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2009 Annual Design Review
Student Work
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Design Distinction
RECOMPUTE
This working desktop computer features a standard motherboard, hard drive, and power supply, all friction fit within a cardboard housing. Wireless adapters and external hard drives can be plugged and unplugged into USB ports. While the average desktop case contains more than 150 parts, which take more than 300 processes to manufacture, Recompute uses 12 die-cut patterns, 40 square feet of cardboad, and 6 ounces of glue. While Coombes expressed concern that the cardboard might not be durable enough to house a computer’s dangerous cadmium and mercury innards, the jurors were unanimous in their enthusiasm for this student’s ability to take a pervasive product and think—literally—outside the box.
Design Brenden Macaluso
(University of Houston, Houston)
PRATT INSTITUTE 2008 YEARBOOK
Pratt: An Institute of Modesty and Convention is part yearbook, part anthropological case study. The students based the book’s design on information gleaned from a survey of student and academic life, grouping it into categories such as Habitat and Migratory Patterns. “It was funny, interesting, and well-researched,” said Duplessis, who copped to being biased as a Pratt alum. He also loved the “throwback design.” Coombes and Moorhead were less excited about the retro ’50’s vibe, but agreed that it was nicely executed. Professors everywhere will appreciate the list of “Worst Excuses Given to Teachers”—one answer is “fleas.”
Design Ellie Clayman, Elizabeth Dilk, Andrew Kay, Collin Lewis, Kaitlyn Pepe (Pratt Institute, Brooklyn)
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