Friday, 15 October 2010
Public Seating
I need to go out and take photos of people using public seating. So consider yourself warned!
Thursday, 14 October 2010
DE1041 Learning through 3D Design
Encourage reflective practice (Whats the point in things)
Explain University systems - Module Guides - School Handbook
Encourage Reflective Practice
-Think about your learning
- Understand the value of feedback
- Self Awareness/ Interaction
My Learning Style
Reflector x 2
Activist x 0
Explorer x 2
Theorist x 0
Pragmatist x 1
Brief Title: REFLECTION
ASSIGNMENT:
Create a portfolio of reflective practice (A4 format)
This is and opportunity to design a system of managing aspects of your learning. The submission should be designed in such a way as to be easy to understand/ read. Think about the use of layout/ composition.
WORK REQUIREMENTS:
1.) A C.V
2.) A catalogue/ record of the projects and assignments from the first semester.
3.) A Collection of feedback (All formats) from all aspects of the course.
4.) A reflective summary of a project (min 1000 words). Take one project from DE830 Design Projects and reflect on the methods and study skills you have employed. Reflect on the different stages of your design process - research and planning, concept generation, design development, presentation and feedback. Think about what you did well, what you have learnt from the process and what you would do differently next time.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1.) Awareness of Design Issues
2.) Creative thinking
3.) Reflective Practice
4.) Communication Skills
SUBMISSION
HAND-IN: To the design school office Monday 17th January 2011.
Explain University systems - Module Guides - School Handbook
Encourage Reflective Practice
-Think about your learning
- Understand the value of feedback
- Self Awareness/ Interaction
My Learning Style
Reflector x 2
Activist x 0
Explorer x 2
Theorist x 0
Pragmatist x 1
Brief Title: REFLECTION
ASSIGNMENT:
Create a portfolio of reflective practice (A4 format)
This is and opportunity to design a system of managing aspects of your learning. The submission should be designed in such a way as to be easy to understand/ read. Think about the use of layout/ composition.
WORK REQUIREMENTS:
1.) A C.V
2.) A catalogue/ record of the projects and assignments from the first semester.
3.) A Collection of feedback (All formats) from all aspects of the course.
4.) A reflective summary of a project (min 1000 words). Take one project from DE830 Design Projects and reflect on the methods and study skills you have employed. Reflect on the different stages of your design process - research and planning, concept generation, design development, presentation and feedback. Think about what you did well, what you have learnt from the process and what you would do differently next time.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1.) Awareness of Design Issues
2.) Creative thinking
3.) Reflective Practice
4.) Communication Skills
SUBMISSION
HAND-IN: To the design school office Monday 17th January 2011.
Christopher Dresser - E Kramer
Christopher Dresser (1834-1904)
First Professional Industrial Designer
Proto Modernism. Predates modernism with his simple, no ornamentation style.
Wallpaper samples - Not afraid to experiment with industrial processes.
He thought industrial objects could be well made.
1851 - Britains bad design was blamed on poor designers and machines.
Christopher went to Government School of Design in Somerset in 1847 - 1854.
He wanted ornament to be conventionalized.
Owen Jones: The Grammer of Ornament
- Demonstrate importance of historical and cross cultural ornament.
Dresser - Signature of objects symboled quality
Artistic living:
- c1870 - 1900 (in conjunction with Aesthetic Movement)
Life should imitate art
Could be achieved by careful selection of objects for the home.
Opened shop, the Art Furnisher's Alliance (1881 - 1883)
'Knowledge is Power' - Charles Knight
IMITATION (Design of an illusionistic nature) = NO
ADAPTATION (Innovative Design) = YES
1) Function - 2) Form - 3) Ornamentation
E.W. Godwin, Butterfly, woven Silk c.1874
Mon of the Japanese
First Professional Industrial Designer
Proto Modernism. Predates modernism with his simple, no ornamentation style.
Wallpaper samples - Not afraid to experiment with industrial processes.
He thought industrial objects could be well made.
1851 - Britains bad design was blamed on poor designers and machines.
Christopher went to Government School of Design in Somerset in 1847 - 1854.
He wanted ornament to be conventionalized.
Owen Jones: The Grammer of Ornament
- Demonstrate importance of historical and cross cultural ornament.
Dresser - Signature of objects symboled quality
Artistic living:
- c1870 - 1900 (in conjunction with Aesthetic Movement)
Life should imitate art
Could be achieved by careful selection of objects for the home.
Opened shop, the Art Furnisher's Alliance (1881 - 1883)
'Knowledge is Power' - Charles Knight
IMITATION (Design of an illusionistic nature) = NO
ADAPTATION (Innovative Design) = YES
1) Function - 2) Form - 3) Ornamentation
E.W. Godwin, Butterfly, woven Silk c.1874
Mon of the Japanese
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
70's Technology
Floppy Disks were Invented by IBM and they became commercially available in 1971.
It was really boring.
3 main sizes have been used. The first was 8 inches, the second was 5 1/4 inches and the last one ended up being 3 1/2 inches.
The sizes got smaller as technology improved and more data could be stored on smaller mediums.
As a data storage medium it has been superseded by USB memory sticks.
However, it still lives on as the ‘save’ symbol in most programs.
It was really boring.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Group Work (Nooooo!)
I am working in a group of 8. Mark, Andrew, Richard, Aimee, Rachel, Rachael, Laura and me.
We have to organise a group of 5 -8 people. DONE
Brainstorm a topic on some aspect of North East Culture. (EG Art, Design, Nightlife, Buildings, Tourism)
OUR IDEAS
Here is our very rough plan
START Bridges - Grey Street - Art'n'stuff - Pubs n clubs - Who knows where
OTHER STUFF
Clues for where to go next?
Make it a circular route?
FOR NEXT WEEK
Take in a map and divide areas between people.
We have to organise a group of 5 -8 people. DONE
Brainstorm a topic on some aspect of North East Culture. (EG Art, Design, Nightlife, Buildings, Tourism)
OUR IDEAS
- Ouseburn Valley (0 votes)
- Nightlife (0 votes)
- Metro Stations (1 Vote)
- Sculptures/ Monuments (3 Votes)
- Wall / Castles (0 votes)
- Bridges (1 Vote)
- Galleries (0 Votes)
- Theatres and venues (0 Votes)
- Shopping (0 Votes)
- Beers and Pubs (3 Votes)
Here is our very rough plan
START Bridges - Grey Street - Art'n'stuff - Pubs n clubs - Who knows where
OTHER STUFF
Clues for where to go next?
Make it a circular route?
FOR NEXT WEEK
Take in a map and divide areas between people.
Cow Parade Location is sorted
I just need to sort out where I'm going to put the cow in the location and what it will be decorated with.
One suggestion was to place it on the awning (?), decorate it as various filmstars, project an image of a cow on the building and batcow swings down from the darkness and saves those in trouble. I'm not sure where to go with the project.
Intersecting Forms Final Model
All done.
One side is better than the other, I'm not sure whether I should try to do it again. If I have time, I will.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Perspective and Proportions
Drawing my room from memory.
1 point Perspective with blocks.
Looking at the proportions of the human face.
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
Leeds Light Night
Choir outside the art gallery
Scarecrow
Birds
Weird Cat/Wolf/Banana thing
Miniature Artwork
Opera in the Local History Section of Central Library
Shades on Lion
Sheep
Ram
Ernest and Orpheus the owls
College of art
Gramophones
Gambling in one of the arcades
Thursday, 7 October 2010
CPA Comparative Product Analysis
Formulating your own understanding of products and assessing the understanding of others.
Agenda of people when writing.
Empirical research is first hand and getting hold of the object. (Like Nikolaus Pevsners 'Buildings of England')
Common but limited approaches
The designer as object of study (auteur theory)
The objects
The most accurate approach to understanding designed objects is the use of...
... A multi disciplinary approach (i.e combining ????)
... Use filters. Look at it
Agenda of people when writing.
Empirical research is first hand and getting hold of the object. (Like Nikolaus Pevsners 'Buildings of England')
Common but limited approaches
The designer as object of study (auteur theory)
The objects
The most accurate approach to understanding designed objects is the use of...
... A multi disciplinary approach (i.e combining ????)
... Use filters. Look at it
- politically
- economically
- culturally
- technologically
- Artistically
- Morally
- Environmentally
- Coolness/Hipness
- Functionally
Transport and Communication.
Possible Essay: Discuss the impact of one sort of transport or technology.
Speed of life was increasing.
Spread of Tourism
1835: Wheatstone and Cooke invent first electric telegraph
The electric telegraph was a real breakthrough
Science of Electromagnetism
Led to txt spk and abreviations since it was paid by the word.
Wars got info/news quickly
Railways linked up america
Cable under the Atlantic
Railway Time
Telephone (infrstructure was already there)
Steam ships - problem with weight. Great Western 1838 - crossed Atlantic in 15 days.
Speed of life was increasing.
Spread of Tourism
1835: Wheatstone and Cooke invent first electric telegraph
The electric telegraph was a real breakthrough
Science of Electromagnetism
Led to txt spk and abreviations since it was paid by the word.
Wars got info/news quickly
Railways linked up america
Cable under the Atlantic
Railway Time
Telephone (infrstructure was already there)
Steam ships - problem with weight. Great Western 1838 - crossed Atlantic in 15 days.
1970s technology
I am in group 5 with Rachael, Aimee,Alex and Luke.
Preferably look at stuff which is UK based.
Look at Technology/gadgetry.
'72 Atari Pong
'77 PC
'79 Walkman
Use Ariel font.
For thurs 14th
Preferably look at stuff which is UK based.
Look at Technology/gadgetry.
'72 Atari Pong
'77 PC
'79 Walkman
Use Ariel font.
For thurs 14th
Library Stuff Again
ask4help = contacting the library.
Can take 10 books out at any one time.
Design Issues - Journal Catalogue
Nora - Search through journals online
Can take 10 books out at any one time.
Design Issues - Journal Catalogue
Nora - Search through journals online
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Edward Chicken
Stuff About edward chicken in the footnotes.
Between the south wall and flagged foot-path is a flat stone, inscribed, "The burial place of Edward Chicken, who was 25 years clerk of this parish." (fn. 10)
From: 'St John's church', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 342-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43358 Date accessed: 05 October 2010.
'10Edward Chicken was author of the "Collier's Wedding," one of the most interesting and descriptive local poems ever written. He was born in St. John's parish, Newcastle, in the year 1698. His father, Edward Chicken, who was admitted a member of the Incorporated Company of Weavers in 1689, died, leaving a widow, with two sons and a daughter in their minority. The boys received their education at the charityschool of their parish; and Edward, in 1718, was made free of the Weavers' Company, by whom he seems to have been esteemed; for, September 24, 1720, he was chosen elector; June 12, 1721, he was elected clerk; and, in 1723, he was both steward and clerk. His acquirements were sufficient to enable him to be a teacher of youth, which occupation he followed at his residence (now the Three Tuns public house) at the White Cross until his death. He received the support of many respectable families, and, about the year 1721, entered upon the duties of parish-clerk of this church.
Mr. Chicken married Ann Jordan of Newcastle (who died 22d January, 1768), by whom he had, 1. Edward; 2. George, died in infancy; 3. Ellen, died unmarried, 25th October, 1810; 4. Catherine, died unmarried, 20th March, 1759. Edward, the eldest, in 1737 was prosecuting his studies under the direction of his uncle at Weremouth; and two years afterwards, he describes himself as an industrious student at the Grammar-school of Durham. He afterwards was sent to Cambridge. His first living was at Bridlington, and the next at Hornsey, in Yorkshire. He married Miss St. Ledger of that neighbourhood, and had one daughter. He was deprived of his wife by the upsetting of a boat off Flamboro', whilst out with a party of pleasure. This afflicting circumstance deeply affected his spirits, nor did he long survive the melancholy event.
Edward, our poet, died 2d January, 1746. He was, it appears, "a fellow of infinite humour," and heartily disposed to render good offices to his neighbours. This cannot be more strongly exemplified than by stating that he was familiarly called "The Mayor of the White Cross," and frequently referred to for the adjustment of petty quarrels. At one time, a neighbour applied to him for advice and assistance, under circumstances of great poverty and distress. It being Saturday, Chicken ordered a round table to be placed in the street, around which he and some of his acquaintances placed themselves to smoke and drink ale. The novelty of the spectacle attracted the notice of the country-folk attending the market, and to whom the benevolent school-master depicted the sufferings of his neighbour in such affecting terms, that he soon collected a sum sufficient to save one "ready to perish." Besides the "Collier's Wedding," which is a faithful sketch of the "drunken, honest, working lives" of our pitmen about a century ago, Chicken wrote a satirical poem of 194 lines, entitled, "No, this is the Truth," in which two of the public characters of his time are described under the names of Cato and Felix. There is also preserved the commencement of a song, "humbly inscribed to Mr. Anthony Meggison, by E. Chicken." The other productions of our local bard have sunk into oblivion.
The Rev. Robert Chicken, A. M. brother to Edward, was born in 1696, and, as before observed, educated at St. John's charity-school. He was also admitted into the Weavers' Company in 1741; but, by some means, he had previously procured admission into an university, where he obtained the degree of A. M. and subsequently the living of (Monk) Weremouth. Amongst some fragments of his MSS. in possession of Miss Elizabeth Sheville, of Newcastle, grand-daughter of his only sister, is a portion of a sermon preached by him for the benefit of the charity-school of St. John's, dated 6th June, 1727, in which he says, "I myself am an instance of your readiness to promote this charitable undertaking, as I myself have felt the influence and blessed effects of your bounty. It would scarce (I am afraid) become me to go about to persuade you to a duty in which (as I have found by a happy experience, and which I joyfully acknowledge) you excel so much already, It is with the utmost pleasure, and the utmost gratitude that a sense of such unmerited favours can inspire, that I now publish it to the world, that the charity which we are this day met to encourage has raised me from standing in the midst of these little ones to the honour at present of becoming their advocate. But tho' now it would be altogether superfluous to use any arguments to you, to whom I am directing my thanks, yet since there are others, perhaps, who hear me this day, that are not so well acquainted with my relation to this charity and these little ones, suffer me therefore awhile to crave a relief for those whose low condition I was once in myself, and to plead for my school-fellows, my companions, and my brethren." The humility and frankness of the preacher reflect honour upon him, and credit on the discrimination of his patrons. He died January 17, 1743. These biographical notices are selected from the preface of an intended new edition of the "Collier's Wedding," prepared for publication by William Cail, of Newcastle, agent.
From: 'St John's church', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 342-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43358 Date accessed: 05 October 2010.'
Between the south wall and flagged foot-path is a flat stone, inscribed, "The burial place of Edward Chicken, who was 25 years clerk of this parish." (fn. 10)
From: 'St John's church', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 342-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43358 Date accessed: 05 October 2010.
'10Edward Chicken was author of the "Collier's Wedding," one of the most interesting and descriptive local poems ever written. He was born in St. John's parish, Newcastle, in the year 1698. His father, Edward Chicken, who was admitted a member of the Incorporated Company of Weavers in 1689, died, leaving a widow, with two sons and a daughter in their minority. The boys received their education at the charityschool of their parish; and Edward, in 1718, was made free of the Weavers' Company, by whom he seems to have been esteemed; for, September 24, 1720, he was chosen elector; June 12, 1721, he was elected clerk; and, in 1723, he was both steward and clerk. His acquirements were sufficient to enable him to be a teacher of youth, which occupation he followed at his residence (now the Three Tuns public house) at the White Cross until his death. He received the support of many respectable families, and, about the year 1721, entered upon the duties of parish-clerk of this church.
Mr. Chicken married Ann Jordan of Newcastle (who died 22d January, 1768), by whom he had, 1. Edward; 2. George, died in infancy; 3. Ellen, died unmarried, 25th October, 1810; 4. Catherine, died unmarried, 20th March, 1759. Edward, the eldest, in 1737 was prosecuting his studies under the direction of his uncle at Weremouth; and two years afterwards, he describes himself as an industrious student at the Grammar-school of Durham. He afterwards was sent to Cambridge. His first living was at Bridlington, and the next at Hornsey, in Yorkshire. He married Miss St. Ledger of that neighbourhood, and had one daughter. He was deprived of his wife by the upsetting of a boat off Flamboro', whilst out with a party of pleasure. This afflicting circumstance deeply affected his spirits, nor did he long survive the melancholy event.
Edward, our poet, died 2d January, 1746. He was, it appears, "a fellow of infinite humour," and heartily disposed to render good offices to his neighbours. This cannot be more strongly exemplified than by stating that he was familiarly called "The Mayor of the White Cross," and frequently referred to for the adjustment of petty quarrels. At one time, a neighbour applied to him for advice and assistance, under circumstances of great poverty and distress. It being Saturday, Chicken ordered a round table to be placed in the street, around which he and some of his acquaintances placed themselves to smoke and drink ale. The novelty of the spectacle attracted the notice of the country-folk attending the market, and to whom the benevolent school-master depicted the sufferings of his neighbour in such affecting terms, that he soon collected a sum sufficient to save one "ready to perish." Besides the "Collier's Wedding," which is a faithful sketch of the "drunken, honest, working lives" of our pitmen about a century ago, Chicken wrote a satirical poem of 194 lines, entitled, "No, this is the Truth," in which two of the public characters of his time are described under the names of Cato and Felix. There is also preserved the commencement of a song, "humbly inscribed to Mr. Anthony Meggison, by E. Chicken." The other productions of our local bard have sunk into oblivion.
The Rev. Robert Chicken, A. M. brother to Edward, was born in 1696, and, as before observed, educated at St. John's charity-school. He was also admitted into the Weavers' Company in 1741; but, by some means, he had previously procured admission into an university, where he obtained the degree of A. M. and subsequently the living of (Monk) Weremouth. Amongst some fragments of his MSS. in possession of Miss Elizabeth Sheville, of Newcastle, grand-daughter of his only sister, is a portion of a sermon preached by him for the benefit of the charity-school of St. John's, dated 6th June, 1727, in which he says, "I myself am an instance of your readiness to promote this charitable undertaking, as I myself have felt the influence and blessed effects of your bounty. It would scarce (I am afraid) become me to go about to persuade you to a duty in which (as I have found by a happy experience, and which I joyfully acknowledge) you excel so much already, It is with the utmost pleasure, and the utmost gratitude that a sense of such unmerited favours can inspire, that I now publish it to the world, that the charity which we are this day met to encourage has raised me from standing in the midst of these little ones to the honour at present of becoming their advocate. But tho' now it would be altogether superfluous to use any arguments to you, to whom I am directing my thanks, yet since there are others, perhaps, who hear me this day, that are not so well acquainted with my relation to this charity and these little ones, suffer me therefore awhile to crave a relief for those whose low condition I was once in myself, and to plead for my school-fellows, my companions, and my brethren." The humility and frankness of the preacher reflect honour upon him, and credit on the discrimination of his patrons. He died January 17, 1743. These biographical notices are selected from the preface of an intended new edition of the "Collier's Wedding," prepared for publication by William Cail, of Newcastle, agent.
From: 'St John's church', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 342-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43358 Date accessed: 05 October 2010.'
3. Cinema Cow (the Moovies)
LOCATION: Paramount Theatre (old Odeon Cinema)
Cow projects images of its past or something more contemporary to do with film.
Cow projects images of its past or something more contemporary to do with film.
2. Edward Chicken Cow
LOCATION: Somewhere to do with Edward Chicken. 'Mayor of the White Cross?'
About the poet Edward Chicken. Author of the 'Collier's Wedding' and 'No, this is the Truth'.
About the poet Edward Chicken. Author of the 'Collier's Wedding' and 'No, this is the Truth'.
1. Cow-on-Tyne
LOCATED: By the Tyne
Basically about the Tyne and whatever made Newcastle what it is today.
I like how in the book, 'Tyneside - A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times' 'Because of its serpentine shape, sea captains and keelmen knew the Tyne as 'The river dragon.'
I also like how the Tyne had a god with coal and salmon in its hair. As shown in the book 'Tyneside - A Biography By David Bean'
Basically about the Tyne and whatever made Newcastle what it is today.
I like how in the book, 'Tyneside - A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times' 'Because of its serpentine shape, sea captains and keelmen knew the Tyne as 'The river dragon.'
I also like how the Tyne had a god with coal and salmon in its hair. As shown in the book 'Tyneside - A Biography By David Bean'
Newcastle - A walk to quayside
Earl Grey
Grey Street
Bridge
Same Bridge
Same Bridge again
Some church.
The Sage
Millenium Bridge
All the bridges looking from millenium bridge.
Baltic Flour Mill
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