at the floor and carries up on the wall? I need to find a material that is suitable for both. I also need to check how many final designs I need as this will change how I design things.

I have used the my first fabric collages (sublimation) to help me visuals the floor and wall concept, folding the fabric in half at a right angle, to make it look like a room. I find this an easy way to think about scale and design.

Will also suggested looking at Kinship on WGSN which looks at global and cultural patterns combined, he specifically said too look at the video! He advised to photography my collages of materials and drawings on different surfaces like old tile floors and use found, inappropriate objects to inform the photographs. He suggested to even recreate traditional flooring, like I said before- looking into parquet flooring and researching into different flooring designs. I like the idea I had of applying the floor to the wall so that the floor doesn't stop- I need to see how practical this will be in the hostel though!


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