DSDN 142 wallpaper exhibition

First year's first design exhibition - in the atrium until Thursday. Have a look!

Sketch chair

Designed by two of our industrial design students, Tiago and Greg, who are now working together in London in their own design studio diatom.

This is an open-source tool they are working on that will allow anybody to design and digitally fabricate their own furniture.  They’re really excited about this project, and would love you to check it out!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diatom/sketchchair-furniture-designed-by-you

Urban reanimation device

http://www.mesarchitecture.org/double-happiness-2009/
Very interesting idea! Would be nice to see one or two in Wellington.
By Adam

Points of Contact: Jim Allen, Len Lye, Hélio Oiticica 19 March - 22 May 2011

Current exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery: http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/current-exhibition/

Points of Contact is an exhibition that traces the historical and conceptual connections between New Zealand artist Jim Allen (b.1922), a significant figure in the development of post-object art in New Zealand, and two of his key contemporaries: expatriate experimental filmmaker and kinetic sculptor Len Lye (1901-1980) and Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980).

Creative Mailboxes and other links

Before and after Tui http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2011/2/23/before-after-tui.html

 50 mailbox designs you don't see regularly http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/creative-mailboxes-you-dont-see-regularly/

Blog about drawing and sketching http://www.linesandcolors.com/2010/10/26/glenn-jones/
 
By Jason

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual

and other design quotes http://designwashere.com/80-inspiring-quotes-about-design/
from Marlea

Want To Be A Game Designer? Learn To Code.

Thousands of designers have convened this week in San Francisco to discuss the present and future of the video game industry. If you’re hoping to someday join them, you better start learning the nuts and bolts of how games work –now.
Read more here: http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2011/03/01/want-to-be-a-game-designer-learn-to-code/

Counselling service: special earthquake group sessions

Regarding the Christchurch Earthquake, the counselling service is running daily group sessions at 10 and 2. These sessions are at Mauri Ora in Kelburn (Level One, Student Union Building). For students deeply impacted or preferring an individual session please contact the counselling service as below for an appointment with a counsellor as soon as possible counselling-service@vuw.ac.nz or phoning 4635310.

Lucy Treadwell is the counsellor at Architecture & design. Feel free to contact her at any time lucy.treadwell@vuw.ac.nz. If more students are interested in a group session at Architecture & design, please let Lucy know. Lucy is going to speak to us briefly next Monday at the beginning of the 101 lecture (12.40pm) in LT1.

Orientation to the Library for 1st years

There will be four classes this month to introduce first year students to the library. These classes will just be familiarisation with library services. Please come along.
Tuesday 8 March 2pm or
Thursday 10 March 11 am or
Tuesday 22 March 2pm or
Thursday 24 March 11am

20Under40 24hr Design Competition

6pm Friday March 4 - briefing - VUW School of Architecture

6pm Saturday March 5 - submission and party - ProductSpec, Holland St

3pm Sunday March 6 - prize giving - ProductSpec, Holland St

Hosted by the Wellington Architectural Centre

www.architecture.org.nz

ALL REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE DONATED TO THE RED CROSS EARTHQUAKE APPEAL

Inspiration for Inspiration

The internet is an amazing place for artists from all over the world to share, create and inspire ideas with each other. We all know that there are various websites that are available out there (such as the one we will be using for our own works) which allow individuals to post their creations and receive feedback, but I also think these websites are a great way to find inspiration for my own work. One website that I particularly enjoy searching thorough for ideas from around the world is www.thecoolhunter.net

I've recently seen this collection which was re-posted on the cool hunter website; 

 

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

I love the concept of old vs. new. Recreating the old style of photography with a personal and modern twist.

I hope that you will be able find your own inspiration, 

From Alex

Some links I want to share

http://lovelypackage.com/monteith%E2%80%99s-single-source/

 

 

 

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/prime_couch

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/prime_watch

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/superette_short_shorts_at_superette

 

Cheers

Jason

It's a house with a slide

http://www.fubiz.net/2011/02/25/house-with-slide/

from Abe

An Interesting Design...

I love the idea of taking something so common and recognizable and turning it into something new, exciting and interesting.

Also check out http://www.albinkarlsson.com/index2.html
I love all of Albin Karlsson's projects, but in particular I love 'analogue' & 'Lamp/clock'.

I like those two projects for the same reasons I like the clock on the bike chain.
I know the website is a little hard to navigate.

Enjoy
Adam