Tim Henry

Hi gang,

I've been taking my time thinking long and hard about project concepts. Here are 2 that I would like you're reactions to pronto. Cheers. T



1.How the Hell did that get made!?

I am frequently stunned and amused by badly designed products and graphics. I find myself desperately wanting to know who was responsible and why they made the choices they did, and who gave their design the green light to go public?
I therefore propose a project where I act, effectively, as a detective and track down individuals responsible for these ‘design crimes’ and interrogate them about their choices and motives. I believe the documentation of my detective work and subsequent interviews could form the basis of an interesting project. What do you think? Please give me your comments and suggestions asap and feel free to be as critical as you want.



2.Every Stop

Although we all live in London we all tend to stick to well worn routes and areas and in fact only see a minority of the city we live in. For example: the area around College, the area where we live, Central, and perhaps the areas around the major galleries. But besides that there is a vast majority of London that we tend to never see in our average weekly lives, or even never at all. I have been thinking about how I could take these thoughts and translate them into a project and I think I have the start of something potentially very interesting. The idea is to go to every stop on the London underground map. All, get this, 275 of them! I think there’s definitely an interesting hook to hearing that a person has been to every stop but the question now is how would I take it forward into being a project with an interesting piece of design or communication at the conclusion? Please can you give me your thoughts asap?

I prepared this supporting image as a visual aid to my point. This is my average weekly tube map.