Saturday, 26 September 2015
Sustainability of Materials: Human Resources
Sustainability
Checklist
Wayfinding
Wooden
light box/lights/vinyl/paper:
We sourced the wooden light box over
plastic as we thought this meant its likelihood of being reused would be
higher. This will be taken home by one of the group members or given to Massey
to be repurposed. All aspects of the light box were made so that it can be
taken apart and remain intact (the sheet with the vinyl is removable so it can
go back to being a black shelf as it was sold originally and the lights can be
easily uninstalled). The lights were sourced from a group member and can be
reused by him in other projects. We used minimum vinyl, as this is not
particularly sustainable: only needed one sheet and designed it so that when we
printed the logo we got two out of the one sheet (the inversed version we used as
a floor sticker to make the most out of what we’d made). Instead of using
Perspex glass or a plastic we used thicker semi-opaque paper so it can be
recycled.
Brochures,
signage:
We could have used recycled paper for the
brochures but the finance was constricting, as we needed the paper to be white
for the clean airport look – although as they are paper obviously they will all
be recyclable. For signage we decided to save paper/ink (as we would have needed
quite a lot of large format printing) by hiring the 6 screens that Massey has
at the toy box and displaying our posters on these screens. This reduces
environmental impact and is a cheaper alternative.
Type
boxes, spray paint/paint, paint rollers:
We bought cardboard boxes like the ones
used in Type, which can be recycled. However, we are thinking this might be
better repurposed through Massey by giving them to the Type room: the ones they
have are quite beaten up and this would be a good eco-conscious decision whilst
also giving back to the university. The spray paint was recyclable steel so we recycled
that, however we thought that paint would be more eco-conscious so we painted
the rest of the boxes. We gifted the paint rollers to Massey.
Floor
sticker and adhesive sheets:
The adhesive sheets can be reused and will
be taken home by one of the members of our group. The remainder of the floor
tape will be repurposed and taken home by one of the members of our group for
other projects. We used this as an alternative to vinyl because there will be
less wastage.
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Printing Plan
The Massey large format printer is broken, meaning that the large format printing (we need 6 things printed A2 or A1) would cost us heaps.....
So that leaves 3 banners that need to be printed:
We can put these all on one A1 poster and get them cut
Which will save money and also paper. Hooray
PLAN B:
So we asked Ollie (the Massey technician) if we could use the screens that are often put up around Massey... And he said we could have all 6.
That means:
3 for around Massey with:
1 x with a documentation video playing on loop (to be confirmed)
2 x "follow the arrows" animation (on after effects) (to be confirmed)
Put them in Block 12 but ASK if able to put in Pyramid (???)
3 for inside the High School:
2 x icon display for at entrance
1 x foyer direction poster
So that leaves 3 banners that need to be printed:
We can put these all on one A1 poster and get them cut
Which will save money and also paper. Hooray
Monday, 21 September 2015
Updated Project Plan
WEEK
9
Finalize design of all posters
Finalize brochure
Buy icon boxes
Make icon boxes black
Print out icons and put on boxes
Prototype runway with Brutus
Friday:
Print all posters
Print and fold brochures
WEEK
10
Monday/Tuesday
Technical check that the lightbox are
working
Write 90 second pitch
Start hype installations/floor stickers
Wednesday:
Setting up remainder of floor stickers
Lightbox in place
Signage hung in Market Place
Brochures ready to be distributed
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