July 22 - hot half day and a eerily beautiful graveyard

Today we began at 8:30 armed with the feedback from our client. It was time to refine everything we had presented on friday and make it better, tighter, cleaner, and clearer. The students were broken up into teams of two and all assigned the same section of the project. The best from each team was then presented and all ideas voted on by all teams. The winner was the design execution we would go with. Then the teams changed and a new part of the exhibition was assigned. Finally each student worked solo to execute on the computer the entry wall graphics. These were presented on screen, and voted for in elimination style until one winner emerged.

We broke for lunch and a trip to the design museum. The students traveled by tube while the professors rode on "boris bikes." Everyone met at 2 pm and enjoyed the exhibitions on good design and serendipitously, future cities. The museum is located over by the tower bridge with cool narrow streets, restaurants, and a lovely view of the river Thames.

As the professors were biking there way over to the museum they passed an amazing looking cemetery. We vowed to stop on the way back only to discover, when we did, that it was Bunhill. According to the sign when the cemetery was closed in 1854 it had been an active burial ground for 1000 years! It is estimated that 123,000 bodies are buried there. William Blake is buried there as is Daniel Dafoe. We looked at grave markers so old all the writing was worn off. We looked at grave markers that talked about someone's beloved wife who died in 1671. It was an amazing find and neat to see.

Tomorrow we work at the client's office. Rain is scheduled, we start at 9am. We have to leave no later than 8:15 to get their on time...