ID:23 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:10 | Attachments:1 | Finding:24 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50880836850781, -2.0870918295011287 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Friday 30 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

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I was asked if I was OK!
Added to Archive Thursday 14 October 2021
Experienced Friday 30 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.50880836850781, -2.0870918295011287
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Rainy
Themes Beauty Connection Care Community Conversation Friendliness Interacting Safety People Curiosity
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Safety
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A day out in Dudley Time inside passes slow, So we went out for the day, My favourite place to go, The high street in Dudley I'm sure that you'd agree It's not like any other town, There is lots to do and see And there's space to run around There's a playground there Just in the middle of the street And fruit growing everywhere The strawberries taste so sweet There's lots of places for grown-ups Where they like to chat and sit They say 'hello ya right bab?' And then Tarra a bit. There is no need to in When it's black over bill's mother Because should the rain begin The canopy is the perfect cover The grown-ups pick the veggies And call come get some grub We jump down from our climbing trees And head over to the food hub We get the buz back home for tea And get it down our wazzin I look back on the day with glee My Dudley town is bostin. - 1_lR0vzbG74UXCjHggkLA9Xg.png
The meaning behind this gift is composed of three main foundations which are biodiversity, social and enclosure. The box represents the enclosed feeling of the surrounding buildings that you receive when walking down Dudley High Street. The ‘High Street’ gives the impression that the buildings are closing in on you, with very little open space around. The open element of the box is to create an airy space which is what Co-LAB Dudley is trying to achieve and make the atmosphere more sociable for the local people/ community. Therefore, attracting more people to the high street. Conducting research it is evident that the ‘High Street’ severely suffers from a lack of green space resulting in a lack of biodiversity across Dudley. Centrally, located within the box is a rose which resembles the biodiversity and the need for growth amongst the ‘High Street’. The white rose connotes the purity for the future of Dudley High Street and what it could become. - 1_sMdZMZUJNldAWFC5__XccQ.png
With the current High Street, there is very little to entice people to spend their time there. - Untitled.png
More tagged with theme Interacting
Tiny acts of random kindness like picking up a dropped pen for someone else - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
The third Stepping Stone project attempted to design the community kitchen in one of the empty shops on Dudley High Street. We all know that food is an essential factor in our life and eating and cooking the food is not an abstract activity we do, it is part of our everyday routine. In our initial research, we found that many people live alone in compact housing on the High Street. We thought the kitchen connect the residents with society. We decided to make the process of preparing food more enjoyable. As our aim was to grow food on the street wherever possible, we can use these vegetables for the community kitchen. This will encourage residents to come down onto the street and engage with it. This could also be a new experience for the visitors of the High Street. - 1_hvQXOY39qWZ19g07wz8ung.png
Friendliness outside the pub! copy - 210730 1530 Friendliness.jpg
Market people chatting under the shelter - 210730 1530 Friendliness.jpg
The themes I investigated were the Connections, Movement, Routes and Ways. My gift explores those themes through a figurative expression hidden within the structure of the dreamcatcher, allowing for a flexible interpretation by the audience, and to aid the imagination. The structure of the dreamcatcher symbolizes the relationship between the destination and the journey the user undertakes, but while it highlights the importance of the destination, placing it in the centre as the biggest piece, it emphasizes the significance of the journey over the destination in the ratio of one big element vs many small elements. This can be relevant to the High Street, if the connections are thought of beyond the transport means, and can relate to anything from the layout of the landscape of the High Street, to the interactions between the users. The web symbolizes the connections between the pieces, plotting the blue foam pieces around the different lengths of the thread, off the centre where the destination piece is plotted. This is meant to show how the connections can be made in various ways and that there is no set order or pattern, meaning that the movement is individual and the connections are adaptable. The blue foam pieces can be viewed as points or highlights of the journey, or they can represent different ways of getting to, and from the centre, suggesting that the journey doesn’t end with the destination. Another way in which the web can be interpreted is that the small foam pieces are the destinations, the thread is the connection between them and the big piece symbolizes the decision making. - 0_kW-5L8zNDic2CWkq.jpeg
More tagged with type Text
Cheap modern infill - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Language - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Calm, relax, serenity, togetherness - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
Tonnes of historic connections! Lord of Dudley Castle -> St Thomas' -> Dudley Priory - 210731 1330 Connection.png
Children at play - 210715 1600 Happiness.png