Turning a truck into an experimental playground
Ivy the truck
Nuno brought a fire truck to an art academy. The intention was for students to come together and experience a creative freedom, reflect on norms and values and experiment with ideas and materials.
Three product designers, and two illustrators signed up for the project.
The interior of the fire truck was converted into a semi-modular living space, built as much as possible with reused and/or eco-friendly materials.
Ivy is an ongoing expanding project. Thorough studies have been carried out regarding the sustainability of the vehicle. Plans are on the table to adapt the drive-terrain of the truck, narrowing down its environmental impact when driving.
The main function of Ivy is to house creatives and assist cultural projects. Further expansions could be collapsible photography dark rooms, rooftop light rig connections, to assist outdoor performances/theatres, etc.
Merchandise
Illustrators Kater Becker and Stufa Stamenova took the initiative to make merchandise for Ivy. The earned money was invested in the project, think of:
Stickers
Silk screen prints on reused clothing
Ivy keychains 3D printed in biodegradable plastic
You could even find them on markets selling Ivy shaped cookies and offering surprise Henna-tatoos (out of a cubbord removed form the fire truck)
Schmeckle
Schmeckle was a special addition to the Ivy truck team, he was born during the project from an old incubator, in Kater Becker’s room.
With 3 days old he was already fearlessly running through the wood workshop with an inexhaustible source of energy.
When the interior of the fire truck achieved a liveable state, we decided to take a drive through Europe, and so, at only a month of age, Schmeckle had already seen 5 countries.
Growing by the day, and influenced only by the humans parenting him, he had an extremely developed 6th sense. “When we were loud, Schmeckle was loud, when we needed sleep, Schmeckle would sit on us and sleep, and would not make a single sound before there was clear evidence of us being awake. With more than 20 different sounds he could clearly communicate his needs with us, he had the talent to fearlessly explore any surrounding placed before him, with all the happiness in the world, as if the whole world was instantly his comfort zone.”
Schmeckle was doubtlessly the biggest source of interest in this project, what do you expect? A growing form of life, in all its simplistic purity, isn’t that the essence of life itself?
Creatives that participated in this project:
Jasper Spoelstra
