Monday 26 November 2007

paper aeroplanes

this video shows my experiment of using paper aeroplanes as a medium of communication.

video sketching

this video shows me playing with a solenoid.

electroluminescent show

today i had a sneak preview of the products of an electroluminescent paper workshop, run by my tutor jon rogers.


each participant was given a pack containing all the materials needed, they then ventured out onto the streets of dundee to find objects to manipulate into an end result of digital product design.

i particularly liked this design featuring a tea bag




the material is so simple and the effect beautiful.

weather cloud. nice

many of the objects created were fitting to the nature of my product: these stamps in particular.








this designer has physically written on the paper. an experiment i hope to do very soon.



this design features the light wrapped in newspaper text. i'd like to set up several of these to create a short story.

prototyping solenoids

today using a very small spring generated the force i require to eventually move a key. i generated another concept of placing the spring at a different location to increase the 'push'. see diagram below...


this formula will help me calculate distances and make sure all the distances relate correctly.



i mocked up this prototype lever, as the force is fairly weak i made the model out of paper. the next step is attaching a mock key to the end of the lever.

romantic laser cutting

using the laser cut i created 3 dimensional words and phrases. i would like to be make the words move on the canvas...














Friday 23 November 2007

drawing over the radio


i like the idea on 'drawing over the radio' ...could you send texts over the radio? how strange that many people in different homes were sitting drawing the exact same picture at the same time....

object of use

an experiment based on ethnographic research - this object has been placed in different home environments for one week. the results are being relayed to me through photographs.














first photographs from paticipant are shown below. this structure has been used to store letters, bills, books, magazines, keys, shoes and an umbrella. the latter being the object you often find yourself placing in a random location when you first come through your front door.




how would you use this object in your home? what room would you put it in? would it be kept outside?