Hello everyone,

we have received another task from Manuela. The selected pictures of Manuela on our Miro board have to be uploaded in the right size.

>>> upload the images in 300 ppi and also they should be more or less A4 size so 210mmx297mm 

(https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/)

It would be great if you could do it as soon as possible 🙂

Have a nice weekend.

Kind regards

Dear Teams,

Ms. Manuela Catania is asking for two lines of description in English for your project.  Since she needs to add on the wall beside the QR CODE.  Please send that to me via my email (benny.leong@polyu.edu.hk)  best before the end of tomorrow (16 March, Tuesday). 

Thank you much for your attention.

regards

Benny

Dear O

Hi Estelle and All,

Here under are the answers for your questions:

(1) Maximum 5 independent pictures/photos for each project team. Each selected picture/photo should be visually impactful and its file size should be sufficient for A4 print out.  (DEADLINE: before next Wednesday, 3 March) 

(2) Each project will require ONE QR code. The QR code should connect viewers to a self-running presentation – a concise version of KISD presentation. (DEADLINE: also by next Wednesday, 3 March) 

(3) Based on the self-running presentation, each team need to prepare a short VIDEO seperately.  Then, we need a volunteer to help to put all short videos together into ONE final video which include the following information:

—[a] the NAME of the collaboration;

—[b] Names and Logos of KISD and PolyU Design;

—[c] a short introduction + time frame of this joint intiative. 

—[d] Names of design, corresponding team members and the project tutors (Philipp, Benny and Stefan).

(DEADLINE: by March 14) 

 

(4) Each group propse one ‘representational’ scent/ spice/flavour for your project (Ms. Manuela Catania will help to purchase and prepare that in Italy). (DEADLINE: by the end of tomorrow, 27 Feb) 

 

Hope that’s clear to you.  

regards Benny

 

Benny and I had a meeting with Manuela from the Biennale today and we kindly ask you to put your diaries on the Miro board as mentioned below, add the one key contact to address for the Biennale – and additionally share max. 5 photos with us where Benny and I could select 1 or 2. Those images will then be exhibited on the walls, with a QR code next to it linking to a self-running presentation (basically your KISD presentation, but shortened). In addition, we would need a volunteer to put the short sequences together, add information (KISD, PolyU, Participants, Time Frame etc) so that it is self-explanatory. It will be shown at the Biennale as well. More info on the miro…

I just left a note on the miro board:

Please all put your Project Diaries (or links) at our presentation board. https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/

We also opened a frame there for some more visual material we ask you to share with us so that we could prepare a short movie of the story of our project (your commensality exercises, visual impressions of your research eg in shops etc.). Task will be this week to find a way with Manuela, the curator, to best exhibit your works.

So would be awesome if you could do this as Benny and I will talk to Manuela on WED morning. Let me / us know if you have any questions!

 

To all: Marius, Estelle and I created new board: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/

Please have a look at it and put your PDF or link to the Google presentation there as we want to share this with the audience afterwards.

Hey guys,

as mentioned yesterday for the introduction of our presentation we need 1 image and 1 sentence that describes the outcome of each group on the miro frame called “FRIDAY PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION”.
By now we are still missing Group, 3,4 and 6. Please post your stuff asap so I can export the frame and see what you want me to say about your project in time!
Thanks.

Also here is the link for the zoom presentation room for tomorrow:
Meeting ID: 898 5376 5886
Password: 956963
https://th-koeln.zoom.us/j/89853765886

OUR PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR 13:55PM (German Time). PLEASE BE THERE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EARLY. 

For everyone that is interested, the other public presentations will already start at 11:00am (German Time).

Also we will have the opportunity to test if the breakout rooms idea is working at 10:00am. So if some of you would be there to try it with us that would be nice. 

See you tomorrow! 🙂

Thanks again for the excellent work and presentations you made last Tuesday, I was very impressed what you achieved in the last week!

Tomorrow at 1300 (Cologne) / 2000 (HK) we will meet for max 2 hrs to clarify some final questions for the KISD internal presentation that will take place this Thursday at 1400 (Cologne). As you know, this presentation will be around 20 mins, Benny and I will briefly introduce the project context and setting and then the groups will share their outcomes. Of course we can invite the audience to go deeper into single presentations (eg on a dedicated miro board). We could also think of giving a 5 mins overview and then inviting the audience (around 100 students) to join one of the breakoutrooms (we could install 7 of them) where the groups could present longer…so this is left up to you guys, but let´s discuss your suggestion including a pre-final draft of your presentation tomorrow.

As Benny shared the “Project Diary” structure and comments with you, this would be your documentation and course report at KISD.

Benny and I would then – around next week – have a look at your submitted work, your visuals and see how this could fit into the setting of the March Biennale in Italy. We will get back to you by the end of February and have a quick meeting ob March 2 with a few of you to clarify opportunities and work to do for the Biennale contribution.

So far for today – see you guys tomorrow!

 

The joint project will center around the challenges and opportunities of the issues of ‘changing habits during the Covid pandemic’ and ‘food value (ecological, economical, social/societal…) which we all are confronting and anticipating at the moment, and still likely to encounter in a foreseeable future.

In this international joint project, students from various cultural backgrounds (gathered from both KISD and PolyU Design HongKong) would require to team up (3-4 persons per group) and respond to the following questions with a critical, provocative design:

  • How relevant are local cultural heritages to the challenges of food production, waste, and safety?
  • How could a food preparing, cooking, or dining experience at home become enjoyable yet meaningful at the midst of (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic?
  • How would such experiences be conducted and promoted eco-friendly, effectively, efficiently, and economically among family members, friends
    and personal social networks?
  • How does digitalization influence the way we prepare, enjoy, and share food/meals, and which new opportunities, practices, and habits emerge?

We will meet every Tuesday at 1200 UTC (1300 Cologne or 2000 HK) – and occasionally on some Thursdays.

Our Miro board can be found here: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kg7u6Js=/

We meet online in zoom at http://zoom.us/j/5504004040  using the code 2020 (new!)

Here we collect all about the team … to get to know each other without physically meeting!

During our project, we have the pleasure of having external experts and expertise in some of our meetings… Feel free to suggest, dive deep into the presented expert(ise), add and contribute.

Those are John Thackara, Dolly Daou, Danielle Wilde, and Elaine Ann.

Dear all, hello Hendrik, Michael, Estelle from KISD, we missed you today and as we just meet once a week joining is crucial to meet with your team – and with us to get the latest news and feedback. Please check with your teammates – and make sure that in each meeting there is one member that can speak for the team.

We suggest that all teams find their individual date before next Tuesday to prepare the work to be shared in the intermediate presentation next Tuesday.

After today´s talk and our following discussions in the rooms with the teams we assume you need to proceed now a bit and expose yourself to practise and deeper investigate your topics on the microlevel by DOING it.

As you might have noticed, we schedule a few “convivial gatherings” that should be convened by the students. It should give you the opportunity to meet and do sth together, sharing an activity, practice something together, prepare a meal, or proceed to work on your topics. This week, only Benny might join as I am hosting a session of Cumulus until 1500 Cologne / 2200 HK so I might join later. Find your way, find your style – next week we will meet again for the second gathering.

As my zoom will be used for my other activity, please use the following coordinates in zoom on Thursday :

https://th-koeln.zoom.us/j/81703847837

Meeting-ID: 817 0384 7837
Code: 060514

Looking forward to meet you latest on Tuesday – and always earlier if necessary. Good to see how our miro board is growing…guess you start to get more familiar with it…

Tomorrow, TUE Nov 10, we will all meet for the first time. So good to see that most of you teamed up in the Miro board. Please try to ALL team up until tomorrow. To improve our collaboration, it would be super helpful if you get a free account (best the education account). This will help us as we then see our names on the board!

We will start tomorrow at 1300 in Cologne and 2000 in HK time. Please all join us via zoom at https://th-koeln.zoom.us/j/5504004040?pwd=MTgvRDE2cDJlUFVXZktaZ0p2VGxodz09

You can always use our zoom room with Meeting-ID: 550 400 4040 and Code: 028838.

So far for some technical information. As you might have noticed in the miro board we will have our first talk tomorrow – by Dolly Daou at 1400 Cologne and 2100 HK time. You might find out a bit about her and her work before the talk – that makes it a bit more efficient. We prepared a frame on the miro board for each talk – feel free to use this!

Benny and myself, we are both very much looking forward to meet our 16 students from HK and 15 students from Cologne. What a group!

Thank you for all the wonderful introductions and the way you started to team up! This is excellent. Some of you already (created and) used this overview on our Board – please check and put your names in there. A few of you used tags to describe a bit of what you can contribute or are interested in – this also helps a lot!

Hi everyone! We are Giulia and Giulia from Italy and we are MEDes student at KISD.

We are writing just one post for both of us since we’d like to work together at this project. This is going to be our graduation project for our bachelor at Politecnico di Milano, so we are expecting to work really hard for this important step in our education path. 

Our skills complement each other, since I’ve studied communication design for the past two years, while Giulia has studied interior design. For this reason we’d love to work on a project which involves at least those two facets of design. Moreover, even if we came from the same university, we have never worked together, so we are looking forward to face this challenge!

In order to relate food with our two areas of expertise we were thinking about reflecting on the physical places where food is usually eaten and how they changed during pandemic (comparison between real spaces and virtual spaces, the role of the digitalization in this process etc.)

If you want to know something more about us and our approach to food you can refer to our presentation posts (Giulia Barone e Giulia Senni). 

We’d prefer to have a team of 4 people, so we are looking for two more participants (at least one from PolyU). Write us if you are interested, we’re looking forward to share our experience with any of you! 🙂

In about a week time (10 Nov, Tuesday), our joint course  “Exploring Urban Food Cultures: Food Homing for Circularity” (by KISD X PolyU Design) will be commenced. 
 
Please take note of the followings for the preparation of the course:
 
(1) The collaboration platforms which the course will be used are……..
[a] KISDspace
[b] a MIRO board. Please visit via here:https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kg7u6Js=/
 
(2) All should visit this KISDspace, introduce yourself and say “HELLO” to all other participants from KISD and PolyU Design a.s.a.p.  Since you will be required to form your project team (mixed with KISD students) well before the course kick-off. 
Hereunder are the basic criteria for team formation: 
*3-4 persons per group
*at least one member from other design school

*at least one member from different discipline or program

 
(3) Please review the updated course document/BRIEF , and particularly the PROJECT JOURNEY section within the document for your preparation.
 

Tonight (at the end of Sep 30) I will close the list as announced…but I guess all did their introductions now…will be keen to go through al contributions tomorrow (Oct 1). Thank you all so far!

So we have the final KISD part if the team now: great to have you all in this project: Alessa, Andrew, Michael, Dominik, Diana, Estelle, Sam, Giulia and Giulia, Hendrik, Janek, Marius and Marcela! And all the other students you are very welcome to join as subscribers and also join some of the talks & lectures!