WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

You will find some examples or precedents of how creative people and organizations are creating and implementing food exchanges.

Precedent research is important to find inspiration for your own designs later in the process. It's important to understand what has been designed and built.

A precedent is a project done in the real world that can be used to help explain some of the ideas that will be covered in the studio or project. 

Precedents generally fall into a number of categories - conceptual, aspirational, and comparable. 

1. Conceptual precedents explore ideas related to the studio through critical analysis of a wide range of largely art-based projects.
2. Aspirational precedents look at the cutting-edge or futurist implementation of technology as related to the studio topic. 
3. Comparable precedents look at new or current projects, often in the marketplace, that relate to the theme of the studio at a design and technological level.

What is a Precedent?

With a partner, pick one of the precedents located in the Resources folder (your teacher may assign one to you)

Using the Internet, find out more details about the precedent you chose. Then create two sketches:

• Sketch: one detail or feature that you find particularly interesting
• Modified Sketch: If you could improve this detail, what would you do?

Add some labels with notes about the project you'd like to share with others

Quickly share with the class what you learned about your precedent

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