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3D Design pupils from the 14s and 15s took a trip to Kensington on Thursday 3rd October to visit the Design Museum. The Focus of their visit was a display of 76 innovative designs including clothing, buildings, apps, books, homewares and posters that have made a strong global impact and are nominated for this year's Beazley Designs of the Year Award,
Among the contending designs that made a real impact on Harrodians was 'This Person Does Not Exist', a website that generates extraordinarily realistic, fake portraits of non-existent people and Nera, a fully 3-D printed motorbike whose futuristic lines resemble that of the Batmobile, above.
Surprisingly perhaps, the objects that most impressed GCSE students Sebastian and Ayaan were not the new ones they saw, but the collections of pre-digital 'analogue' tech products – among them typewriters, calculators, cameras and early lap- and desk-top computers – in the permanent collection. ‘There’s a whole wall covered with these older objects,’ says Ayaan. ‘And it’s fascinating to see how they change and get smaller over the years as the technology is refined and miniaturized.
It’s fascinating to see how electronic products change and get smaller over the years as the technology is refined and miniaturized
Ayaan, GCSE 3-D Design student
Sebastian, who was especially smitten by the old typewriters, found the objects and products on display a rich source of inspiration for the creative challenges he’s currently addressing in his GCSE work. ‘Looking at the legs of the chairs made me rethink the stilts for the house I’m designing,’ he says. ‘There was too much to see in one visit, so I’ll have to go back.’
