On the boards: 8-20-2013

Maybe I need to change that phrase, seeing as I don't actually use a drawing board, except as a table top for my laptop?  Anyway, current project on the board: radio station.  Here's the central server room that holds all of their content.

Using a ribbon analogy in design.

Working hard at a design right now, and am currently focused on an analogy of ribbons for directional flow: 3D ribbons, flat surface ribbons, and ribbon panels.

A preview of an upcoming build.

Excited about this one.  Still working the design, but the overall theme is set.

Baka Kuma Winter Greetings

Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All, Including Bears.

12-sided vase.

The original concept was that, as DNA is made up of four variations of nucleotides (Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine), so too might it make for an interesting set of design variations, based on four different profiled edges, in order to create an illusion of randomness.

What's the point?  I'm exploring ideas for a 3D-printed ceramic vase, and variations of it.  Preferably minimalist.

Quote of the day, related to why I didn't go to design school.

I didn't go to design school, to become your drafter, your peon, your slave, your right hand.  I hope you understand when I turn down your offer to give me money to become your whore.  If you really want me to be your slave, I'll work for free, that way I can be passive-aggressive and just shut up and walk away when you piss me off.

My Amadeus - Joseph II moment.

In Amadeus, Emperor Joseph II praises Mozart, and then tells him that his opera has too many notes, to which, Mozart queries as to which notes he should remove.

I was told to move a counter so that it's 15 feet from the front, yesterday -- all of 17 inches.  It wasn't a discussion about the pros and cons of space management and organization in one part of the scheme, just that the counter had to move so that it was 15' from the entrance.

I know it's not a perfect match, but the feeling is just the same.