This Prezi was produced for students at Coventry University on the MSc Industrial Design and MSc Transport Design Courses. The students were required to produce an A1 sized poster that described their research project, its methodologies, outcomes and how it would be used to feed into their major design project. The presentation itself may be …
Mar 22
Google knows
Of late I’ve become sufficiently concerned with Google’s underlying motives in choosing to ‘simplify’ its user privacy policy that I’ve taken a decision to actively retreat from the vast majority of its offerings. Not that I had a great many in the first place; at least, not by today’s norms. There’s analytics, calendar, a Google+ …
Mar 19
Intuitive – alas no
The new Windows 8 Metro interface has drawn praise and scorn in almost equal measure. Widely hailed as an innovative and imaginative departure from established paradigm when used on tablets, it has been roundly condemned when put to use within the PC desktop environment; an environment in which the touch interface seems innately less appropriate. …
Mar 08
Alien objects
LOLA: Alien Object Analysis on Prezi A critical & creative thinking activity Essentially, a version of a traditional design object analysis activity, this is a creative exercise that introduces students to the idea that all objects can convey meanings; meanings which can be clear, obscure, shifting, ephemeral, long-lasting, trivial, profound, widely understood, narrowly received, …
Mar 04
So little time
If ever there was a symbolic illustration of how little free time I have in my life these days, this painting is it. In total it probably took around 8 hours or so to paint. Sadly, those eight hours were spread across nearly a month. What with TMA marking, day schools, work commitments, family life, …
Feb 28
Design = research
The role of research is vital in any meaningful design effort. Design students can be either confused or indifferent to the demands of and requirements for research. Even for those who recognise the value of research the problem often comes at the point when it becomes necessary to make sense of all the information that’s …
Feb 13
Think Critical
So often, the hard part about teaching – and indeed, learning – is to get a basic understanding of the subject under scrutiny. Once an underlying foundation of understanding is established then the processes of consolidation and expansion of knowledge and understanding can happen. The ability to explain complex issues with simplicity is often a …
Feb 11
Starry starry night
Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo. Occasionally one comes across a piece of work, whether in the world of atoms or the digital realm of bits and bytes that represents a quantum shift of imaginative and creative endeavour; the kind of work that makes one feel very humble indeed. And Petros Vrellis’s …
Feb 02
When the lights go out
Anyone with any sensitivity to art could not look upon this image and remain unaffected by it. Painted in 1998, it’s a self-portrait by American born artist, William Utermohlen, and was created at a time when the ravages inflicted upon his brain by Alzheimer’s disease were already such that his work tangibly manifests his dwindling …
Jan 27
Drawn to it
This portrait is somewhat out of sequence in relation to the recent paintings. It’s from one of my sketchbooks and I rattled it off in about twenty minutes one evening in early December 2011. It was one of those sketches that simply drew itself; every line seemed right and the whole thing was effortless – …
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