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fruit pulp ideas

I wanted to think of different ideas i could use the fruit pulp to make it into a form of the 3D printer, there is two paths i can go down, either I could have it attached to the end of the juicer so it has another action after it as extracted all of the juice from it or I could have it as a separate device that is used once you have removed the pulp away from the juicer.
There are many types of commercial juicers but the one that I am familiar with and most common in the nutrifaster n450 commercial juicer.

it works by inserting the fruit or vegetable in a whole found on the top and you push it down with the food pusher. the fruit is then cut up with the patented 16 blades and the juice is then sifted though the basket and then exits though the juice pan. the pulp is then forced the pulp tube due to centripetal force, I could then have something attached to the end of the pulp tube to 'print' it into a product. 

• My first idea I though of with having the 'printer' at the end of the pulp tube was to have it in away so you didn't have to touch the pulp, I found in the work force that some of the staff members didn't want to touch the pulp they found it rather repulsive to touch and even though it was 100% fruit they wouldn't touch it without wearing gloves. I could design a way so you could  prevent the pulp from being touched or just make it more visually appealing as it dosn't look good when disposed of. 
• I then thought about different was to dispose of it. when it goes though the pulp tube it just lands in a rubbish bin and then when the bin is full it is then disposed of. I was thinking that you could have a divide that squashes the pulp in to blocks so it is easy to stack or arrange. the pulp is soft and very moldable as it holds some moisture. 
• I then thought about different applications to use the pulp, I was inspired by the pulp/resin cup concept and thought that I could extend on that idea, I really liked the use of the cup, work well with the idea that you are using the waste from the juice and pulling it back into the experience,  I feel that people they drink fresh juice are a particular type of people they care about their health and the environment and using the pulp to create a drinking vessel is in a way environmentally friendly you are reusing the remands of the fruit and using it as an aid for drinking the drink. i was thinking of seeing if you could make it even more environmentally friendly and decomposable in the way of making the cup out of ice or even sugar therefore it would be 100% natural foods. The ice would not only hold the drink but would keep it cold, I know that you could use make a cut just out of ice and it could do the same thing but I would think that mixing it with pulp it might slow down the melting process or the dripping process. I would also have to design so form of cover for your hand to make it more pleasurable to hold. The problem with this idea is that you are restricted to the the time to drink it as the cup would met away over time, also as the ice melts they pulp may lack into the drink. you would also have to get the pulp and ice consistence right to have maximum support and melting time. 

• the next idea was to see if it could find a new way to compost with the pulp, I could see if it could find a way to speed up the composting rate. compost works better under pressure so I could design a way to press down the pulp while it is still in the bins so that it is already got the pressure acting on it before it is composted, the problem with this idea is that pushing it down means that there is more room for more pulp to enter which would result in making the bins heavier to move. 
• I also thought of that you could make the pulp into an art piece, when the fruit is mixed up in the juicer every piece is roughly cut up into the same size no mater what type of fruit it is. but as all fruit and vegetables are different colours you you use the pulp to make a decomposing art from making different images out of different fruit and vegetables. this would be an interning and innovative way to decompose the pulp as it you could make a device that could 'paint' with pulp. 

• As pulp is not seen as a normal thing to 'print' with i decided to think out side of the box of how you could apply pulp. One unique idea I had was what there is a strange enjoyable quality with the texture of the pulp so I thought that as it is 100% fruit/vegetables and decomposable so I thought you could make it interactive and have it as kind of a game where a devise you mold the pulp into balls and throw it, this could be an interesting way to disperse pulp across a field that you wanted to decompose the pulp, it would evenly disperse the pulp and and make a interesting way in doing it. 
• The last idea I was thinking about was I really liked the idea of the 'pottery printer' how it was made with no digital input it is make purely by placing the pegs at different heights to create different forms. i felt that I could use this concept and incorporate it with the pulp. I could your this idea in making a cup to drink the juice out of but i couldn't guarantee that the pulp would bound together to make it waterproof. I could use this concept to make and interesting way to dry out the pulp. 

3D printed fruit pulp

I use to work in a juice bar and we use to make Juice out of oranges, apples, carrot ect. it was made by placing the fruit and vegetables into an industrial juicer and the fruit would turn into juice and exit though a funnel, then the left over fibers of the fruit would make a pulp and the pulp would be forced though another hole and fall into a bin below the bench. The pulp would then be unwanted and thrown away and either composted or used as worm farms or feed to pigs.

the shoot which the pulp exits

shoot where juice exits 

I want to think of a way to incorporate the use of the pulp into a 3d printed form so it is no longer discarded as waste., I was thinking either having the printing product at the end of the shoot and have it as the next stage in the proses where it would change it into a product or to use it when you take the pulp away and make it outside the shop zone. In busy Juice bars a lot of pulp is dictated in busy days around about 3-4 bags of pulp is thrown away, So I would have to design something that works with that demand of pulp. 

I felt the next step to do was to research what was already out there with using fruit pulp, most places recommended recommended into weird ways to make it into food such as muffins and mixing in in food or dehydrating it. but I didn't really want to do that, I didn't really like the idea of mixing it back into food, even though it is 100% natural food, it won't seem well designed. I then looked to see if any one had 3D printed with pulp and stumbled upon Eco-cup PriO 

"PriO is a waste-free juicer, which automatically pour freshly extracted juice into the mono-use eco-сups, which it produces himself from the fruit or vegetable pulp with the addition of the resin by using technology of 3d-printing. It makes such package 100% bio degradable and moreover allows to everybody became a designer of their own style of the container." 

This design is so far only a concept and still has room for some to develop on to it. I like the way that the have found a way to think of a way to print with pulp but I don't like the design of it I don't think that it would work as well as it is set out to, but it a good leading point to see what others have though of 3D printing with pulp

Creation of Creators

For this project I have to think of an idea to make a product that will produce a creation, though the idea of manufacturing and 3D printing. I have to think about these ideas; Can you make something that exists in a provocative/better/different/beautiful way? How will it change the current way of making? How will it affect the way of using? 
I felt the first step to finding an idea was to look at what has recently been published to get an idea of the different approaches I could take, 
The first one I found was on Designboom; océ 3-D fine art reproductions 

"built a photographic scanning system which captures high-resolution, three-dimensional images of fine art paintings. through a data-to-print process, canon’s océ group, which specializes in large format printing, has translated the scans into identical reproductions of some of the most recognized and renowned master works." I found this concept very unique as it found a new way to replete famous pieces of artwork it brings the copies to life and gives them more depth and accuracy then any other copy.
I then found 3D printed LEGO wedge completes chipped 

designer greg petchkovsky bended nature with 3D printing by  integrated them inside the volume of the chipped off corner to make it seem as if the block was made from the iconic building blocks. I liked this concept it is short and sweet, taking the flaws in nature you don't even notice and making it so you can see them in a unique playful way. 
The last one I found was on Design Milk ; An innovative catenary pottery printer By GT2P

"The printer was born out of a desire to create standard machines that generate non-standard results by mixing the normal numerical control with traditional material and techniques. It reintroduces the idea that parametric design isn’t necessarily always a digital computation methodology. The pottery printer is an analog machine that uses computational logics and automation processes to form pottery. With the combination of all these factors, the machine can create a variety of objects, from tableware to candle holders to even hanging lights. This pottery printer is more than just a machine—it allows gt2P to speak about parametric design without computers and digital fabrication laboratories." 

I really liked this concept with the fact that even though it was manufactured it still made unique one of a kind objects that couldn't be replicated perfectly, it gave an organic quality with the use of shapes and forms and the uniqueness of each bowl. I also liked the fact that unlike all the other 3D printers it doesn't use digital programing to make the products, its made purely with human interaction. 

shirt photos

Putting it in real life

I decided that next step I should take was to put my models into the real world to show how they would be used. I took my sock to the shop on Cuba street and placed it next to the other sock so you could see the difference between my sock and theirs. how mine could stand alone and look more realistic.

PVA Shirt

after the sock turned out well I wanted to try it on a bigger scale to see if it would work in a larger object, I also wanted to try molding it on a manikin as I found it hard to mold it on my self as I had to keep my self very still for the whole molding process as it became very difficult. I molded a shirt;

I had to do about four coats over the shirt to make it stiff enough to support its self and keep its shape. it required quite a lot of effort to pull the shirt off once the PVA had set but I found that once it was off i could form it back into the shape I had set it into and it held its shape well. 

Examples where my application could be used

I was walking down Cuba street today and I was looking in a shop window at the different displays and how they arranged them to advertise their stock and one of the shop windows court my eye;

The sock was propped up using paper to look like it was being warn. this is the exact reason for my application, if they used PVA to mols the sock they wouldn't need the paper and it would look more visually appealing and more realistic as it would take the actual form of the sock. 

applying PVA to an application

I wanted to see how to apply PVA to a real life application so see how it could be used in the real world. I wanted to push the idea of putting it in clothing to result the clothes to mold into a form you molded it into, I though about the Idea of putting starch into shirts before they are sold so they keep their shape and when the customer takes it home they wash it into its original tactual property. I wanted to take this idea a step further by putting the clothes into its 3D form as if someone it wearing it by socking the clothes in PVA. I felt that its idea could be used as shop displays so you could see how the garment is warn without needing a mannequin or for online and catalog photos so you wouldn't need a model to show how the clothes look in the 3D position. but then to get it back to its wearable state you can just wash it out as PVA is water soluble.
I felt that I should test my idea to see if it would work, I tried with a small garment, a sock;

 I felt I should start with something small as then  could get a feel of how many layers of PVA I would need and know what parts would need more PVA to create the garment to stand alone. I thought a sock world be easy, but I found it probably not the best choice. To get the best result from PVA on cloth you have to prevent the mold from moving and using your own foot as the mold made it very hard to keep it at the same angle throughout the whole molding process. I found it took hours to make the PVA strong enough to stand on its own, I had to do it over three days and 100's of coats, the first day was easy as the PVA absorbed fast and dried fast as their was a grater ratio of cloth the PVA, but when taking the sock off it could not stand alone, it was more like an unwashed sock, had some stiffness to it but couldn't keep a 3D form.
Day two to a bit longer to absorb into the cloth as there was already PVA in the cloth, this time I wasted to see what would happen if I put the PVA/boric acid solution into the sock. I found that it made a thicker paste though the sock, it was more difficult to absorb and dry but it made it stronger, I rubbed it into parts of the sock that needed more support like the sides of the sock and the heal, the part that would take most of the weight and needed the most molding. I found this day harder to take the sock off when it had dried as it had taken its from a bit more. it still couldn't stand on its own but you could see a shape forming.
On day three I found it quite hard to get the sock on as the PVA had prevented the sock to have any elasticity it it. I did about 5 more coats of PVA on the sock focusing on the areas which weren't strong enough to stand alone. Day three took the longest to dry as their was less cloth for the PVA to absorb into but I could feel the sock taking form around my foot. The hardest part came when the PVA had dried and that was to take the sock off my foot. As the PVA and molded around my foot an had given the sock a lot of strength and stiffness and also lost a lot of elasticity it was extremely difficult to remove the sock, but with a lot of careful tugging I got it off and it could stand alone.

As I had to pull it off my foot I feel that it had lost some of its iconic foot shape as I had pulled it at certain parts making them weaker thats why it is slightly wrinkly on the higher parts and also why some of the foot part caves it. this wouldn't of happened it I could some how get my foot out without putting tension on the form. I feel to get this to look perfect as if a foot is sitting inside I would have to have some kind of mold that would easily and cleanly come out of the sock with out inserting tension on it. but as a whole you can see where my would was with curves in the sock like around the toes and the arch on the sole. It also stands alone which is the main point of this application.

Ideas for PVAp

I want to see how I can put PVA into a real life situation and wanted to use the idea of forming it with cloth. When I think of cloth I think of clothing garments and different ways to push that idea;

• The first thought of shirts, and when they are in the store they have starch on them to keep them crisp and to keep their shape. but when you wash the shirt the starch washes out making the shirt more comfortable to wear.
  
  I thought about thinking this Idea further and using PVA intead of starch to create a different quality. I felt that if you soaked the clothing in PVA you could mold it into the shape of someone wearing the garment, this could be used for an avant-garde shop display. Or for catalogs and websites to indicate what the item looked like without using a model and it wouldn't ruin the garment as you could wash it out once no longer needed to keep its shape. 
• another idea I had was to use PVA on one use garments like costumes or gowns, as these garments are one off products you want them to stand out and look unique, so you could use PVA to crate unique forms and shapes to the fabric but still lets you move in the fabric and it will come back to its molded shape. It is also light and breathable to an extent. 
  

PVA experiments.3

I had liked the idea of mixing PVA with cloth and how it could keep its shape when molded into a form, but it was still had moveable and soft tactile properties, so I wanted to see how far I could push this Idea by mixing the solution with different substances and see if they would change the physical properties of PVA acting on cloth.

I decided to see what Boric Acid and Isopropyl Alcohol (100% alcohol) did when reacted with PVA;

I first tried Isopropyl Alcohol, when I poured the PVA pallets straight into the alcohol a reaction between the two products did not occur, I even left it over night to see if it was a slow reaction process but still the PVA did not react with the alcohol. 

I then tried making the PVA react with water then adding the alcohol into the solution, it created a unique reaction, when I poured the Isopropyl Alcohol into the solution the PVA particles reacted with the alcohol and formed little sediments on the top of the liquid.

I then wanted to see what would happen if I socked the cloth into this solution and mold it into a form, I thought that since it made a unique reaction with the alcohol it might change its qualities when acting on the cloth. but I found that it did not change the tactile qualities of the cloth, it was still stiff and held the same shape. 

I concluded that Isopropyl alcohol didn't noticeable change the qualities with PVA acting on cloth.

Next I tried reacting PVA with Boric Acid;

First I tried print the PVA pallets into the boric acid solution and I found that they didn't to dissolve into the solution and bonded together and sat at the bottom of the liquid. So next I poured PVA dissolved in water solution into the Boric Acid and then socked that mixture into cloth and molded it out to see if it it had any noticeable changes. 

But I found just like the Isopropyl Alcohol it did not change the tactile properties of the PVA acting on the cloth, it was still stiff and kept its shape.

I had noticed that over time the PVA pallets that I had put in to solution had softened and enlarged, it had absorbed the Boric Acid and where now soft and stick, I felt that they resembled cottage cheese as they and kept their form and hadn't turned into a liquid state.

I wanted to see if I put this substance in the cloth would it change the qualities, I found it difficult to push the pallets into the cloth as it was thick and sticky, but once in the cloth it held the form well. 

The Boric Acid had changed the physical properties of the PVA and had changed the way it acted on the cloth, intend of socking into the cloth in was more like a paste and and to be painted onto the cloth, it was thick and could be seen on the cloth. I felt that the visual properties had changed as now you could see it and I feel that it is not very visually appealing and to put it bluntly it looks like bird shit. 

In one of the first experiments I did with PVA and water I found out that when you left the PVA and water solution over a long period of time the substance separated making the PVA particles to fall to the bottom making it a thicker substance, I felt that I would try and see if I used the thicker substance with the cloth  and painted on a few coats would it be noticeable diffract when acting on the cloth. 

I found that it had made the Cloth mold thicker and stronger but still had some give to the cloth but would still come back to the form it was molded into, unlike the Boric Acid mold this substance socked into the fabric meaning it gave a cleaner finish and wasn't as noticeable on the cloth as it didn't sit above the cloth.

precedents 311

For this assessment we are required to make a highly resolved and detailed design project. 
I will communicate through form, surface finishes, sounds, lighting and balance with each of these elements offering design opportunities. In this project I will develop an understanding of how to communicate clearly and poetically through these qualities to create a consistent, deliberate and detailed design language. I will analyse the existing markets to isolate issues and opportunities which will form the basis of your design response. This project will allow me to create diverse yet highly resolved experiments. These experiments will include form language, surface/material and interface. This process will conclude with a product which will clearly exhibit (to potential employers specifically) your capabilities and personal style.

 A variety of precedents:
I found that I really liked designing and making kinetic interactive products, ones that can stand on their own and be easily played with with out instructions.
The first precedent I came across was Kinetic Creatures 

I really liked the interactive qualities that these toys had the way the user had to make the toy to use it and could then experience how it worked, it is striped down to its essential components, one of the visual aspects is to see how it works. 

I then looked at Theo Jansen Strandbeest 

Leonado Da Vinci Flying Machine

Theo Jansen Shapeways 3D printed model 

Mine Kafon

wind knitting factory



"'Wind Knitting Factory' is a wind-powered knitting machine. The blades embrace more than a meter in diameter, and the wind caught by them powers the machine. In this way it is possible to knit a long scarf. When it is windy the machine knits fast and with less wind, the machine knits slowly. Occasionally the knitwear gets 'harvested' and transformed into scarves. Every scarf gets a label that tells you the date and time on which the wind made it. This mobile wind factory illustrates a production process and it visualises what you can produce with the present urban wind."