I thought i’d take the time to express my personal music habits, in the form of the personal music systems which I divulged in since my childhood. In the past 15 years or so I have had four portable music systems. I think the small amount of different players is due to a few reasons. […]
A few palettes I have created at Colour Lovers, a website dedicated to colours. Create your own palettes, colours and patterns for display within the community. It’s a great way to find colours which work together and compliment each other. Whether website design, product design or graphic design.
They also have a rather neat piece of […]
Trevor Baylis himself showing us how the wind-up media player works. Not quite sure that the view of the product in the first video does it any justice at all, or whether it’s an actual reflection of how it can be used outdoors.
And a review from CNET. It sounds pretty interesting, and could be something […]
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We waited for an hour to get a Tom Dixon Glow light (7th in the queue) and then Tom arrived to give the lights away. He didn’t really seem to know what he was there for or what he had to say. Nice day, almost rained!
cockfosters tube station
Every weekday this is hopefully the view i see, but rarely the view i feel like looking at. Traveling for 1 hour and 10 mins to work and 1 hour 10 mins back is hard work but with a good book, a bit of music or the Nintendo DS it gets a little […]
I’ve been thinking for a little while about putting something together to recommend the books which i have been reading. A kind of catalogue within which i can put all of those design books which I think are great and everyone should read!!!
Introducing the The Design Book Store
The front page includes some of the best […]
On the rather chilly morning of the 12th of December 2006, the final of the lamp post climbing robot competition was to commence.
Just twelve weeks previous to the event, 18 members of the unsuspecting design world joined into the fast track system to begin understanding more about becoming a design engineer through an MSc Design […]
After a few months of hard work, the first semester has come to an end. I finally have a bit of time to catch up and get my breath back. So over the next little while I’ll be uploading snippets from the course.
Here’s the first: A video of the first working prototype we created
Shopping Trolleys
Down at the local Morrisons supermarket at the weekend, we located this rather interesting sign. Unfortunately we couldn’t find any signs displaying the opening hours!
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
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 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
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 […]
Change Seat 01
This may look like just a regular seat first of all but take a closer look. The back of the bench actually pivots on the underneath and moves from one side to the other.
I took this picture on the SS Great Britain in Bristol a few weeks ago and it strikes me as […]
So, as it’s getting closer to University time for the second time in my life i feel a little more prepared for things to come. Usually when i feel a little more prepared i generally feel more comfortable and therefore more laid back. Inevitably that means i sit back and don’t do as much as […]