17th October 2013 Tutorials

Another wonderful Thursday! Here are some pictures of the day. Keep it up guys, beautiful work.

Andrei Jipa’s RepRap 3d printed radiolarias with digital model

Andrei Jipa’s RepRap 3d printed radiolarias with some variations of one type.

Lorna Jackson’s beautiful catenary and puffy fabric Roofs

Joe Leach’s innovative reciprocal frame

Garis Iu’s diagrams of the standing waves using physics in the computer.

Charloote Yates’ Muira Ori Pattern Origami

Henry Turner’s laser cut See Urchin Skin

Sarah Shuttleworth’s Hankin-Inspired Perspex Models

3rd October 2013 Tutorials

Back in our studio and excited to see how students are tackling the brief this year. Here are some pictures showing the different systems that students chose for brief01 and some of the models that are already being produced.

DS10 studio all buzzing

Andrei Jippa is 3D printing radiolarias with his RepRap

String vibration experiments by Garis Iu

Henry Turner looking at microscopic images of sea urchins

Origami Folding from Sarah Shuttleworth

John Konings looking at bamboo structures

Daniel Shiffman – Introduction to Processing

We already mentionned the book The Nature of Code in a previous post and on our bibliography page, a fantastic book to understand basic concepts of “computational design” with Processing such as vectors and fields. Daniel Shiffman now has great videos to teach these concepts on his VIMEO Page, here is the first of the series:

BRIEF 2013 – 2014

Hello everyone, we are happy to be back for the 2013-2014 academic year at the University of Westminster after couple weeks in the desert at the Burning Man festival! Similarly to previous years, we will place our studio briefs in the list below as we develop them throughout the year. We hope it will inspire you!

-04/12/13 BRIEF2B: REALISE

–04/11/13 BRIEF2A: FESTIVAL

-24/09/13 BRIEF01 : SYSTEM

-24/09/13 Unit Presentation

-20/09/13 – A4 – Introduction to briefs

Near Unison – Dan Dodds (DS10 11-13) physical and digital experiments of harmonic oscillation.

Near Unison – Dan Dodds (DS10 11-13) physical and digital experiments of harmonic oscillation.

Near Unison – Dan Dodds (DS10 11-13) physical and digital experiments of harmonic oscillation.

We’re back!

FINAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW

The academic year is almost over, the graduation show and prize ceremony is in two weeks. Toby and I just assessed everyone’s portfolios with the help of other tutors from Westminster. This is a very stimulating day in which all the studios’ year-long student work is seen and its diversity revealed. Students could not be part of the process and witness the efforts and beauty of the some of the work so here it is, a little selection of some of our most creative portfolios this year:

Georgua Rose Colard-Watson – Temple for Love – Winner of the Burnin gMan Festival Grant

Georgua Rose Colard-Watson – Temple for Love – Winner of the Burnin gMan Festival Grant

Georgua Rose Colard-Watson – Temple for Love – Winner of the Burnin gMan Festival Grant

Luka Kreze’s Temple for the revolution in Tahrir Square

Luka Kreze’s Temple for the revolution in Tahrir Square

Dhiren Patel’s Temple to Chakras on the Mount Meru

Dhiren Patel’s Temple to Chakras on the Mount Meru

Jacob Alsop’s Temple to Bees and Wax Experiments

Michael Clarke – Temple to Making and WikiVault

Michael Clarke – Temple to Making and WikiVault

Josh Haywood – Monastic and Prison Cells

Mihail Andrei-Jipa – A Temple to Infinity – Inhabitable Fractals

William Garforth-Bless – Temple to Water ion the Thames

Marilu Valente – Bio-Polymer’s Temple

Philip Hurrel’s Temple to the Transition Movement in Totness

Dan Dodds Temple to Illusion

Christopher Ingram – Village to Electro-Sensitivity

Thanasis Korras – Memento Mori Temple – Winner of the Burning Man Festival Grant – Recursive Koch Structures

Tim Clare – Temple to Knowledge