20.2.13
TEDx Austin
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| F1 - Suspension Designed and built for TEDx Austin at COTA |
The curators of TEDx Austin 2013 invited Mike Brannon and myself to design and build a custom light fixture to act a center piece during the Washoku Lunch as well as the VIP after party. I'd always wanted to be part of TED and still hope to be invited to speak one day, my talk would probably be about the lost art of craftsmanship and the use of ones hands to build something rather than running to Target to purchase a mass produced blah-bject, but that's whole other topic...
F1 Suspension
So, TEDx Austin was held at the nations only Formula 1 race track, Circuit of The Americas just south of Austin Texas. When designing the light we knew little about track and even less about the exact location the light was to be installed. After a bit of research a concept emerged and side-kicked us in the gut. We had recently procured a couple pieces of salvaged aluminum sheet and thought we would be able to capture the speed of the race track into some forced curves held in tension with aircraft cable. Of course Mike had to sandwich a couple pieces of Dichroic film between the sheets, we then countersunk some Stainless steel hardware to keep it held together and played around with mounting some strip remote controlled LED's on the top side. It ended up being 9'-6" long, 10" wide, and a sexy 1/2" high.
After a quick dissembling, we managed to affix two lengths of cable throughout the fixture to keep the curves in place and act as method to mount the light to whatever structure we would be faced with installing the fixture onto.
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| Track tower in background, 18 stories tall with alternating colored lighting |
The speakers this year were amazing!!! I can't wait for "The Wire" an Urban Cable installation to be built in Austin, this is definitely the most innovative and probably the most efficient means of mass transportation ever imagined for an urban center. There was an amazing discussion about an ancient Japanese culinary tradition Washoku, my goat pate was amazing btw!
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| Washoku Lunch |
Favorite quotes of the weekend were " Don't should on yourself, get out there and do something" & "there's only time enough to iron your cape before you have to take to the skies again" both by Anne Mahlum, founder and CEO of Back on My Feet.
-charles
28.2.12
Photomerge in Frankfurt
Here are a few images I made while in Frankfurt, Germany. This the Ziel by italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas. This was one of the first ones I put together. It is just a simple command in Photoshop but I think it comes out into a really dynamic image. More to come soon...
Best seen in large format. The original files are put together with 12mp RAW images which come out to be almost 6' tall. I cant wait to scratch some money together and print a few of these fulls size. flickr
24.1.12
28.10.11
Busan, Korea 2003 vs. 2011
Over eight years ago I particpated in the Busan International Student Design Seminar (BIADS), hosted by the city of Busan. Concurrently the city hosted the Busan International Architectural Competition (BIARC). BIADS received attendance by most of the architectural colleges in Busan, something like 8-10 colleges as I recall. Five other Texas Tech students, Dean Vernooy and Professor Michael Mussotter joined together to vist South Korea and the seminar/competition. The event was well received by all parties and well celebrated.Today, as I skimmed through Bustler and Archinect I see the following rendering by Columbia University students. The exact same location as the competition and seminar. Busan has been acquiring and hosting competition after competition to design and develop Gwangalli Bay. I'll be interested to see the eventual developments in Busan as the city continues to grow, the different demographics, the population change and locations of populous etc.
Busan Wiki
busan demographics
14.7.11
25.6.11
2.6.11
The Identity Project
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!! Thursday, June 2nd, @CTC International. The party starts at 7:30PM!
26.5.11
work sketches
did this little sketch at the office and while it's workstations layouts . . . cubicles . . . i think it has some potential to develop into a sweet series of sketches. what you think?
3.5.11
Wim Crouwel: Total Design
iconographics:wim crouwel
total design - wim's branding and identity company
iconographics short list of world's most iconic graphic designers . . .
wallpaper article on wim crouwel
a poignant figure in design, graphic design, branding and identity - the articles and links say it best!
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