Confusion in Farnham! - The Theme For Our Project and Thoughts from Today

Hello everybody, just thought I'd update the blog with what we managed to cover today.

We discussed a couple of ideas including Sofia's suggestion of something to do with Farnham Castle. This could include something to do with it's history and current position as a conference centre. There is information available on it's history from somewhere in the town centre (I think somebody mentioned a museum or something?)

Hildegunn suggested something based around how confusing it is to find anywhere on campus as the layout/maps don't seem to make a huge amount of sense. This led to a general theme of conusing first impressions of Farnham and a variety of ideas to work with which included the following:

• Confusing layout of University - white section/green section etc. - but not actually colour coloured that way!
• Room numbers - some don't seem to correlate (The lecture theatre on the first day was supposed to be W612 , but the number on the door says 62?!)
• Confusing road system in Farnham town centre - the one way system where, for example, it doesn't say who has right of way where lanes merge.
• This led onto the different confusion people would face whether travelling by car, by train on foot, via the London Underground (The train station seems a long way away!)
• There's no identity for the University in town - a lack of signposts or suggestions as to where the University is (I went round the one way system myself a couple of times trying to find the place the first time)
• The computer systems. Some people are on the system, some people aren't. Some people can access things, other people can't. So many different systems (Blackboard/Blog/Email/Stores/Printing). Several different usernames and passwords (all for the different systems!). Door codes to remember!

We agreed that we would all choose a theme, either from those above or another based on Confusion in Farnham and design/construct something based around it using each of our own unique skills. This could be a drawing, photogprahic, an illustration, a design or anything. Then we will put them altogether as a large poster/display to be projected as a collection of Confusing First Impressions of Farnham. It might even be fun to add to the chaotic confusion to literally just thrown everything up in the air and put it together randomly!

Anyway, I hope that gives everybody something to work with. We'll be meeting again at 12pm on Monday in the 2,4,6,8 room (is that confusing?!), though Sofia and Koya won't be able to make it.