Today’s blog link belongs to Alex Wilkie, who is a Goldsmiths Design lecturer and a member of Interaction Research Studio. You can keep up to date with his activity by following his posts here.
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Design Charette with Graduate Design Diploma students
Over the last two weeks the Graduate Design Diploma students have been having ‘Mini Charrettes’ to develop ideas for their major design projects.
Each student had 40 minutes with everyone contributing to the thinking for their project. The first 10 minutes was spent presenting the current state of the project and this was followed by 30 minutes of intensive collaborative work by the whole group. All thoughts, questions and ideas were recorded on a giant roll of paper and each student took away their section of the paper to kickstart the next phase of development. Continue reading “Design Charette with Graduate Design Diploma students”
Press coverage of Alex Duffner’s “Domestic Science Machines”
Alex Duffner’s “Domestic Science Machines” were featured in Wired magazine in the January issue, but in case you’d missed it, it is also possible now to read the article online on the Wired UK website here. Alex is a 2013 graduate of our BA Design course, and “Domestic Science Machines” was his graduation project, a series of prototypes that combined household objects with scientific instruments. In addition to Wired, Alex’s project has also appeared on other websites these days, such as Homeli, PSFK and Trendhunter.
The “Domestic Science Machines” project was featured on the Design blog while still in development, last year before the graduation show, and you can re-read the article here.
IntelGalileo student workshops
The Design department at Goldsmiths has been sponsored with Intel Galileo development boards to use as a basis for all kinds of exciting projects. With this starting point, MA student Jonathan Flint is organising what he hopes will turn out to be a series of workshops with other students, in order to explore the potential of the board. „The whole notion is based around the fact that it is better to learn in a group rather than individually, and the last thing I wanted was to have this board and never use it. It is open for anyone interested, no one is an expert and we are all just learning how to use it from scratch”, Jonathan says. The first workshop will happen on Wednesday, February 5th, in room 211b of the Lockwood Building, starting 2 pm. Any Goldsmiths Design student can join, regardless of the course they’re on, so if you’re interested in developing something with the board, or just curious about how it works, don’t hesitate to show up!
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