In consideration of our upcoming project(and celebration of my getting this video posting right!)I thought this video would be appropriate. I first saw Elizabeth Redmand in a magazine. The idea behind her flooring system is similar to the night club flooring Jae showed us in the first class. What I really liked about her version of this tecnology,in comparison, is the scale. It is accessible and realistic. It is something you could potentially install in existing spaces, as opposed to having to design a new space around it, like the dance floor. She took a common "energy-harnessing" idea and designed a realistic application, which I feel a lot of the time is half the battle as a designer.
I think in our context in this class, and on this blog,the most important thing about this video is to realize that Elizabeth is still a student, just as we are. It goes to show that no matter where we are in our design careers, we all have the power to make a differnce. At any age! At just 23, this young woman is marketing one of the most innovative new products out there today. Who knows if we may make a powerful discovery in the next project that could lead us to bigger things!?