Moodboards research
The problem: materials
Going back to week 1 where I mentioned that:
“Mobile phones contain: precious and semiprecious metals such as gold, platinum and palladium, a variety of which can be recycled into component plating and low voltage electrical contacts; palladium plays a key role in the technology used for fuel cells.” I wanted to collect images of these four elements first in their raw state:
Your mobile phone is powered by precious metals and minerals and From minerals to your mobile
- Copper
- Tellurium
- Lithium
- Cobalt
- Manganese
- Tungsten
- Chalcopyrite
- Tetrahedrite
- Silicon
- Arsenopyrite
- Tantalum
- Spodumene
- Graphite
- Bastnaesite
A smartphone display is made of quartz mineral which I have photographs of, and used in my week 1 project brief:
The problem: Materials
Our smartphone addiction is costing the earth
Cell phone addiction statistics
The solution: Reduce, reuse, recycle
Companies who accept mobile phones
5 moodboards
Putting myself in my audience’s shoes; things they might be interested in. Study also a big factor at 15-20 yrs old 
Thinking about the environment and how around the world are these beautiful shapes; protecting our planet 
The problem with mining and the minerals that come from it are used for smartphones 
Plenty of brands that encourage old mobile phone recycling / selling 
Final artefact could be a range of outcomes; I have selected a few different styles for variation
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