Feedback from Jennifer:
1. Take out community aspect, it is distracting and not the focus of the project.
2. Re-focus on the actual application, combination and streamlining possibilities of the project.
3. Focus/identify the materials which are made in America, use them as a starting point - map out the production and why it necessitates being made in America.
4. Concentrate on communicating ideas through realistic models of the products I am suggesting, make them believable.
1 comment:
Hi Karen,
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to this post. I am very interested in your ideas, and am really looking forward to seeing where you take this. Of course, the big challenge that you face is figuring out a suitable test case for examining your hypothetical positions. Obviously, you are not going to retrofit a textile mill to manufacture these high tech fabrics, but you have chosen to focus on this project as a way of revitalizing an entire industry and whole communities. I would never discourage you from aiming very high, but now that you have told this story about mills shutting down, and since you are suggesting that American inventors could adapt these places as centers of innovation, you have to figure out how this would actually happen, and how that change could lead to the introduction of new products that justify the effort. This will make your work in the spring harder, but it could also lead you in some very interesting directions. Sorry if this is somewhat vague, but I am struggling a bit to follow your arguments. I strongly agree with your assessment that American inventiveness will help our economy to recover, and will (hopefully)lead to entire new job categories for those people who are willing to learn new skills.
steven
Post a Comment