tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082995412374892322011-07-07T16:29:17.516-07:00Observations by Hazlerhazlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17442170337667729085noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108299541237489232.post-17985298730584874462010-03-22T20:36:00.000-07:002010-09-12T15:40:52.152-07:00

I have not posted on this blog in quite sometime... as I started some other blogs that are related to particular topic such as: Just riding around - bike inspiredVisual inspiration - image inspiredHowever, on retrospect I miss this blog & the freedom of topics that I used to allow myself to write about. So I think I may come back to visit it now, when the inspiration takes me.

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I discovered the most beautiful and insightful book today; an art piece by Aleksandra Mir - The How Not to Cookbook, Lessons Learned the hard way. Her synopsis states: "Recipes are designed to facilitate immediate success, they rarely document the ways in which it can fail. Based on Aleksandra's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invited 1000 people from all around the world to

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I noticed this link on a twitter feed from a friend (Lukas Golyszny) (Users need better education about loss of ownership about "their" data in cloud services? http://tr.im/t1TD; amazon http://bit.ly/7fL8v 2:07 PM Jul 19th from Seesmic ) The link is to an article in the New York Times that was posted on the 17th July: Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others. The article discusses the case of the

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*In a quick addition to previous post, it seems the online world of books is just getting better and better also! Google books updates

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I have just visited my local library and it reminded me how much I love libraries: these amazing houses for books. I love that there is a whole building dedicated to people that want to read, to learn and to think. Yes, the internet is a hive of information, but a library is so much more. It is a place where you don't always manage to find exactly the book that you were looking for, but you have

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I recently attended the 2009 Degree show at the Art School in Glasgow and it was enjoyable as I was able to take a step back to reflect on the work on display, (as this year I was not in it!) There were a few pieces of work that struck a cord with me in some way and I will discuss most of these after the jump. However, here is one to start: Visual Communication is always impressive and

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This happened Edinburgh #2 Originally uploaded by MK I attended the second This Happened event in Edinburgh on the 4th May. A great event that displays that there are a multitude of exciting things going on in the world of interaction design and art. The free event gathers a collection of speakers to present work that they are currently working on/ have recently completed and then opens up for

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I have just discovered the somewhat unassuming website titled the gallery of graphic design, which behind its simple interface, is host to a feast of advertising gems (some not so shining) from the period between 1930 and 1969. There is the possibility to search by magazine, year, advertiser, product, keyword or issue. And with copy lines such as "Men Love Women, Who can make pie like this" and

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I attended the event "This happened.... in Edinburgh." Picture above - Jamie Allen(Unfortunately I missed the first two speakers. As I was organising an event for work that was happening the next day and I didn't manage to leave work in Perth until 5:45pm and this was starting in Edinburgh at 6.00pm! I did actually manage to get to Edinburgh by about 6:30, although I then took about 30 mins to

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Another inspirational interactive and viral piece of design that I discovered tonight. "Appeel is a virus spreading through interacting individuals. Surfaces are covered by thousands of coloured stickers laid out in a grid." "Appeel inherits basic principles of interactivity and generativity applied to purely analogous means. Its immanent potential of penetrating regulated public and

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So I have fallen victim to one of the latest facebook viral games. It is titled, make your own album cover. I was introduced to this idea by a friend. So then the following steps were taken:1. I was tagged in a picture...although I was not actually in it. (This caused me to look at it and find out about the game)2. I was intrigued by the rules, so decided to take part3. I completed the

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The video I posted previously, Credit crunch, makes extensive use of pictograms. I was impressed with the simplification of both the problem and the subsquent simplification of the visualisations.Therefore, I started to think about the way in which pictograms are often used to convey basic messages and almost always without any sense of expression. However, having the opportunity to add a sense

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An impressive visualisation of the credit crisis. Nice graphics, good simplification, great work by a student on the Media Design Program, at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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I just watched this video by Mutowhich is The new short film by Blu an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)it is also wonderfully ambitious, playful and gets your head going... trying to work out how they did it in 3d space! stunningMUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.They actually have done many graffiti type art

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I like to listen to words, to hear people talk about the world. However, sometimes it is nice simply to see a visualization and allow your mind to interpret the images.I find the work of Janice Caswell to be particularly exciting, due to the fact that it combines an analogue expression to a complex visualization. something that is often not done as often in this digital age.Janice states that; "

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" we need to radically rethink our ideas of intelligence"" intelligence is dynamic, it is wonderfully interactive"Ken Robinson - TED Talks

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There are so many good photographers in the world. Particularly with the increase in digital, there seem to be a growing number appearing every minute. When I look on flickr, I get lost in a sea of photography..the good, the bad and the ugly.However, when I see something that hits me and constantly makes me think about it. I know I have found a keeper.I first saw the work of Dennis Darzacq when I

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So what does it all mean, is the question they ask at the end of this video.It is a good question. as it it could all mean so much or so little.It depends how you analyse statistics and whether who you are and where you are...!As one friend stated...it means"process, method, persuasion, love, truth, media, sharing, caring, daring, subdivided, we will survive, strive, live"It means connecting

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I just linked to the the new Forsman & Bodenfors website through Adverblog and I am an instant fan.the click click noise as you scroll over the different pictures is quite delightful. But more so the interaction invites you to explore their numerous pieces of intelligent and exciting work.

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Generic work Processa site so full of "Tools", certainly worth bookmarking.Although it references work to look up, it would be great if it could link to real life examples.

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Tonight I was just thinking about favorite things. I have often been one to say that I can have so many favorites that it is difficult to choose. The problem, is that is easy to be inspired by things in life, that it can be difficult to choose. However, I think I define something becomes a favorite, as opposed to an inspiration is when it continues to inspire me in a long term. That every time I

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as a small snippet - been doing a little research on marketing and strategic plans for business. I came accross this site, titled the 22 step social media marketing plan which offers up a range of examples of how different businesses are using social media to promote and develop thier companies online. This is worth a post even on its own, simply as a personal bookmark.

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A short message to mark the New Year, which is already in full force.Flew in From Italy on monday morning at, arriving at 8am and started work at 12:30pm. so go go go!

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So it seems that I keep signing up to be part of various different online platforms that enable oneself to broadcast themselves to the world. Or communicate with the world. Or work collaboratively. The more I look, the more I find and the more I find, the more I think that it is so easy to lose track of your online footprint. Where you leave a trace, with maybe just one photo, one comment, a

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So it is starting...Christophe Tallec and I will be launching our service design platform, My Bill...Your Bill...Our Bill, within the next week. In order to test the concept in an online public sphere and create scenarios for the Institute of the Futures, online platform Superstruct. Where it began...A one week design workshop held at ENSCI in Paris (2007), with Jennie Winhall and Chris Vanstone,

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I have recently been introduced to the online game Superstruct, launched by the Institute for the future in September. It was shown to me by a guy I completed a short service design project with when studying at ENSCI in Paris. He has written a little about the concept of "ARG - Alternative reality gaming" on his blog; Service Design by Christophe Tallec. and we plan to discuss the project we

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I participated in the Cycling Action Plan for Scotland conference that took place on the 7th October 2008. As after my research on the cycling Culture in Europe, I was extremely interested to see the current actions that are taking place in Scotland to promote cycling . I found it to be a very interesting event, partly due to the numbers of participants and the level of interest present for

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As I received a PK Travel scholarship this year, I was invited to attend a weekend in the lake district to discuss the advancement of the program, how it could be improved and what changes could be made to make a stronger network of scholars. It turned out to be a fantastic weekend, where I got a chance to meet not only the diverse range of scholars, but also the trustees.

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Ok so now just a little taste of a few pieces that I saw at Tent London and Create Berlin whilst visiting certain things at the London Design Festival.One of the first things to catch my eye (quite literally, as it is on of the first pieces as you enter th e Content exhibition space), was the bench by Boex. I have seen this blogged many times since its launch last year. However, I still wanted

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An impressive exhibition that I kind of stumbled across during the Design festival was the held at Somerset House. I was actually on my was actually on my way to visit the Re-Design exhibition, When I found this...and simply had to stop.Stylistically, the layout and graphics of the exhibition were very impressive. However, I guess what made such an impact was the content and the work presented,

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After arriving in London very early on Thursday morning, the first event in my schedule of design week was to take part in one of the Greengaged events. Which had been organised by A small group of people, that are dedicated to the cause of sustainable practice within design and business.In fact, I coudn't have asked for a better start to my trip. We sailed up the Grand Union Canal on an

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There are times when there is a need to take break in the day and sometimes when I need a small nap; especially when spending a whole day in city, and planning to stay out at night.Over the years I have felt this at various times, and have often wondered if it is simply that I have a mild form of narcolepsy, or if it is a normal feeling that most people just ignore or overcome by having a

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Was pondering over what to post today, when I stumbled across this video and simply had to post it here.As an avid cyclist, and considering that I have just spent 6 weeks France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany exploring the cycling culture, for a research travel scholarship. I am quickly becoming addicted to any news or innovations that are cycle related. This is super interesting idea. As

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The impact of this one girl standing still in Stockholm, while people all around keep moving and moving made for a fantastic sequence. I do wish I had made it a little longer. It just captures a thought, the sense of stopping, and standing still. That it is possible, and enjoyable...Yet it often seems that if you do begin to slow down, take time out.

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So my first blog entry. a simple start. I record hundreds of things in my mind, in my sketchbooks, through photographs, thourhg scribbles...However, until now, I have not made use of the infamous blog.So I feel it is time to start. To organise a little, some of the things that I have seen, that I like, that inspire me. It will host a mix of items; design related, art related, bike related...life

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