After the design festival presentations we had a group discussion about issues we could work on for the project. Design can be used to both high light and solve problems so we were encouraged to discuss issues related to Manchester. It was so easy to talk about the things that are wrong with Manchester, but the hard part it coming up with ways that we can use these ideas to develop a concept for a Design Festival. This seems really out of our reach at the moment, but we'll get there. It was good to get talking and to generate ideas together. We are also going to split into two groups so this discussion was aimed to see who works best together and has similar ideas.
Changing negative connotations of Manchester
- Rough areas
- Bad weather
- Crime/ poverty
- Dangerous
- Miserable
- Concrete city
- No greener in city centre
Making new connections
- Waterways
- Trans-Peninne trail
-Cycling
- Oxford Road too busy with buses, not safe.
Lack of Greenery
- Integrating nature into structure of life/ buildings
- Make people aware of existing greenery
Manchester International Festival
- Exclusive/ expensive
- Brings wider audience to Manchester
Community
- Don't know our neighbours..why?
- Typical Manchester terraced streets- once close knit communities
- Festival that everyone inc local communities can engage in
- Gentrifications in areas such as Levenshulme/ Northenden
Remember: Using Design Solutions to Solve/Highlight problems
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