Dunne and Raby "Between Reality and the Impossible"

my favorite of the four designs in "Between Reality and the Impossible" was the foragers concept. 

"Foragers: The world is running out of food – we need to produce 70% more food in the next 40 years according to the UN. Yet we continue to over-populate the planet, use up resources and ignore all the warning signs. It is completely unsustainable. In this scenario, a group of people take their fate into their own hands and start building DIY devices. They use synthetic biology to create “microbial stomach bacteria”, along with electronic and mechanical devices, to maximise the nutritional value of the urban environment, making-up for any shortcomings in the commercially available but increasingly limited diet. These people are the new urban foragers"

Of the seven images for the foragers this was the one that I liked the best. 


I like this one because it looks like a scene that I would see in a sci-fi or futuristic movie. Out of all of the scenes this one seemed to me to fit and not be out of place. 

my super awesome mixing bowl

This is an attempt of a drawing of my cool mixing bowl.  In my head I see this mixing bowl looking like a normal bowl but with an attachment that will be able to scan recipes and inform the person mixing by speaking if something is missing. There would also be a button that would allow the instructions or messages from the bowl to be projected on the insides and outsides of the bowl. Both the lights and the voice can be turned off. There is also a button that allows for deviations in the recipes and even suggests them. The attachment can come off, since you probably shouldn't wash it. And without the scanner attachment its microwave, oven and dishwasher safe :)

Oh the Invention Possibilities!

Here are three possibilities for new inventions for the next assignment.

Option One : An interactive console that would allow you to create and edit digital images, 2D and 3D with your hands rather than on a computer screen. It's like a cross between a smart board and the map reader Obi Wan Kenobi used in Star Wars Episode II :Attack of the Clones. You can use your hands to manipulate the image and its projected so that you can walk around, and actually "touch" it.

Option Two : A bowl that allows you to scan the recipe and then tells you what needs to be done by either speaking or with writing appearing on the sides of the bowl. It will also have an option that tells you what possible deviations are. It can be turned off it if get annoying :)

Option Three : A fashionable ring that can be taken apart and used as a lock pick set. It uses a material that is pliable but will hold it's shape when it's straight. Very handy when you're locked out of your dorm room. 

the super awesome cool video that blows my mind in preparation for the next project

So here is that super awesome cool video from the Vancouver Film School
http://vimeo.com/7993383

I thought this video was really cool. My only critique of it that we didn't talk about in class was that when the guy is coming up the stairs the boxes aren't there in front of the drums, but reappear when the frontal view is shown. Maybe it was intentional...maybe not. I did like that there were reflections of the boxes on the floor. What I did like was how the colors of the boxes changed as they moved around, and the concept in general was fascinating. We'll just have to see how this next project goes, my mind is a bit overwhelmed right now with all of the possibilities.

If I Had A Million Dollars......

Well the iris project has finally been completed!! Huzzarh!

The question has been posed on what I would do with this project if I had one million dollars to work with.  Well....I would make it out of actual irises. It would have to be huge since people would be able to walk around and in it with a spiral path going in and out of the eye. Maybe the size of a half a football field? With a raised area above it so that you see the pattern all of these irises are making. It would look different because all of the irises would be looking up and not sideways and warped. I think it would look cool in the gardens of some old large house, like Pemberley from "Pride and Prejudice". The shape would be rounded so it would blend into the organic setting of the garden and would probably merge with other flower beds to give a flow of continuity. I think it would look awesome. Totally awesome.

Progress on the Iris of Irises

This is where I am on my project as of the end of class on Monday. As I see it now my eye is a little off center, and not as round as I would like it to be. Nature is not perfect, nor am I. I wish I knew a way to make it more realistic, I might add parts of a bottom eye lid time permitting. This project has been tedious with the constant duplicating of layers, but I have enjoyed warping the irises to make the eyelashes. It's fun and different. Well see how this goes :)

Appropriation Music Videos

These two are some of my favorite music videos, I couldn't decide on just one so I'm going for two! The first one is called "John Williams is the Man" and it takes themes from scores that John Williams has written, mashed them all together and put Star Wars lyrics to it. How awesome is that?! The second one is done by students at Yeshiva University and the made a Hanukkah version of the song "Dyanamite", I think. These are great and I hope y'all enjoy them as much as I do.