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600 Awesome Robots

So, the major project for my MSc in Design Engineering turns out to be a climbing robot.
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting 100 ideas. There are six teams of three people and every one of them will probably have around 100 pretty excellent ideas and maybe one bad one out of the whole bunch. I’m […]

You Need Tickets!

( Design )

Heltaskelta

These are the new slides at the Tate Modern. They are a part of the new Unilever series which will be on for about 6 months.
Just a little word of advice if you are planning to go, get there early and reserve a ticket to come back and have a go loter on. We wanted […]

Topshop London

Topshop London

Simple usability advice here, from a casual observer.
I was sitting down in the shoes section while the girlfriend dissapeared and found herself some comfy plimsoles and notices people using the staff area door on the left here. The access panel (click through image to see notes) is about 1/2 a foot lower than the […]

IKEA Project Complete…

IKEA Project 01

Check this out.
This is my IKEA Project. We had to use two existing products within the IKEA range and combine them into a brand new product with a function and under the value of £10.
After two weeks i have spent about 16 hours in IKEA (more than unhealthy) and come up with this […]

Middlesex University: Trent Part Campus

Middlesex University: Trent Part Campus

So, it’s week number three at Middlesex University. For all those who might be wondering how i might be getting on, the answer is “pretty well… so far!”
The first week seemed to involve a fair amount of hanging around and waiting for inductions, introductions and placement talks which was interesting but […]