Group 30 POSSIBILITY MACHINE (Posted 23 May 2025 12:43) – MSA LIVE 25

Group 30 / POSSIBILITY MACHINE

Shivsen P

Day 8: Polishing, Assembling, and Preparing for the World

With the client visit just hours away, Day 8 was all about the final polish, bringing all the hard work of the past week into alignment and watching The Possibility Machine come to life in full.

🧵 Shelter – Maddie, with the support of Shiv and Hannah, mounted the fabric canopy onto the machine for the first time—carefully adjusting and tightening it to fit just right. The result? A beautifully strange, glowing shelter that transforms light into texture. The holes in the recycled outer layer cast dappled shadows through the clean inner surface, creating an environment that’s both alien and intimate. A huge well done to Maddie for bringing such a poetic and purposeful concept to life!

🛠️ Surface + Structure – Alyssa, Sana, Irmak, and Sofiah came together to assemble the final elements of the extendable table and mark-making surfaces. Their design resulted in a modular system of interchangeable panels, allowing the client to adapt and rearrange the surfaces based on activity, setting, or audience. Flexible, inventive, and future-ready, an excellent achievement from the team!

✨ Client Response – The client was more than overjoyed with the final outputs. Seeing the machine fully assembled and functioning, with each design element working cohesively, brought genuine excitement and gratitude. It was a powerful reminder of the real-world impact this collaborative project holds.

🌱 Core Values in Action – Today wasn’t just about finishing the build, it was a moment to reflect on what’s been accomplished. Every team held fast to our project’s core goals: mess-making, sustainability, creativity, and ethics. These principles align directly with the SHEAFS ethos of our school, and it’s a credit to the entire group that they were embedded not only in the final design but in the way the process unfolded.

🚚 Wrap-Up & Pack-Down – At the close of the day, Gongxin and Liu helped Joseph disassemble the machine and carefully transport each part from the MTC to his car, ready for tomorrow’s big site visit and soft launch. The final pieces are in place, the machine is ready to meet the world.

Well done, everyone. The Possibility Machine is almost out in the wild!

Posted 23 May 2025 12:43

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