May the Best Ship Win: Hardcore Foam Recap
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Industrial Design event “Hardcore Foamcore” saw 11 teams of students performing against each other. With each quarter comes a new theme and this year, teams of seven or eight students had to build a two seat flying vehicles, while performing a corresponding R&B song.
The event has been going on for six or seven years, but songs have only been required for the past two.
Aaron Heisler, Industrial Design professor and organizer of the event, said the purpose was to do something “very low tech; things they’ve been doing since they were kids, just cutting paper and cardboard.” He also added that the purpose has evolved from class critique into “the biggest thing we do in our building each quarter. We’ve turned it as a performance, it has become a sort of rite of passage in our department.”
Heisler said it’s a great “community” tool because the event brings so many people together every quarter.
Watch the entire live video of the event in on the Hardcore Foamcore YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vDX2YEvJaQ
Scarlett is a writing major, wine lover and cheese enthusiast from Paris, France. When she isn’t busy writing, she likes to wander around District’s quarter in search of new articles to write.
