I've done another short snowboarding vid, which is a collection of jumps and tumbles in Whistler...check it out here.
25.1.08
I'm spending a couple of months in Whistler enjoying the snow. We made a short video of some fun in the mini park....check it out over here.
4.10.07
The London design festival was on during September. Loads of great show to see, I took it all in. check out some pics of the show over here.
15.2.06
My first design is now out in production. See picture below (click for larger view).
13.4.05
Ive been working away here at filmlight and just finished the prototype of the control desk for Filmlight's Baselight software. I'm bit to tired to type at the mo but the pic speaks for its self. Off to Vegas on Sat to show the desk at NAB...wahoo
High Res (1024 x 678)
High Res (1024 x 678)
17.1.05
Well a new year comes and with it a new job. I'm now Working over with the guys at Filmlight, great bunch of peeps based in centre of London. Far beeter location for uni grad to be than out in the sticks with dyson. Find the London thing enjoyible though its lost its shine somewhat. I have to rember to take ever oopurtunity of this vast city, see and do all i can.
14.11.04
I'm now in to my 5th week in the Bristol backpackers hostel. I was only meant to be here for a week or so while I got a place sorted but I found myself enjoying the characters of the other guests staying here....And its got a big ass TV and bar. I intended to move to Bristol for the city life yet I have been away every weekend. Saw Mr Scuff last week, top notch, tea an added extra.
5.10.04
In to my 3rd week at Dyson doing ok, big place, lots of clever peeps about. Only down side it's right out in the sticks, in the village of Malmesbury. I've been going back and forth to Bristol trying to hunt down a place to stay. Bristol looks like a cool place to be.
I also ventured over to 100% design last week...lots of chairs/lights/taps. Best of show? Probably the designboom tiles comp and the taps shaped like spaceships. My mate, Matt, was at the cycle show, so we spent the afternoon riding around in these KMX bikes, a BMX style recumbent bike.
I also ventured over to 100% design last week...lots of chairs/lights/taps. Best of show? Probably the designboom tiles comp and the taps shaped like spaceships. My mate, Matt, was at the cycle show, so we spent the afternoon riding around in these KMX bikes, a BMX style recumbent bike.
2.9.04
I have been lucky enough to get a job at Dyson so heading down to Bristol in a week or so. In the mean time I went off biking in Germany and camping in Snowdonia. Got really wet and found i can't swim that well, and can just about float canoing in the following lake.
[no ducks were harmed in the production of this image]
[no ducks were harmed in the production of this image]
8.8.04
Doom 3 out in the states last week and coming shortly to the UK on Friday 13th, could this be a summer spent indoors? I busted my ear up after a mid air collision with my brother while mountain biking down he in West Sussex. After my fight with the road I spent 4 hours in A&E and its all stitched up now.
A guy in the states has hooked up a load of spray cans in a printer style matrix to write protest messages on the streets of New York. Clever stuff take a look here.
A guy in the states has hooked up a load of spray cans in a printer style matrix to write protest messages on the streets of New York. Clever stuff take a look here.
19.7.04
One week after doing the new designers show down in London town i can't belive i have been rushing around like a made crazed chicken...but now all is clam. Graduated today....gown, photo, speach, name, nod, shake...throw. In bristol at the mo in a very swanqy hostel with i could stay longer chat to the Oz guys here talking beer....off to bed now, big interview tommrow.
13.7.04
Been down at new designers for the past week, I have never worked so hard or been so stressed out before the show. I finished putting together my model at 6:30 o nthe tues day this was after getting up at 5:30 and rushing around like a crazed chicken all day....and forgeting to pack any clothes. The show went well, not as many industry people as i thought there would be but got a couple interviews lined up, all good stuff. Will upload some pics shortly
5.7.04
well its late....and yes still up building my model for New Designers. Tommrow is certainly gona be a l-o-n-g day.
6.6.04
new web site!
17.4.04
If anyone watched the Innovation nation show on BBC last autumn and remember the Yukka Bin that won. You can now pre order one from the gadgetshop.
12.4.04
This years easter spent in leicester.....no eggs...no fancy food...no TV. Some good news though i got commended from the RSA for my hob design....yay. Now i just got raise the funds to get a full size model made for new deisgners.
24.3.04
Time speeding up....nearly the end of Wk9 (12 weeks in a semester)...I spent all of today calling people to get parts for my rig I am building. Now I think about it I should have stuck with improving my soft model version so that it can function the same......ahh....well its meant to be a learning experience....7 days of workshop left before Easter....time is slipping away. Thinking of converting the cellar in to a mini workshop
I went back over the Wedgwood last week...I have to say I felt a bit out of place eating lunch over in the wee cafe place....I must have been about a third of the age of everyone in there! I gave the counter girl a shock when I asked for a baked potato...she was like "erm...are you lost?" Then I spent a good 2 hours taking to their CAD guys over there, really helpful stuff. (Oh yeah I am writing a CAD/CAM report for uni) I couldn't leave without buying a piece...never thought I would be saying that. Ohh which piece to buy next....hehe
Wedgwood Nature saucer is just right for me water bottle....ahh I can almost feel the class...pah
I went back over the Wedgwood last week...I have to say I felt a bit out of place eating lunch over in the wee cafe place....I must have been about a third of the age of everyone in there! I gave the counter girl a shock when I asked for a baked potato...she was like "erm...are you lost?" Then I spent a good 2 hours taking to their CAD guys over there, really helpful stuff. (Oh yeah I am writing a CAD/CAM report for uni) I couldn't leave without buying a piece...never thought I would be saying that. Ohh which piece to buy next....hehe
Wedgwood Nature saucer is just right for me water bottle....ahh I can almost feel the class...pah
18.3.04
I have been getting a lot of interest in my red chair concept I designed last summer for the photo real competition over at design engine.
SO i thought i should really post it a proper link to it here.
since being up from 6:30 yesterday doing calculation and fancy number type thing I jumped at the chance in go for night ride with a fellow designer, Matt, much fun....although we got lost, but all limbs still attached which is the main thing when cycling down dark country roads.
SO i thought i should really post it a proper link to it here.
since being up from 6:30 yesterday doing calculation and fancy number type thing I jumped at the chance in go for night ride with a fellow designer, Matt, much fun....although we got lost, but all limbs still attached which is the main thing when cycling down dark country roads.
10.3.04
hello naomi.............this is a blogg.
while this is my breakfast....mmmmm pizza
while this is my breakfast....mmmmm pizza
5.3.04
a serious delay in me blogging...i should really do more but shorter bloggs. Anyways lots of stuff going off, I had my hob short listed by the RSA and went down for the interview last week. The RSA is near charring cross tube station some really gorgeous buildings around there. Had to talk through my design using the boards that i submitted ages go...they were quite weak...as i had tightened them up for my assessment. I came away feeling i had given it my best shot, and now it was just up to the judges. While that was going on i had my major project to deal with...more meetings and approvals....all good stuff, although a little frustrating at times, as business world doesn't move as quickly as uni module...or looming assessments, but non the less a great experience. At the moment i am feeling totally drained and think i should steer clear of any spiny or noisey machines in case i loose a limb.
16.2.04
to anyone who can't sleep?.
29.1.04
Kill bill volume 2 trailer just out (i think), watch it here, not much to say really its quite short and not at lot of images, watching it in the library doesnt help as i got no sound...grrr anways the proper web site is here
After a mad panic last Friday to get all my work in for the hob I spent the whole weekend relaxing, caught Tim Burton's new film Big Fish, excellent story telling and really draws you in to the film, I am sure a few tears dropped in the cinema. First day back, straight in to our engineering lectures having to face the tutor that set us a real bi*ch of a exam, ah well we can only hope and wait until we get our results back. Spent the last 3 days down researching for my major project hired a DV cam...got some great shots, now I have to trawl through the footage and break it all down.
hob concept pic:
(I will upload some more pics shortly)
hob concept pic:
(I will upload some more pics shortly)
16.1.04
waiting for paint to dry....tick tock....well this is a fine Friday night. ooh, i was checking my site stats the other day and found someone had arrived at my site from putting in a search for "design concept of funeral parlour" ahh the hilarity......though could mean a gap in the design market? not sure. I see the ipod mini will be out soon...i wonder if it lasts any longer than its big brother?
7.1.04
I shall be finaly going online at home...wahoo! Going to hook in to my mates 1mb connection...purrr. Though i have just spent the last hour and half working out what router to buy...grrrr...ended up with the Dlink DI-604. Also after seeing my friends Ipod which is very purdy i can only feel smug after seeing a ipod movie on ipodsdirtysecret.
18.12.03
phew what a mission....my RSA entry in as my tutor was wrapping the box up.....ahhh all over now , Mmmm now do i eat or sleep?
17.12.03
Check out Innovation Nation's live final tonight at 8:00 pm on BBC1, featuring the design work from the tutors here at De Montfort.
16.12.03
week 12...its realy busy erverywhere! playing with SLA's and potery....all good, Thought i should post something as i havn't for a while, i will be posting some pics of my RSA stuff this friday.
just had a bananna...was full of good wake up stuff
Ta
just had a bananna...was full of good wake up stuff
Ta
14.11.03
end of week 7...phew, as usual lots to do. It was my birthday last week, pretty close to the release of the latest matrix flick...i took this as a sign so i had to see it. I loved it! though comical in parts certainly worth the cash. But doesn't come close to Kill Bill, which i have now got the soundtrack for...i am now whistling constantly. Time have listed the inventions of the year. my fav has to be the no contact jacket.
Its a jacket that the user activates a 80,000-volt shock to any dodgy character who might grab them....neet huh?
Ceramics is coming along nicely and last Wednesday went on a field trip to the centre of the ceramics universe...Stoke-on-Trent. Got to go behind the scenes of the Wedgwood factory and more importantly there design dept.
Its a jacket that the user activates a 80,000-volt shock to any dodgy character who might grab them....neet huh?
Ceramics is coming along nicely and last Wednesday went on a field trip to the centre of the ceramics universe...Stoke-on-Trent. Got to go behind the scenes of the Wedgwood factory and more importantly there design dept.
29.10.03
Now in to week 5...geess where did all that time go to? Many things all going off at the same time. After getting some samples of some ceramic film from Kerafol, I had to test some out. The material is similar to leather or card in its green state, then after firing it feels almost like a piece of shell, its fairly opaque to. Freshers flu has finally caught up on me, I am sure sleeping next to a draughty door doesn't help. Highlight of last week has to be seeing Kill Bill, Tarantino's latest flick. My mates and I found we were the only ones laughing at this black comedy....a must for any film fan!
10.10.03
The end of week 2 here in sunny Leicester, things are now in full swing. I deiced to stick with doing the RSA ceramics brief after my initial knock back of my concepts from the tutors. I went back to the drawing board and got some enthusiasm on a couple of ideas...phew. The glass and ceramics department are right next to us on campus but I have never been across to the other side until now. I just want to get stuck in and start creating and experimenting with this material.
Some pics of 100% design have been posted here, on the core77 site. Also some of Escher's drawings achieved in LEGO (well nearly) take a look.
Some pics of 100% design have been posted here, on the core77 site. Also some of Escher's drawings achieved in LEGO (well nearly) take a look.
