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ss Great Britain - Air Handling Illustration

ss Great Britain, Bristol - AHU Monitor

At a visit to the ss Great Britain this weekend with a work colleague, I think i was a little more interested in the Air Handling Unit than i otherwise would have been. But if you take the time to have a little look it is indeed interesting.
The display […]

Brunel 200 Clifton Crossing Competition 2006 Entry

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 […]

A Visit To The Eden Project, Cornwall

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 […]

CCTV Protection Spikes

It seems that everything in Tube Stations around London has protection, even the Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV)!

Lazy or Stupid?

After spending an extra long weekend away from the office, I have returned to become utterly bemused and bewildered. During my dilly-dally away from the office my group within the company moved rooms. Now it’s only one room along and it’s a nice change from the room before, and although i have a window seat […]

The Large Company Effect

If I had been employed as I wanted after I graduated from University, I could have gone to a small to medium industrial design firm. There could have been anywhere between 2 and 50 people. I would have been paid the average wage for a graduate designer, obviously far below my real value.
As it […]

Design Podcasts: KCRW Design and Architecture

As far as podcasts go, i probably tend to download much more than I actually listen to. When i’m at home i tend to want to relax and listen to some music which i know sets off a certain mood. When i’m at work i try and pump something into my ear which i find […]

That Refreshing Smell

The need to relieve myself has compelled me to visit the little boy’s room whilst at work within the past few weeks on a number of occasions. This isn’t usually a problem (except for the on-going maintainence at work which forces me to circum-navigate Bath to get there), but today as i walked into the […]

Musical Lifestyle Zones

Recently I heard a Technation Podcast with Dr Moira Gunn. The episode was with Gerd Leonhard, about the state of the music industry. One thing within the podcast got me thinking. Gerd mentioned the competition between real world music stores and online music distribution and sales. He explained briefly that he believed music stores would […]