I was part of this years onedotzero_cascade event- an education program for graduates designed to give the opportunity to collaborate and solve a brief in a multidisciplinary team. Our brief was to improve the city using small interventions, and we presented the solution at the onedotzero_adventures in motion festival, held this month at the BFI in London.
Our presentation “Its Nice to be Nice”, gave positive reinforcement for doing nice things, such as holding the door for someone, standing on the right on an escalator, or recycling.
Our solution is light-hearted, part of the everyday life and designed to be unexpected. We presented a hand dryer which plays the harmonica when used, an escalator which lights up when a person stands on the right, and a recycling bin that sings back ten green bottles when used, for example.
I also contributed to a panel discussion with practitioners and fellow Cascade participant Laura Bowman on what the industry and education can learn from programmes such as Cascade.
These are the people I worked on the Cascade brief with:
Simon Yewdall – Illustrator – www.simonyewdall.com
Annabel Innes – Graphic Designer – www.annabelinnes.co.uk
Toby Burkill – Graphic Designer – www.toby-b.com
Sarah Franco Alves – Moving image designer – www.littlescissors.co.uk
Callum Parish – Moving Image and Graphic Design – www.callumparish.com
Dan Sanders – Architect – www.worldofdan.com
Muna Mohammed – Advertising and Marketing
