Potentially local: Soil types

When considering how generic processes for production can be used to make locally sensitive products, we must decide what aspects of these local areas we chose to influence these designs.

Other than sociological and economic factors, we can also explore how environmental and ecological characteristics can influence these designs. The first I have chosen to research is differences in soil types and how this would dictate the designs of garden equipment produced using this new manufacturing resources in different regions.

Here is a simple categorisation of different soil types in the UK, as found on The European Agricultural Investment Services website. Though in reality soils are combination of types, in 'varying quantities' and each one is unique to its origin or locale.

Here is a interactive map, Soilscapes, that can be used to locate the different types of soil found in this project's three locations Chorley, Lewes and Loughborough.

Experiments to follow.