The brief: a few points

The making starting point: find a couple of small objects that interested you.
These should be things that provide reasons for curiosity in a way that could be explored through making.
The objects should appear open to formal discussion. This means they can be discussed in terms of their parts and effect of this particular combination on the whole and its surroundings. Their form might communicate something unlikely or incongruous perhaps to do with scale or use.

Statements of intent: are due Tuesday the 10th of March.
You should establish the length appropriate to your ideas, three hundred words will likely cover things, at this stage.

You are free to work as you think makes sense but your intentions should involve a response to the brief.

The brief aims to encourage students to begin with objects from the world and use a process of consideration and analysis to develop an idea from this starting point.