Movie - Starting Steps

The very start creation of the movie our group is producing, this is the very beginning one I have mocked up as my task for the holidays. It is starting to show the idea of this being the initial market and tracking the progress of this paper.

Our group is doing the marketing of the market and producing a video of this is an important documentation for everyone to have.

Lecture 6 - Prototype Market

Prototype Market:

Our presentation Feedback from Teachers:

- The entrance needs to be clearer, where is the "start" of your market and where is the direction people go?

- We should be in a better positioning, where is the first point of contact? The top of the stairs. This is where we should be for our market. 

- Dropbox for books at the end of the market so that we can re-use them

- Video somewhere else as well? SO when people are waiting to come into the market there is space for them to stop and watch the pre-video of the market

- Make the most of the space we have at the top of the stairs

- Really use our positioning to take charge of the flow of our space

We moved our display from this critique:

Reflection on our market:

Our market went really well, we have a good concept and I filmed a lot of clips from around our market to put into a short video to display.
From here we will develop our booklets and I will develop the video together
We will also need to develop more signage etc.

TASKS FOR EACH MEMBER:

- Kate - 20xbooklets
- Zoe - 20xbooklets
- Laya - 20xbooklets
- George - 5xwasted signs on news print + 10xarrows on newsprint
- Kristen - Video made up with optional 10 booklets if possible

Each booklet has 6 leaves of paper, or 7 if including a bubble wrap cover, 16 pages are needed for the entire book which must all be written on.

Prototype market

We came prepared with

• the abandoned materials/wasted banners I made
• the booklet kristen made
• a wasted sign (on newspaper) that george made

Which we set up by the entrance to the market room itself, and also started up a timelapse inside to film the prototype market.

We were made aware that people coming up the stairs wouldn't now exactly where to go, and that we should make use of the whole area at the top of the stairs. (Also to research The Welcoming Party, think about colour/props/music?)

In order to use the space better, we moved the table with the booklets to directly at the top of the stairs, and hung an arrow and the origami wasted sign on it; put the newspaper wasted sign and another arrow on the wall up the stairs, as well as an arrow pointing right to the entrance (where we left the abandoned materials banner). 

The table with the booklets is also right by the exit door, which means people can hand us the booklets when they're done to be reused for new people coming in. This also made us think about how we could use the number of booklets to dictate how many people enter the market at one time. Would they go in a group? Would that create a bottleneck and what would we do with those people - maybe they can sit and watch the video of the prototype market/ people making things while they wait.

When people from the other markets came around to look they generally came up to me (I was the only one at the desk at the time) and I explained our booklet and then directed them in the direction they should go in. Everyone seemed to think the booklet was a good idea and they liked it. They also really liked the sign on the wall up the stairs. Some people just ignored me and walked around the corner but they followed the arrows, so it was clear at least?

Then I went to look at the other markets. They were generally a lot less cohesive - I wasn't sure where to walk in or if there was a specific entrance (especially on C floor - I didn't even realise there was something in the pit), and some of the groups weren't really engaging, I wasn't sure if they were a stall or just a group sitting discussing things. I think it helped for us having a smaller space rather than being really spread out. Some of the individual stalls were good though - I particularly liked the terrarium happy place, the choose-your-own-adventure game and the dentention one (though I didn't actually participate because I couldn't think of a story to write). Some of the simpler things like playdoh and drawing on things were nice too, though could be made a bit more interesting somehow.

Then we got together and discussed what else we should do, and what to do over the holidays

Banners

I made two banners for the prototype market - I was originally going to do posters for advertising it, but since the market is only for people doing this paper we don't need to do that.

-some people were talking about naming the market Wasted? which seems cool, though I assumed it was going to be called Abandoned Materials. I made one of each.

-origami letters made of scrap paper


-cut out letters filled with srcap paper/rubbish/etc

Lecture 5

To do today:

- Figure out currency 

- Meeting with everyone

- Group discussion

- President analysis 

- Group time

- Rep Meeting

33 - Making the pallet's furniture. Building and using furniture. 

34 - Coffee - informing the people about the entire process of coffee - using waste from coffee for furniture or to plant further. 

36 - Using cardboard - to interact with people to pick a plant and plant a plant in something recycled - use their coffee grinds as their soil. 

37 - Interactive display with a leaver hold down - connected to abandoned materials

38 - We would like to do the marketing and welcoming to the market, for this you cannot market out of the paper

39 - Zine team - looking at the waste of paper - people sitting down and making zines

40 - Different ways to re-purpose glass - giving a second life to these jars

41 - Making paper and create pencil holders

42 - Glass bottles turning into cups

44 - Use juice with recycled / old fruit - then collaborate with other groups and then give it away.

45 - Using recycled materials

46 - Looking at card and paper

47 - interactive display

Our group to do:

- Make a time-lapse slide 

- Fast paced video of the entire market 

- Booklet when entering the market 

- Uniforms

- Socialising the market

- What is the over-arching vision for the market?

Plan for next week - 

Prototype market 

Committee meeting - 11.45-12

Wasted - Market 

Commodity precedent slide

(Kristen took/added the top photos, Kate took the recycling bin photo)

What happens to paper recycled in NZ and What do recyclables become? both say junk mail/magazines generally are recycled into new magazines, newspaper, egg cartons etc. Which is generally done overseas.

Junk mail reusing things:

Junk Mail Press - a kit to pulp and press junk mail into paper bowls
Paper fire bricks - fuel for fires made of resued paper
Crafts - a whole lot of crafts to make out of junk mail
Homemade kitty litter

Waste streams + Prototype market developments - Homework post meeting

Waste-streams:

Looking at the constant waste stream of junk-mail and rubbish. I documented the process which I personally do on a regular basis with all of the other pairs in my building.

Starting with collection, I collect the junk mail from the mailbox:

Then read and look at it,

It has now served its purpose and I put it in the rubbish

Which gets put into the dump bins which end up in the Wellington landfill.

Prototype market developments:

For our group project I am in-charge of developing an initial prototype idea for the booklets which we will handout at the beginning of the market. I have created a book using all types of paper and card/material that is in my rubbish bin. It is all abandoned material which could actually be used more.

This book starts with the name of the market and on the second page has a map then goes onto throughout the book name and write a small section on each of the exhibitors. They are all outlined in the map with their location and a number which can be referenced by looking and reading further into the booklet.

Here is my prototype for this:

a small brainstorm I made during our meeting today.

Group Meeting - Monday 15th August

Kristen, Laya, Zoe, Kate.

Looking at what we are doing - 

Marketing, what would we do for the prototype market?

We could do a mood-board with all of the aspects of the market we will be using.

- posters
- marketing desk
- Uniform
- Brochures / maps?
- booklet: how to other teams stuff

What we want for next week:

To have a plan for our stall and idea. We would like to do:

Booklet - Map, then how to create other stalls things/what its made out of. Kristen
Posters - Laya - to advertise the event
T-shirt/uniform - Kate
Map - entire map for event - Zoe
The entrance way - a concept for people to walk in / an arch type thing? - George idea

Researching waste stream:

Where does old booklets go/brochures/magazines.

Researching our own waste streams = where does our waste end up?

Everyone is going to post our own waste streams in terms of advertisements/booklets/junkmail and where these things end up.

THIS IS DUE TOMORROW.

Lecture 4 : Class discussion

Each Groups Ideas
33 - Furniture for market
34 - A coffee experience
35- The Board?
36 - ... (don't know yet)
37 - Collecting / repurposing labour
38- How too guide for all the products in market / board / advertising.
39 - Recycled paper sketchbook
40 - Beer bottles / planters
41 - Paper making (Interactive)
42 - Pencil extenders
43 - Beer bottle glasses / flutes / coin cans
44 - Food / drink
45 - Experience / interactive
46 - Paper making
47 - Abandoned thoughts and ideas (interactive)
48 - Weeds out of pot plants

Sub categories

Paper
39 , 41 , 46.

Experience / Interactive
37, 45 , 47, 33 .

Board / Marketing
35, 38.

Food and Drink
34, 33 , 44.

Products
40 , 43 , 42 , 36, 48.

For the prototype market:
If we did marketing do a quiz at the end to see how well our advertisement/ decor was seen and how the layout could be improved.
The prototype does not have to be successful it could fail we just need to have room for improvement.

Possible Ideas for the booklet:
Could easily paint paper and re use it. Would be easy to hand craft.

Lecture 4

Team Meeting:

Next couple weeks plan -

-> Have an idea in our team to pitch that we would really like to do.
-> For next week have set what we would like to do so that we are ready for the prototype market in week 6.

For our "product" should we have a webpage with further information??

Think about a group timeline.

Where we will have our space - choosing where, internet/power needed? How much room? Interactive what do we need?

Thinking about structures - As a collective what structure would we like?
Make sure on slides they are getting too 'wordy' use diagrams and images.

Communicate, share the project blog, think about file management, doodle poll - for meeting up, facebook group with entire stream?
Spreadsheets for organisation.

Team strategy meeting: 

What structure our group would like - 3 groups running and then communicating freely with selected members from each of the making groups.

The currency:
Free with optional koha.

Meeting collectively with other groups:

We decided that this is how we will organise with each teams having set aspects to focus on collectively.

For Next Week:

- Full in next slide show
- Think where as a group we want to be placed in the market and where we would like to be.

Lecture 3 - Homework

Group post on stream powerpoint:

Explaining the structure we had to research, examples and a diagram of what the structure is.

Abandoned Material - Research

What is an "abandoned material"?

- Abandoned places
- Abandoned animals
- Rubbish
- Recyclable goods thown away - not recycled.
- Disposed of
- Burned
- Accumulated, stored or treated

Abandoned:

Something that has been deserted or left, un-inhabited.

Materials:

A matter, information or ideas used, an object.

Together by definition:

Something that has been left, either material good or an idea or plan.

Google as an Adhocracy organisational System

"Dedication to experimentation and thinking outside the box unify the organization. Success to an adhocracy means staying on the cutting edge while maintaining status as an industry leader."

To remain as one of the most powerful companies on the planet google rely on an adhocracy organization system. Their system emphasizes change and create direct social links within the firm.  The benefits of this system are shown as google continues to expand and profit. 
Openness is achieved through the matrix organizational structure. Within Google’s organizational culture context, employees feel free to give their ideas and opinions. Innovation is at the heart of Google. Every employee is conditioned to contribute innovative ideas. In this organizational culture, the firm also favors smart employees who strive for excellence. In addition, the company supports employee involvement in projects and experiments. The overall ambiance at the company’s offices is warm because the firm’s organizational culture maintains a small-company-family feel, where people can easily talk and share ideas with each other, including CEO Larry Page. Thus, Google’s organizational culture supports excellence in innovation through sharing of ideas and capability to rapidly respond to the market.

http://panmore.com/google-organizational-structure-organizational-culture

http://www.mascontext.com/issues/3-work-fall-09/workplace/

Organisational Model research

Innovative/project/adhocracy ​(more fluid or dynamic structures that emerge and dissolve around specific project tasks or requirements for expertise)

Adhocracy - a form of organisation that is fluid and adaptable, and is defined by a lack of structure. From the root ad hoc which implies something temporary, specialised and dynamic. People from varied backgrounds work together on a specific task force/committee that is formed for a particular task, and once the task is complete they disband, and will possibly create new groups with other people in the organisation for new tasks that arise.

"Adhocracy is characterized by an adaptive, creative and flexible integrative behavior based on non-permanence and spontaneity. It is believed that these characteristics allow adhocracy to respond faster than traditional bureaucratic organizations while being more open to new ideas" (source)


Types of adhocracy

• task force: a temporary structure formed to accomplish a specific, well defined task that involves a number of organisational sub units, which disbands once the task is complete.
• committee form: a committee facilitates bringing together many varied inputs including task forces, is established to oversee critical functions. used to bring perspectives from throughout the organisation into 'top level' decision making. (it almost seems like it still is part of a normal hierarchical structure..)
• source

The Creative Culture (Adhocracy)

New companies/organisations in the industries wanting to foster entrepreneurship and creativity, and a creative vision for the future. For businesses that are innovative and need to adapt to the ever changing market and culture. These organisations want new structures within the organisations, emphasising "organized anarchy, and disciplined imagination [to] create high levels of unique forms of collaboration."
"They have been characterized as “tents rather than palaces” in that they can reconfigure themselves rapidly when new opportunity (or alarming challenges); perhaps greater, unique prospects arise. A major goal of an adhocracy is to foster adaptability, flexibility, and creativity. It is not uncommon for uncertainty, ambiguity, and information overload to occur."


An example of an adhocracy: the Apollo 13 space mission. Leadership changed regularly and often unpredictably, and there was no clear structure of the communication or control system.
During the flight, both the astronauts in the space capsule and those on earth supporting them were not organised in a static way. Different problems required different types of people and teams, and different leadership. This structural form allowed teams of experts to function effectually and collaborate effectively with other teams. Decentralising certain decision making allowed them to master highly complex projects. 
NASA's entire Manned Space Flight Centre is an adhocracy: the formal structure changed 17 times in its first eight years. Printing any charts recording the organisatonal structure was impossible because they changed so rapidly. Lines between jurisdictions, precedents and policies were temporary, and titles/job responsibilities/department alignments often changed weekly. In order for it to work they had to have very detailed checklists and manuals for every possible situation - even for decision making itself - for everyone to follow, because there was no set leadership.

(source)

Some other companies with adhocracy cultures are Google, IDEO, Genentech, Menlo Innovation..


"While the design has experienced some growing pains transitioning away from decades of a bureaucratic tradition, the results are very promising thus far and have resulted in more timely actions in relation to non-emergent situations, greater responsiveness to citizens, organizational success, better decision-making, and leadership development of personnel within the organization who in turn are capable of accepting roles with a greater scope of responsibility." (source)


(from the PDF given to us: Bennis proposed that in our changing world we would need to develop “new temporary systems, formed to work on problems.” These systems would allow us “to focus on things like peace, traffic, or what have you, and to develop these task-force temporary systems…”. Most interesting is that these systems are fluid and dynamic: “When the problem seems to get less interesting, less potent, less salient, and possibly even solved, the members of the team, this temporary system, dissolve and return to their own departments, or form new teams.” These temporary systems don’t attempt to know everything in advance and prepare for any possible outcome with rigid and risk-averse processes, but rather can help us to “adapt to changing conditions” and “remain responsive to what is going on out there” (Bennis, 1969))


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Waste Streams research:

A big report about wellington waste here;
The main materials going into landfills are: organics (28%), timber (13%), paper (11%) and plastics (10%). 
Some organisations that reuse food waste: kai-to-compost (for businesses), Kaibosh (delivering surplus food to those in need), Kai Cycle (food scrap collection service, goes towards compost for community garden).

Sustainability trust has a variety of resources to do with waste streams and reusing things, like a curtain donation bank, electronics recycling, lots of resources about reducing waste.

The misprint co making notebooks by reusing paper - if we want to do something with paper there's heaps of paper around massey

Lecture 3

Presidents form of currency, trade, time/labor and gifting: 

Brainstorming as a collective we looked and investigated what types of currency if any we would like as a team. 

Our team decided we liked the idea of someone bringing some Koha/donations optionally but all up we did not want to detour people from coming to our market place so would rather have people come if they would like or were walking past, instead of having to go out of their way to get what is needed to be allowed in.

Brainstorming as a group some ideas we can present at the market/what our 'thing' could be:

Further president analysis: For next week - 

- Analyse structures of an organisation - how could structures work and how is best we do this.

- Research abandoned materials, what are abandoned materials and how are they defined? 

Lecture 2 - Homework

Submitted google form with blog address.

Finished filling in slide with our mission comment and blog address:

Presidents - Systems of exchange:

We have looked at our research of different trades and have decided to go with Kate's idea discussing the pixel trade project - slide below:

Research into immaterial goods which we could trade at our market:

Pinterest ideas -