keira burgess *edl´09

BOOK.european.design.labs.09

2009-12-31T09:17:00.000-08:00

EDL'09.classmates

2009-11-19T06:16:00.001-08:00

CLASS.mates

These are the 16 wonderful people that I have shared my year with!

Carlos Pérez Maté, Francesco Sillitti, Victoria Exposito, Victoria Ovín,

Anni Tomich, Annye Wyss, Claudia Caviezel, Teng Chong,

Lin Davis, Ivna Vukelic, Isidro Pérez, Sonal Verma,

Tatiana Jordan, Rafa Zaragoza, Lucía Grompone & Enrico Romo.

Among us are Industrial, Graphic, Interior, Textile, Fashion Designers & Architects from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Holland, India, Argentina, Uraguay, Colombia, Mexico, United States & Canada. *kb

TRAVEL.paris

2009-10-09T03:33:00.000-07:00

OCTOBER.2009

We were in Paris for Fashion Week and saw displays of some of the newest fashions coming out. We also visited Matali Crasset´s studio and an interesting store & cafe called Merci. Of course we visited museums too - such as the Louvre, the museum of Decorative Arts, the Quai Branly museum, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée D´Orsay, the Rodin museum and the Eiffel Tower. *kb

VIDEO.paris

2009-10-08T22:36:00.000-07:00

TRAVEL.london

2009-09-27T03:27:00.000-07:00

SEPTEMBER.2009

London Design Festival! A colourful week filled with furniture, showrooms, architecture, design, vintage stores and not so many fish ´n chips. We visited the Kvadrat showroom, and the Established & Sons production and Limited showrooms. We also went to TENT London and 100% Design, and saw the Royal Academy of Art, among much more. *kb

VIDEO.london

2009-09-26T22:45:00.000-07:00

WORKSHOP.boisbuchet

2009-08-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

AUGUST.2009

During the first week of August, our class went to the Domaine de Boisbuchet - a country estate in the southwest of France where workshops are hosted by the Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou. The week we were there had 3 workshops going on, all with Spanish designers leading them - coincidentally. Our group was with Gala Fernandez for the Back to Basics workshop. We started by taking and developing photos with pinhole cameras, then my work progressed to working with fabric on a large scale. The other designers present were Hector Serrano and Cul de Sac. *kb

VIDEO.boisbuchet

2009-08-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

WORKSHOP.materials

2009-07-18T02:59:00.000-07:00

JULY.2009

We had a workshop with Jane ní Dhulchaointigh - a creator of new materials - to do the very same...We spent the week exploring and experimenting with materials to help us develop our thesis projects. First we were to choose 3 objects - then we destroyed the objects to start us off on creating new materials. I focused on working with tableware and dishware, including creating a flexible teapot and dishes with fabric and silicone. *kb

VIDEO.materials.workshop

2009-07-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

VIDEO.basel.and.frankfurt

2009-06-26T07:52:00.000-07:00

TRAVEL.frankfurt

2009-06-19T03:17:00.000-07:00

JUNE.2009

Frankfurt is a city full of museums and interesting architecture...so, naturally, we went museum hopping and building gawking! We saw the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Applied Art, the Städel Museum and many more. We also attended Techtextil & Material Vision, a Materials & Textiles fair. *kb

TRAVEL.basel

2009-06-19T03:07:00.000-07:00

JUNE.2009

We travelled to Basel to see the Art Unlimited and Design Miami fairs. We also went on a bike tour around the city to see the architecture, and took a tour of the Vitra Design Museum & Campus, seeing the exhibit of the Campana Brothers. We also visited the Schaulager - a storehouse with a large gallery space for the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation´s collection of art. *kb

WORKSHOP.communication

2009-06-17T04:44:00.000-07:00

JUNE.2009

We had a communication workshop with Marloes ten Bhömer. The focus on the workshop was - no matter what our project was -to communicate well. I created a fictional character inspired by my grandma, and designed fictional objects that would help her to survive without having to overcome her extreme fears and behaviours. *kb

VIDEO.communication.workshop

2009-06-16T07:51:00.000-07:00

WORKSHOP.concept

2009-05-17T11:15:00.000-07:00

MAY.2009

We worked with Ian Ferguson for the Concept Workshop. The brief was to design a recipe of actions that transform an objet without physically altering it - exploring human-object interaction. I took the word recipe literally and chose to investigate using a tin can. I used food from tin cans and prepared food using only a tin can to cut, mix and cook with. I made recipes to make an omelette, cookies and shaved ice & fruit with a tin can.*kb

VIDEO.concept.workshop

2009-05-16T07:50:00.000-07:00

VIDEO.nothing.is.everything

2009-04-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

TRAVEL.milan

2009-04-16T10:03:00.000-07:00

APRIL.2009

For our second trip of the year, we travelled to Milan, Italy for the International Furniture Fair & Design Week. We were immersed in all things design, and all things Italian. I might even say that I saw too much good furniture and ate too much good pizza!

During the trip we did an on-site group project, creating a wall mural with the phrase NOTHING IS EVERYTHING. *kb

VIDEO.in.the.kitchen

2009-04-01T12:11:00.000-07:00

APRIL.2009

We went to the Casa Palacio in Madrid and spent the afternoon with the head chef Andrés Madrigal of the Alboroque restaurant. He showed us many interesting things, such as how if you cook 10 eggs for 10 different amounts of time, different cultures will prefer different eggs. We had a few taste and smell tests, and witnessed the chef at work. *kb

VIDEO.kohei.nawa.workshop

2009-03-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

MARCH.2009

We had a one day workshop with Kohei Nawa. The workshop was titled Higher is Beautiful. We each worked with one large piece of card paper to create a high & beautiful structure. *kb

WORKSHOP.re.use

2009-03-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

MARCH.2009

Our second workshop was based on re-use, creating a terrace and furniture from old palets and used furniture. With the help of Alberto & Andreas of Ciszak-Dalmas, we built a floor for the terrace and much more in only one week. I worked with Anni to create the large rectangular tables. *kb

VIDEO.re.use.workshop

2009-03-11T12:08:00.000-07:00

TRAVEL.istanbul

2009-03-06T09:59:00.000-08:00

MARCH.2009

Our first trip of the year was to Istanbul, Turkey. Good Ole Constantinople. A city that is located on Europe & Asia´s border. The home of the Haya Sofia and the Blue Mosque. A land of history and apple tea, where the Bosphorus connects the world´s great seas.

While we were there we attended the City & Art Conference at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University where our tutors spoke. *kb

VIDEO.istanbul

2009-03-05T11:59:00.000-08:00

PROJECT.chair

2009-02-20T07:58:00.000-08:00

MARCH.2009

To start us off on our creativity for the year, we were divided into two themed groups - In Transit and Expiry. The In Transit group is led by Ali Ganjavian & Key Kawamura from Studio Banana, with the help of Pablo Carrascal as an investigator. The Expiry group is led by Luis Urculo, with the help of Jorge Lopez Conde. I belong to the expiry group. We were also assigned a project. Each of us was to purchase the same Ikea folding chair, and to use it to start off our year-long thesis investigation project. We were also advised that we would have to bring the chair - in whichever way, shape or form we decided - with us on our first voyage - to Istanbul, Turkey. *kb

WORKSHOP.missoni.family.portraits

2009-02-12T08:44:00.000-08:00

FEBRUARY.2009

We had a one-week-workshop with MISSONI. We worked with the suits they provided us with - made of their knit textiles - to create personal & group projects. The theme of my personal project was THE MISSONI FAMILY: portraying the 5 person Missoni family, a family of textiles, a family owned & run business and re*creating the familiar subject of family portraits. *kb

PROJECT.observing.madrid.fur

2009-02-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

FEBRUARY.2009

As the majority of the EDL´09 class is made up of international students just arriving in Madrid, our warm-up project was based on getting to know our new city. Observing new things - different things - that we noticed about Madrid, as compared to other places. One of the things that stood out for me in this new land was that all of the women wore fur coats - something that even a girl like me - from a cold place like Canada isn´t used to seeing! To communicate my observations I created a video. *kb

PROJECT.observing.madrid.fur

2009-02-06T09:43:00.000-08:00

VIDEO.what.is.european.design.labs?

2009-01-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

european.design.labs.09

2009-01-01T08:28:00.000-08:00

JANUARY.2009

I will be participating in the Istituto Europeo di Design's Master Research Study Program "European Design Labs" in Madrid, Spain this year, along with 16 other classmates. *kb