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 […]
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 […]
Just as i suspected, there is more on the reading list than i first presumed!
Each module does have it’s own reading list and so i’m sort of glad i held back a little on splashing out on all the books at once from the two original lists that I have been given. It would […]
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 […]
Back in January i applied to the Royal College of Art’s MA Industrial Design Engineering programme of study which is a two year masters course. After being accepted for an interview and then not getting through onto the course I was a little dismayed at the decision.
Since then I have looked into other avenues of […]
A little while ago i mentioned the Brunel 200 Clifton Crossing Competition 2006. I wasn’t really supposed to say anything back then about the entry because the entries are annonymous and secretive. But now the finalists and entries have been announced I would like to take this opportunity to go into a little more detail […]
Last weekend i took a trip down to Plymouth with my girlfriend, and on the Saturday we took an adventure over to The Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall. The purpose of The Eden Project is:
‘To promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to […]
I took a little adventure last weekend down to the Tate Modern with my girlfriend to view one of their latest exhibitions. Following on from the Modernism Exhibition at the V&A and a little reading about the Bauhaus I was fully prepared to take on more information from what seems like ‘Modernist Season’ around London […]
In this ‘world of art’ series from Thames and Hudson, Frank Whitford takes a look into the history of the Bauhaus. The book starts at the Bauhaus’ inception in 1919 and ends soon after the close of the Bauhaus in 1933.
This short book seems like the perfect introduction to the Bauhaus, and within the week […]
After applying to the Royal College of Art’s Industrial Design Engineering Masters Degree in January and an interview at the end of March, a letter arrived through the post on Tuesday of this week informing me that I will not be accepted to this years course admissions.
It’s unfortunate to recieve the letter after waiting so […]
This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) to have a look at the newly opened Modernism exhibition. Apart from being packed full of people, the exhibition was a great chance to learn more about modernism in a very visual and friendly environment. The whole exhibition took us around […]
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Benjamin and Rosamund Stone Zander is the latest paper based factual adventure that I have partaken in. The reccomendation for this book came through Tom Kelley who mentioned one of the chapters within his book “The Art of Innovation.” After becoming intrigued within the type […]
I have been thinking over the last few days about how a designer can improve his or her chances of being accepted for a job interview. One of the key things I think that is important, apart from the Portfolio, is the Cover Letter.
“Of course,” I hear you chanting by the thousands, but I was […]
Now i always knew that there were different viewpoints on design. But never have I seen it so clearly visible within education before. Yesterday was my first experience seeing the two different angles both proposed so clearly and presented so believable and in such an attractive way.
During my visit to Central St Martins (CSM) yesterday […]
My girlfriend wrote a fabulous post on her blog about what she thinks an MA Industrial Design course should be about, or rather what it shouldn’t be about.
I thought that I would just jot down my public thoughts before visiting an open day tomorrow which I am a little skeptical about.
For me, Industrial Designers […]