Friday, 3 June 2011

end of semester

Finally made it to the end of first semester :)

and what a roller coaster ride it has been, taking on board valuable knowledge where it opened up a whole new perspective of design for me

and here is some notes that I've typed in for Fundamentals and Design History:







Thursday, 2 June 2011

part of design passport


"Inside out" a design magazine
below is a photo of the design passport:

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

the first emperor exhibition

on the 6/2/2011 I visited the Art Gallery NSW for "The First Emperor China's Entombed Warriors"

I was amazed by the amount of craftsmanship, skills and time taken to build this Empire and the exceptional detail of each individual piece of work from chipping, carving and moulding  of earth's materials such as clay used in the terracotta army, to hand painting each one in life-size.

it is not only these terracotta armies but bells, plates, horse chariots, animals, jewellery and swords

what was more, was the creation of the afterlife for the First Emperor --the Eternal City, creating a whole new layer/world for him.

www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au



design blog

go to: http://thedesignfiles.net/category/sydney-homes/

The Design Files Daily

it has interesting cool stuff from interior architecture to handy crafty decorative bits in daily life consumption and much much more!

check it out, I've cut excerpts from their blog just to show you a bit of what they have:




Melbourne Home – Mark Boldiston aka Lord Coconut!

The incredible rooftop garden of Mark Boldiston in Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD.  Outdoor lamp sourced from Stockroom in Kyneton.

More fabulous rooftop

View across the lane to the Nicholas Building and Federation Square beyond
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Modern Times


Modern Times – a mid-century furniture Pop Up, until June 12th.  Hans Wegner couches and a Designed in Brunswick cushion. Artwork top right by Ellie Malin.  Timber Squirrel bottom right by Bride & Wolfe.

The back of a couch never looked so good.  Nice work Mr Wegner.

Pure & General


Pure & General

Pure & General



Beautiful wares from Pure & General – loving those incredible carved timber teacups and vessels from Japan!

New Guest Blogger – Amanda Woods from Ojoli

Amanda Woods of Ojoli joins us for a week of inspired events styling ideas on the Guest Blog!

sculptures by the sea

an exhibition of sculptures by the sea:

some of the materials used included recycled material-plastic bottle caps, fish nets, chicken wire and rusted metal




made from billions of plastic bottle caps 

the trail of bottle caps seaweed


hollow giant chicken, if you look closely u can see 3 eggs


double layer guy


made from metal scraps 

Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future | Video on TED.com

TED talk ideas worth spreading

Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future | Video on TED.com

is an interesting clip about silk and the power of technology which enables us to enhance this ancient material's properties which can lead to a whole new bracket of goods that were not available to us before.

Fiorenzo omenetto: "Silk, the ancient material of the future " a new old material that could professionally impact high-technology materials science, medicine and global health"

heres the notes I've jotted down when watching the video:


ABC Radio 'By Design' Podcast

In the Mind of the Designer: agIdeas forum


talks about what goes on inside these designers and how their background influence impacted their design ideas  and how the "STORY TELLING" is an key  factor in the means of communication and connection.

 Design is not necessarily tangible for example: ARG -Alternative reality game --is an idea of the movie interpreted through a reality game. this allows more interaction with the audience, where they become apart of the story and "beyond the screen".

these "story tellers" interact with mythology, people, public space and the new and old

animation movie

the last lecture for fundamentals-- where we viewed each group's movement animation, which had to capture the essence of the movement through lighting, music, originality, layout/composition and the overall execution.

my group was given "rest" as a movement while others had roll, spin, swing, skip, soar

and heres the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df1KjosSuMA