Back before Christmas I was working on a project for Design Directions plus, an RSA competition brief supported by Dott Cornwall. ‘Design for social inclusion; community based design’, The project asks how design could be used to support and empower people who may be excluded in some way, through the process of engagement and co-design. I chose Cornwwall’s housing crisis as a starting point.
I didn’t enter it into the competition in the end for various reasons, but i’d be interested in hearing some feedback on this. Here is the full PDF.
Cornwall’s housing crisis.
How can we open up the debate on Cornwall’s housing crisis in a way that provides a voice for the community?
Cornwall has the biggest gap in Britain between the average house price and the average salary, with house prices 12 times average earnings.
Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian, February 2nd 2008
There are now almost 20000 people on waiting lists for homes in Cornwall & this number is increasing.
Cornwall has a growing population. The arrival and return of people who are able to pay higher prices for homes than the resident population, has resulted in a housing market that is buoyed far above local wage levels. A large proportion of the local long-term resident population cannot afford to buy on the open market and renting is becoming more and more difficult.
The problem of Cornwall’s unaffordable homes will continue to grow. What is needed are homes that local people can afford, local homes reflecting local wages to rent or buy.
Brief: Create a campaign to raise awareness for Cornwall’s housing crisis.
• Raise awareness & gather information in order to inform and encourage dialogue.
• Must be provocative yet responsible.
• Must lead to community action.
• Ambitious.
Vehicle: Mock estate agency,
as a vehicle for co-discovery.
• Using an empty shop to provoke & engage with communities on the housing issue.
• Co-discovery opens dialogue to the highstreet; promoting grants, needs, issues and 3d manifesto for inroads into affordable housing.
• Co-design creates directory for individual members of new housing groups
Cornwall’s housing crisis.
How can we open up the debate on Cornwall’s housing crisis in a way that provides a voice for the community?
“Cornwall has the biggest gap in Britain between the average house price and the average salary, with house prices 12 times average earnings.”Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian, February 2nd 2008
There are now almost 20000 people on waiting lists for homes in Cornwall & this number is increasing.
Cornwall has a growing population. The arrival and return of people who are able to pay higher prices for homes than the resident population, has resulted in a housing market that is buoyed far above local wage levels. A large proportion of the local long-term resident population cannot afford to buy on the open market and renting is becoming more and more difficult. The problem of Cornwall’s unaffordable homes will continue to grow. What is needed are homes that local people can afford, local homes reflecting local wages to rent or buy.
Brief: Create a campaign to raise awareness for Cornwall’s housing crisis.
- Raise awareness & gather information in order to inform and encourage dialogue.
- Must be provocative yet responsible.
- Must lead to community action.
- Ambitious.
Vehicle: Mock estate agency,
as a vehicle for co-discovery.
- Using an empty shop to provoke & engage with communities on the housing issue.
- Co-discovery opens dialogue to the highstreet; promoting grants, needs, issues and 3d manifesto for inroads into affordable housing.
- Co-design creates directory for individual members of new housing groups.
Exhibition Identity: Nuno Sousa Vieira at Newlyn Art Gallery
I’ve just completed an Identity project for an exhibition by Portuguese artist Nuno Sousa Vieira at Newlyn Art Gallery. The show was organised by students from MA Curatorial Practice at UCF & runs until 22nd May. More images to come (when I can find my camera?!), here’s a taster.
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A2 poster, which was also cut down to create 3 different A4 posters & 3 DL invitations.
Publication.