Scottish toast vessels
This project was developed as a significant part of my Thesis entitled, “Tools for the Urban Player.” Here, I used my chosen observational methods of photo-documentation, note-taking, repeated visits to a site, and rapid prototyping and reiteration, all the while prioritizing material exploration. I aimed to work within the areas of social design, community design and convivial design in order to give the “Urban Player” more agency in expressing personal creativity, and to open the audience’s perception to the myriad possibilities found in remaking and repurposing. I embarked upon this project while remaking and repurposing within a site-specific context: the fountain at California College of the Art’s Oakland campus. I designed a series of multi-spout drinking vessels that allow for the users of the fountain to partake in a celebratory toast, as indicated by the fountain’s inscription: “Here’s To You in Water: A Scottish Toast.”
