BEER

hey guys whats happening about the beer/ party/ opening in berlin. What night will we do it on the 16th or the 17th whens the press view? we could just take some of the offficial budget and invest it in the local aldi. or is anyone currently sleeping with a beer company executive or off-license proprietress?

Berlin Update

Hello all just to fill ye in on the general group and car plan:
1. CAT and BASS Fiat Panda and a big tent built onto the back
2. TOM and HENNY Mercedes 190
3.FINN and SIMONE Bedford Rascal mini van
4. ALEX and YOTA VW Golf Mk 1
5. JENNIFER AND LILLIANNA Renault and the bench
6. JOHNATHON and MARKUS Volvo 740 estate

Gabi,

Is this the kind of carlight you had in mind?

B W

Press Image

Here's the press image as it stands.

Any objections or suggestions?

6 cars fill the space grand

epecially with a couch, canoe and a big tent too!

last chance

hi 8

we are getting 700 sq metres of cardboard. this is enough (with a bit over) to build 7 cars. is this ok. it takes 3 people to build a car. better spend more time making 6 beautiful and well made ones than 12 sloppy ones......? (i think)

am confirming this tomorrow.

unfortunately due to time issues we can't have white both sides. Only found this out today. we can have white one side and brown one side. this is our only option.

board will be delivered on the Friday before and we can start to build on the sunday.

fireproofing is being dealt with. I think our sponsers will supply this too us for free too.....they are really nice

Stop! Do not attempt to move this card

INTIMACYCITY

well after all the fuss over the name it was there all along!
Regarding electronics the concluision of this morning's meetings was : each car will be provided with a set of sockets by me but after that your on your one. if you want something get it yourself. Hannes has also confirmed uk tvs will work over there so thats cool.

Choose YOUR car and PARTNERS

1.Opel Kadett "e" 3-door hatch
2.Rover 216 (Get it quick we have i have lovely blueprints)
3.Bedford Rascal mini van (Finn and Simone)
4.Volvo 740 estate (Marcus and Johnathon)
5.fiat panda (Bass and Cat)
6. Renault 5 ( there is lovely blueprints for this too put your name down pronto)

reserves:
renault 5
Vw Golf Mk 2 ( maybe this should go in ?)
Nissan Prairie , Its much bigger than the other cars but is great its efeclticly shaped like a brick with a wedge cut off the front. so ugly its beautiful


im definitly sure that the first 3 cars are perfet for the job and would really recomend them. what do ye think?? any additions. the opel is the only german car there but i think the berliners would apreciate it ( it realy is a pice of shit we used to have one and we had to push it every morning in winter to get the fucker started!)

is there a title picked yet?

what do ye think of just this one? i was trying to
match the colour to the tape

Meeting on Tuseday

Hi all,
We have a Berlin meeting with Hannes on Tuseday morning at 10.00.
Be there.

Carrrrrrrrs!

Museum Boijmans Rotterdam

charity shop crawl

I am interested in collecting some of my items for the exhibition from charity shops. If anyone is interested in going on a charity shop crawl some time this week, leave a comment.

To do BERLIN

- Car Models (existing cars) 6?
-- Do we do headlights, Who is in charge?
-- We make the side of the car curved?
-- Car selection has to be fast so we can make proper fold outs (FINN).
- Finn how is the electronics going, ask someone to help you if necessarily? Its cool hannes is going to sort it out at the tuesday meeting, (finn)
- Name: Platform acht, Marketplatz ???
-- Press release is ready, Invitation, image?
-- German and English press and contact address list.
- What do you think about the line floor plan?
- Alex and Tom, do you provide a route Planner for the trip?


- Flights and van is arranged

makes me think, what do we want to say with a car boot sale where the cars have no wheels?
also I prefer our cars to be existing models and not only a stereotype shape.
hope you all found your eggs. happy easter.

Wheels or no wheels

Here is a great example of a car with and without wheels.

(enyone interested in a pair of aluminium Smart wheels? They are in a good condition and make your Smart look like an Italian racer)

a sketch...a thought

an inivite?

what do we name this baby...

considering that we are trying to describe an unofficial economy that feeds off of the greater economy, and looking back at the alternative name for car boot sales being flea markets, I offer gold, silver and

PARA-SITE

(also if you look para up it can mean type of city)

we could also go for PARASITE PLATZ

Details of the car and floor lines

Look at this. Wouldn't it be better to not detail the cars to much. Everybody might use a other part of the car to detail for his exhibition. So does it realy matter what brand of car we present. If you take a car and draw the basic contour this should do enough. As an Idea for detailing I like the Idea of Gaby to get ourselves headlights for the car.

And what about the floorplan. This drawing might not be in the right scale but is sure does give an impression of what lines can do. Like football, basketball, whatever lines.

Please coment!
Bas

Accommodation in Berlin

The cheapest available accommodation that I can find is with Circus Hostel, as the Generator, which is cheaper but is book up.
Below is the cost over the 10 days period.

I will book this if it is all ok with you lot!

Grazi Platforma bella

Indeed Finn, Milan was sure a great place to have seen. To bad it was spoiled by a some kind of Furniture fair. Most interesting things there by far were the duomo, the food, the park at the sunny days, and Tom Sachs. For all who missed the last one I managed to get some images of his incredible marine ship. The Whale and all the other stuff was also very very impressive.

ciao

O ja; http://www.tomsachs.org

v5 finns edit of toms very nice edit of catherine and bass edit

Introducing 12 students from the Royal College of Art, London. Platform8 is from Mexico, Japan, Ireland, England, Denmark and The Netherlands. There is one common thread linking the students in Platform8, an aversion to homogeneity and a celebration of diversity. They strive to question the role design can play in society.

Their car boot sale is presented as a counter-balance to the increasingly corporate, impersonal high street. A place where people gather together, coffee cups in hand, to bargain for an eclectic collection of objects. The informal structure of the Car Boot Sale provides an ideal setting from which Platform8 individually present their wares. 6 full size cars (re-created in cardboard) will provide the boots, bonnets and roof’s on which to show the groups designs. Come and have a look, and get a bargain idea for free.

ps mum says polystyrene cups are bad

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press text: COMMENTS PLEASE

INTRODUCING PLATFORM8 at DESIGN MAI 06
12 students from the royal college of art in London. Representing a range of cultural backgrounds, which contributes to a diverse design approach, platform 8 look for alternatives to design as we know it, questioning the role it can play in society.

From common experiences of living and exploring the metropolis of London and amidst the hectic pace of the city they have discovered the informality of the car boot sale. A place with a variety of people and objects. A weekly event to gather together, polystyrene cups of coffee in hand, and bargain over an eclectic collection of products. A coming together as an alternative to the highstreet. At DESIGN MAI they present CAR BOOT SALE.

exhibition names

some more suggestions for a name.

1. 8platz
2. bricolage - this means 'construction or creation from a diverse range of available things

other things I was thinking about are

1. design what
2. on the edge of things
3. marketplatz
   

last night in milan - i have (somehow) managed to delete all other photos of the trip except these!!

Ciao Tutti

Hey p8 a quick hello from stansted , a beautiful area located about 50 minutes north of london. (its really worth a look if you have some time to kill). Anyway just wanted to say "god wasnt milan great, and get your photos on the blog" ok c u in bout 2 weeks
ciao bellas

enjoy milano

Where all good designs go...

heuston...

we have a problem. simon from AV has refused to give us any audio visual equipment. he says he doesnt want his equipment leaving the college let alone the country. SO we improvise. we dont need that much stuff. aperanly uk tvs dont work on 110v german electricity. im going to contact hannes and see if he has any contacts there. as for lamps and lighting i dunno yer but let me know if you have any ideas. ok c u in milano

cars look good in this space

name of exhibition

Hey P8.

I really think we CAN come up with a better name. OUT OF THE BOOT sounds very obvious and doesn't say much else about us. i don't think we have to make a pun on boot or car. can we think again???

One Pound Turbo Market @ Tate Modern

relevant:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/musicperform/ubsopeningsthelongweekendfuturistfriday5597.htm

Scary prices for accommodation

This is the price if we were to stay stay in the Circus Hostel.

Add your stuff to list by tuesday 4th april at 2.00.

DVD Player

Digital Projector

Old School TV

Speakers Amplifie

Sockets

Cable (in metres

CD Player

Lamps

Kettle, polystyrene cups, tea/coffee

PC blog

Empty suggestions

Empty suggestions

Finn

1

0

1

1

4

6m

1

0

Henny

666

?

?

?

?

?

?

Simone

0

0

0

0

4

0

4

Cat

0

0

0

0

3

3

Bass

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

Alex

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Tom

?

?

?

?

2

?

1

Yota

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Jennifer

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Johnathn

1

0

1

0

?

?

?

Lillianna

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Markus

1

1

1

1

?

?

?

Group

1

1

2

5

1

1

Total

150m

1,200

1

accomodation & ticket costs

Hey girls and guys,

We need to sort our costs out today!!! Zoe is not sure about the College paying for our exhibition so we need to ask Hilary. Best thing is to show her a full qoute with exact numbers. Now we need to figure out the costs for accomodation. The tickets for all of us are (today's Ryanair prices, 3rd april at 4pm) 365,39 GBP.

Liliana got some quotations of hostels and there totals are 1093,00 euro's and 1134,00 euro's, that is 763 and 792 GBP.

So the total so far is about 1157 GBP.

I need

...a DVD player, TV or a projector and speakers.
I thought I publish it here so anyone with similar demands can share or work togheter.

Decided

The following things are decided:
• White cardboard
• Green tape
• Name: Out of the boot
• Six cars
• Triangle pole inside role cabine construction.
• We ordred 700 m2 Carboard (175 planes of 2x2 meter)
• Main driver ALex + For the way there Henny and Finn and for the way back Bas and Catherine
•
•

What we need to do:
• Get yourseelf a partner to p[resent in and on your car with
• Test build construction with cardboard next week (cardboard is ordred)
• Book flights (Henny will arrange that)
• Make reminder paper for visitors to take from the exhibition
• Make mailing to send digitally to press and contacts
•
•

If there is more, please add.

Monday Meeting

We meet at 2.00 in the afternoon in the small canteen To discuss all the things from the blog.
Check it out or let me know before 2 via mail.
http://platform8.blogspot.com/
Bas

On the program for today

• Decide on a name
Is it Designboot what I hear the most?
If you don't agree, what's your proposal.
+ decide the colour of tape
• Select seven Car models to make linedrawings of
• Deside on the amount of cardboard
• As we don't have space for 12 cars we have to work
together so find yourselve a partner.
• Make up your mind and tell Tom what you are going to
take to berlin to show.
• Also make up your mind on what Electrical equitment you
need like lamps, projectors, audio, whatever and give
your list to Finn.
• And decide on Graphics.
I vote for the Marcus picture with green.

If you don't vote or give your information on time we will do this for you
And I am not sure if you will like this!!

If you have more, please Add.
Bas

or even...

similar

black and white red and green...

what do you think?....

card board cut out cars...

wow markus!

these are both good images. However, they are not graphics. I was wondering how the rest of the platform were feeling about that point or are they cool?...

publicity

try 2

Here is two suggestions for an invitation. Just a sketch but a proposal...
The light is nice and I really like the pictures

WITH 5 CARS

some people have said they would like 5cars, so here they be...