ID:313 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:5 | Attachments:1 | Finding:75 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50889899124621, -2.08628569238541 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Friday 30 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Tiny acts of random kindness like picking up a dropped pen for someone else - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
Tiny acts of random kindness like picking up a dropped pen for someone else
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Friday 30 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 27 January 2026
Location 52.50889899124621, -2.08628569238541
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Rainy
Themes Actions Interacting Kindness People Tiny Things
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Kindness
My purpose of my Gift to Dudley High Street is to encourage the users to become involved in the changes that occur in a place they use. The aim is to gain feedback from the users of the game to inform any progress made, this way, the focus of regeneration can come from the users themselves, becoming a collective collaboration. Through the users interacting with each other on the High Street using this game, the presence of users can be recognised, reminding the people of a sense of community to promote and celebrate going forward. - 0_MlRlMpr914pZtyUJ.png
876 Lounge - Music blasting reggae, smiley man gave me thumbs up: 'you alright?' - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
Together, dad feeding birds - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
My gift was created to highlight the importance of connections to Dudley high street through the use of transportation which is key to encouraging people to come and use the high street. The jigsaw shows a map of Dudley with the different types of transport and was made from paper and card. - 1_Axib_mEQmcWlcCObfGr9rg.png
Tiny random acts of kindness like picking up blown away posters - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
More tagged with theme People
By using the courtyard space as allotments, it will create a social hub for the local people and connect it to local businesses and stores. - 1_Vpf99A9HuEdBxMXJ0etfRw.png
These are stepping stones that we wanted to achieve, with a scale of intervention, starting with small changes that could still have a big impact e.g. street furniture. At the other end of the scale is topography, where larger adaptations can be made for what we want to achieve. - 1_aCYWhkx_P64AMPeLQJIBqw.png
Our collective vision for Dudley is to support a creative community that is connected through our internet of things; creating spaces that allow for the collection and redistribution of materials that locals can use to construct products with. Community engagement is central to this design network with local businesses encouraged to get involved in manufacturing. We decided to bring alive this vision through a series of pavilions positioned through the High Street, following a process through recycling, storing constructing and manufacturing. To take this idea further, we allocated several empty units along the High Street to become spaces involved in the open factory, from workshops, educational centres and co-working hubs. Since we wanted to show the journey people would be able to take, we decided to create a storyboard for our final visual. These visuals show how the pavilions could sit in the High Street, starting at the market place, past CoLab Dudley’s base, and ending up at Top Church. We wanted to show how people would be able to interact with these different spaces and navigate between them. - 1_VMp1Jai-Vr7tZ4pe8U752Q.png
Man with cigarette in a open reach van - 211110 1730 Smell.png
The interior of the community kitchen would be inviting and colourful to create a positive atmosphere. The colours were abstracted from one of our group collages of food. The kitchen counters are not considered as a back of house element; they have been combined with seating as we are trying to embrace the cooking process. The kitchen desk is designed in a way so multiple people can work together from all sides, with central storage for herbs. The facade of the kitchen contains a small window so food can be sold outside. We have also created a vertical herb garden so it can be used in the community kitchen. We wanted to keep these below eye-line so people outdoors have a clear view into what’s going on inside. This street section shows activity from the back of the community kitchen to the other end of the street and how all these elements are working coherently. The street is filled more with people rather than cars. We believe that the outdoor seating, more trees, canopies and street lights can attract people to connect with the High Street. - 1_FhlTHeqQ2vTYTBYjPskjSg.png
More tagged with theme Tiny Things
General wind howl - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Tiny litter signs - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
Weeds growing on pavement - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Hoarding knot 18mm - 211110 1735 Tiny Things 2.png
Balcony! - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png