INDS 430 Kinetic Sculpture Design Fall 2018 Mondays 7:10pm - 9:40pm

 

Instructor:        Steven McAlpine

Phone:             410-455-5885

Email:              mcalpine@umbc.edu

Office:              Fine Arts 002

 

A Brief Design History

Version 1.0, The Kraken Upcycle, won the Grand Prize at the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race in 2015, qualifying the team to race in the national race in California.

Version 2.0, The Kraken Upcycle, partnered with Zipcar in 2016 to upcycle their operator manuals into a beautiful sail and bribes. Kraken 2.0 won the “Golden Flipper Award” in Lowell MA for best water entry.

Version 3.0, Kraken Calamari, was a redesign based on this year’s “food” theme, including a checkered tablecloth, a kraken ketchup bottle, and giant onion rings. Kraken 3.0 won “Best Design based on this year’s theme” aka The Wiener Award (the 2017 race was called “The Best of the Wurst).”

Version 4.0 will build a new kinetic sculpture from upcycled components that could withstand the rigors of the Baltimore Race AND Kinetic Grand Championship.

 

What is “upcycling”?

We will read The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance by McDonough&Braungart (2013) to find out.