3D design week
our first task was to create a structure that could hold a full water bottle 20cm off the table, as far as resources went we were only allowed 1 sheet of A2 paper and an arms length of masking tape. my initial thought was to make a cube for the bottle to sit on however i quickly realised that this would not be strong enough to hold it up, i then started thinking about a structure that could be stronger than just one sheet of paper by itself, i thought about folding the paper but decided to try rolling small strips of the paper into cylinders, i made 5x20cm long cylinders and taped them all together to create one big cylinder. the next problem i came across was balancing the water bottle on top, by this point i had run out of paper as well, so i just had to go with the task of balancing the water. the picture below shows the result of the task.

our next task was to create a platform to stand on made out of masking tape, packing tape and five sheets of cardboard, i started thinking of designs based around the tube style design i used earlier on in the day. because we were limited on time i just started rolling 20cm high tubes, i made six and they felt very strong, after this arduous task i had to start thinking about how i was going to stand on it. i decided to make a 6 legged table with 3 legs on each long side to effectively distribute the weight. although the legs were incredibly strong, i struggled attaching them to the base of the table top. this became a problem when i tried standing on it, as one of the legs slipped all the others followed and my table was destroyed. the picture below shows the finished product, on its back to show how i attached the legs to the base. i really enjoyed this activity because it was very hands on, however it was very frustrating to see it collapse towards the end of the day.