So for the first project we were assigned to "reappropriate" an everyday object.  We are looking at the materials used in drinking coffee [cups, lids, sleeves, & filters].  Using many of those objects along with a fastener [brad, binder clip, rubber band, rivet, or paperclip] we are to generate a surface form with reflects on the purpose of the object.

Thankfully I found a restaurant supply company and bought all the materials I would need to investigate connect possibilities.  Initially, I began stacking and connecting cups together.  Cups seem to be the most block like object and would seem most suitable for generating a large built form.  I quickly found that the lids naturally want to be bound on the sides to form larger configurations.  The binder clips can give them both convex and concave forms which allow for spheres and helices.  

I still have a lot more investigation to do, and need to find a concept for the larger form in general, but i think the material properties of the lids, along with the nature of the connection is creating a great system to work with.