Caitryn's Object Blog

What does remix culture mean to me? When I think of the word “remix” I first think of music, and how some of my favourite songs are actually remixes of their original song. To me then, remixing is about bringing two great things together, to make one great thing. It's like when you can't choose what food to eat, so you just combine two of your favourites into one. I think it can also work for making something that is bad or lacklustre and remixing it with something that makes it better, brighter or more helpful.  Remix culture is all about taking inspiration from another piece that already exists and adding onto it/changing it.      When I was coming up with my concept ideas, I was thinking about objects I use in everyday life, how they function, and what could be added to them to make them functional in a different way. This led me to think of many household objects that you see all the time and then making slight changes to them. I took a lot of my ideas very liter...

  I created this Polder Compact Sofa by Vitra, designed by Hella Jongerius, because it was the first thing in the documentary that immediately caught my eye, most likely because of the colours. I was also inspired by the modular shape of the couch.       The couch relates to the film in a couple ways. The section after Jongerius speaks has Karim Rashid speaking about  how objects can improve our mood simply because of their design, when I saw the Polder Sofa in the documentary, I felt excited and intrigued because of its shape and colours. He also spoke about the idea that designers keep revisiting the original archetype for many household objects over and over again, and I felt like this couch broke that archetype of what most couches look like.       I intended to create more detail with the buttons, as the laces had a more specific shape, but I wasn't able to make it work out with Tinkercad and the the time constraint.   ...

 Here is the fabulous castle I created today: