March 2019

We have recently opened our latest exhibition, Revolution: environmentally conscious design in plastics. It is an exhibition that has been inspired by the devastating images of plastics waste in oceans and streets, and is our way of highlighting the value of a material group that is so easily...

Our Project aim: 3D print and construct a Zoetrope, see our last blog post for our initial plans (http://museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/2019/01/student-creative-a…) fig. 1 - A Zoetrope MoDiP – font of all plastic inspiration The collection at MoDiP has allowed us to see...

When making a pattern it can be interesting to use shapes from real life. The bowl that I used as my inspiration had a lovely bubbly shape to it. At first, for my Final Major Project, I was going to use Lectra - a pattern cutting software - to make the skirt. Then I started playing around with...

The last couple of months have taken me on a journey of discovery, in pursuit of making my heroic doll for paediatric cardiac patients. Recently this has seemed even more pertinent as February has been ‘heart month’ with social media flooded with stories from those waiting on the transplant list or...