We ran a bespoke workshop for young people about product design. Students aged 16-24 worked over two days to create their own unique furniture designs, by going through the whole design process, following the “Kidesign Rocket” model – Fire (discovering the project theme/user), Foundation (setting the project brief), Fuel (idea generation), Form (designing concepts), Finish (presenting the outcomes). The amazing V&A design collection served as a fantastic inspiration some very innovative student designs. Due to a large amount of unique chair designs in the 20th century gallery, each student ended up designing a chair for a different user (pre-school child, teenager, student in a university dorm, young professionals in a shared flat, a young married couple and an elderly couple). Here are some of their designs:
