Small groups of students were challenged with seven one-day design exercises. These included the design of a throne, a three-dimensional sculpture in response to music, a table centre piece, and other unusual aesthetic adventures. This formed the basis for students to develop an individual project for the final half of the semester, allowing many design iterations and technical refinements.
Adam Aberle’s fruit bowl was the final outcome after a series of design experiments and discussions. Adam explored sustainable material use and flat-pack design for a product—a product type that was an inventive approach to the design of a household item. When the prototype promised an interesting and positive result, Adam entered his design into the 2009 Tasmanian Design Awards, and was part of the top ten exhibition at the Design Centre in Launceston. Selection criteria for the competion were: functionality, product lifecycle, waste and material minimisation, material sourced from what is normally considered waste, innovation in concept and production processes, retail for less than $100, and designed and made in Tasmania. Adam’s fruit bowl is currently being sold through the Design Centre shop.
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