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“Being overwhelmed is the first step... You have a mind and you have people, start with those and change the world.”
by Liz Coleman
Monthly Archives: November 2009
DOTT… new answers to Cornish social and economic issues?
We had an interesting presentation today from Dr Andrea Siodmok, Programme Director of Dott Cornwall. Dott Cornwall is a Partnership established by the Design Council, Cornwall Council and the University College Falmouth to deliver a series of design-led community engagement projects, addressing some of the challenging social and economic issues facing people in Cornwall today.
As [...]
St Mary’s Terrace rocked by ‘Stormy Weather’ ♫
Well, not exactly. A few trees fell down in the storm at the top of my road last night. I wandered up this morning to take a pic, this lady had the same idea. It might not make the 9 o’clock news tonight but it was quite exciting for the two of us nevertheless.
Project One – What I Do
The first project flew by, here’s a brief run through. It began with the ‘mood board’ top left of my workspace (more on this later).
Deconstruction; Personal Methodology
“…an analysis and critical review of what you do as a designer; your existing personal design practice…suggest and identify mechanisms that challenge and provoke your personal design perspectives and methodology.”
After [...]
Retro Stone Carving
We had a workshop in stone letter carving last week with John Nielson. We were asked to choose a four letter word, then design the letters on paper – which we then transferred to the stone. I got lost in one of the corridors on the way back from lunch and found myself in the [...]
Large Hadron Terminator
Danish string theory pioneer Holger Bech Nielsen and the Japanese physicist Masao Ninomiya think that the Large Hadron Collider (15 years and $9 billion in the making) could be somehow sabotaging itself from the future? Someone/thing doesn’t want us to find the building blocks of the universe, It’s being debated whether it is either God, Gremlins, Aliens [...]
To-Do
Learn how to teach
Remember to pair ‘Idea’ with ‘Craft’
Go to Denver Biennial of the Americas
Learn how to teach.
Learn After Effects.
Remember to pair ‘Idea’ with ‘Craft’.
Go to the Denver Biennial of the Americas.
Get a haircut.
Practice makes perfect
I would love to do something similar to the 100 chairs in 100 days project. Analyzing my design process whilst completing the same brief numerous times would really be interesting. Mapping the process would be every bit as important as the outcome, for example on which day was the most/least successful outcome created and what [...]
The Future of Farming?