Student Coordinator Meetings

In our meeting with Ike this week, he helped uss address a few issues with our project. Our biggest issue was one we hadn't even thought about yet: getting permission to use the North Campus Diag. Ike came through for us, however, by finding out who we needed to talk to and giving us their phone number. Other than that, our meeting was mostly addressing and solving small issues we had. These issues included:

• the amount of time we'd set up our structure for
• how the structure was going to be designed
• what our presentation should consist of, since we plan to build a large, physical structure

Prior to the meeting with Ike, we hadn't made any further changes on our design. Since the meeting, however, we plan to solidify whether or not we can use the diag, come up with drawings and designs for our presentation, and decide whether or  not the floor will be made of plastic sheeting as well.

February 15 Homework

Changes we've made to our project so far:
       Since the beginning of class, our group's project has undergone numerous changes. Our idea started out simple, and laughably odd: to build a giant beanbag chair somewhere to chill on. Revision after revision, though, our idea slowly morphed into something more practical, desirable, and cool. We moved away from the idea of a giant beanbag into a "beanbag lounge" - a coffee shop-like setting made entirely out of beanbag structures. This change was intended to open the experience to a larger number of people. We also spitballed the idea of creating a stage that resembled a tv along with the lounge and to have a group of improv performers who would act out a variety of skits depending on what "channel" the tv was set to. This wasn't enough, though, as we needed a structure to put the lounge in. Kelsey then brought up an idea she had heard of once where a lady ironed pieces of plastic sheeting together to make a greenhouse-type structure. We decided we could do the same, but make the walls/floor hollow and fill them with air, much like a moonbounce. This is the idea we're currently settled on.


Changes I'd still like to see:
       At the moment, there aren't a whole lot of changes I'd like to see done to the idea, but some include a more unique structure design, a way to integrate constantly changing, ambient lights (like fiber optic statues), and a definite location.

Ten quotes

Ten quotes about our prototype:

"The idea is really cool, but the design should be more interesting than the 'igloo' shape."

"I love the colors."

"This would definitely be a fun place to hang out - as long as the weather's nice."

"If it isn't up all year, where would you store it when it's down?"

"The floor should be made of plastic sheeting, too. It could be like a moonbounce lounge!"

"You're going to need to make it big enough to hold a lot of kids if it turns out to be as awesome as it sounds."

"You should definitely design an area for a stage or something. It'd be a hit with weekly entertainment."

"Would it cost a lot to keep it inflated/lit all the time?"

"Is the plastic sheeting going to be an opaque color, or are you going to put up lights? If so, what kind of lights?"

"Won't it get cold in the winter and hot in the summer?"