MS2 Assesment2

Festival Research

My chosen festival for my street furniture design is the Primavera Sound Festival that takes place in Barcelona annually. I myself am going to this year’s incarnation, and I went to a ‘sister’ festival in Oporto last summer, therefore I have first-hand knowledge of the festivals aesthetic and therefore what would be suitable design wise at the festival.

Primavera Sound is a major event in the European circuit, and one of the most well-known of festivals that focus on the ‘alternative’ or ‘indie’ music scene. The

Line-up’s mainly consist of acts from the U.S, Canada, the U.K, France and Spain and is a mixture of cutting edge acts and veterans, for example this year’s line-up has established classic bands like Blur and The Jesus and Mary Chain but also more contemporary acts like Animal Collective, Four Tet and Grizzly Bear. Primavera sound attracts an audience that is normally between the ages of 20 to 35, mainly made up of young professionals, students, musicians and artists. From my experiences with meeting people at the Oporto edition last year, festival goers are typically from all over Western Europe (e.g. U.K, Ireland, France, Germany, Scandinavia) and the Mediterranean region (e.g. Spain, Portugal, Italy), on top of this there is a small percentage of festival goers from the U.S.A and Canada.The festival has an artistic leftfield ethos and aesthetic, as can be shown in the examples of graphic design below, there is also an awareness of traditional Iberian styling. From my research I can see that the festival curators would receptive to an installation that has a certain level of creativity or artistry to it, simply something that is meant to looked at as well as providing a simple function.

Primavera Sound Aesthetic:

Materials & Structure Case Study1. Abstract Bench (Hong Kong)

Location: Hong Kong, ChinaMaterials: MDF (main body), Steel (screws, other components)Finishes: MDF have been sanded down and treated to improve appearance, every other mdf section of the bench has been painted black or a deep brown

Manufacture: It is likely that the bench is shaped panels of mdf that have been bolted together, each panel is of a varying size and shape, which when put together results in the shape shown above.Notes: This bench is conceptual and was probably envisaged for artistic purposes, not just public service

2. DUNE Street Furniture System

Location: Lá Defence (Parisian Financial District)Materials: treated pine structure, retified pine side cladding, decking acacia, furniture’s frame in welded steel tubes powder coatedFinishes: All woods treated with insecticide and fungicide, colored sections painted with PU (Polyurethane paint) in

Pink, Blue and GreenManufacture: Parts likely to have been constructed using typical joinery methodsNotes: Excert from architect’s description “Designed on a principle of interchangeable and easily transportable modules, DUNE can be assembled into a larger island or adapted to the neighborhood’s activity. The low and vibrating geography of this modular furniture will insert discreetly into the landscape, leaving the horizon open”Essentially, the furniture is a system of a slope and a series of benches that are of varying dimensions, this allows for the configurment of the furniture to be adjusted according to what situation the furniture will be used for

3. Sharp Solar L.E.D Street Light

Location(s): Japan, IndiaMaterials: Aluminium alloy for body of the street lightFinishes: The Aluminium has been treated so that it is corrosion resistantManufacture: the aluminium body will have been fabricated; the column section will have been extruded whereas the section holding the solar-power panels may have been die-castedNotes: Excerpt from gazmag.com article “they run on sunlight, emit no CO2 emissions, provide an off-the grid source of lighting during in an emergency situation and use efficient LED-based light which tends not to attract insects” The Street lights are an incredibly ecological piece of design, as stated above, and also eliminate issues that arise with typical streetlights.

Bibliographyhttp://www.thenationalstudent.com/Music/2013-03-26/Festival_Preview_Primavera_Sound.htmlhttp://www.gizmag.com/sharps-solar-led-street-lights-incorporate-seismic-detection/9980/picture/52249/