May 2011
9 posts
technology_DNA
30 years is a long time where a lot of change can happen. Our climate is not just the only thing that is drastically changing. Technology is advancing at an exponential rate. One exciting aspect amongst this progressing technology is DNA.
All Living things have DNA. All living things are made up of Cells. Each Cell is a factory that performs functions vital for life. A cell is constructed of...
DNA DESIGN//DESIGNING A PRODUCTS LIFE.
This new form of Design will create a new form of products that will be flexible and adaptable. Just like any living organisms, these products will grow and evolve, adapt to their surroundings, adapt to thier Habitat. Theseaspects will be key features in designing where the design will have the influence in how these functions occur. example: Designing a building for Wellington and its changing...
DNA DESIGN//A NEW GENERATION OF DESIGNERS.
With emerging digital technologies it is begining to make it possible to direct this operating system and construct its functions. With this advance in digital technology a new breed of designers will emerge, DNA Designers. Designers currently design products in the digital and physical that are very much static (non-living). With the ability to construct DNA, designers will have the ability to...
April 2011
1 post
Code//Between Opperation and Narration_Review
_Every Living organism contains DNA
_DNA contains genetic instructions used in development and functioning
_DNA holds information//Code
with advancing digital and science technologies architecture and design is becoming a place of great exploration.
“…in the future the built object will no longer be an instantaneous state of temporary shape fixed in time, but the building of the...
March 2011
3 posts
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
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September 2010
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August 2009
21 posts
This is a cool little tune from a band called...
WatchThis is a film I found on vimeo that exhibits alot of the themes that relate well to my style and interest of design.
http://vimeo.com/406515
Photography as an Expressive medium
Photography has definitely become one of my favourite areas of design over the past couple of years. I’m finding myself having random urges all the time to go out and take photos of anything and everything at the most random times of the day. One of the subjects that I have really found myself taking interest in is the texture of everything around from rusty tin fences to rotten trees....
Another funky peice of audio that appealed to me.
Defining my AESTHETIC
Everyday I am beginning to define and discover my design aesthetic. It is very interesting going over the images and videos ect. that you find ineresting, pulling them apart and really disecting common acurances. I have been discovering over the past few weeks that alot of how I design and what design I like deal alot with texture and materials. As I keep investigating my own design asthetic, I...
TOXEL.COM →
“The role of the designer was essentially that of a good host anticipating the...”
– Charles and Ray Eames
This is completely random but is really emotive...
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...”
“When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you...”
– http://www.bizcommunity.com/Quotes/196/13.html
A few little wise words
I was skimming through the net today doing a bit of research for an assignment and came across this quote which I thought was very expressive of the way we as designers think and work.
“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.” Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Today I woke up yesterday.”
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html →
check these design websites out, they have some amazing work posted up everyday.
notcot.com →
