http://ginnykwok.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/moon-flower-jewellery-box.html?showComment=1332744329276#c6433772645618246691
Ginny
http://janraymondgerardino.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/studio-2a-project-1-bioinspired.html?showComment=1332745973120#c3992094482256000284
Jan
http://ides2161yvonnesha.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/favum-new-kitchen-storage-experience.html?showComment=1332745167722#!/2012/03/favum-new-kitchen-storage-experience.html
Vonnie
http://ides2161-group2.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/user-manual.html?showComment=1332745069193#!/2012/03/user-manual.html
Daniel Kim
http://richardtrajcevski.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/silver-fern-water-recycling-disk-rack.html?showComment=1332744033873#c3587320082008096043
Richard
Monday 26 March 2012
Sunday 25 March 2012
Arachni- Key holder + reminder paper weight
Rationale: Arachni- Key Holder + Reminder paper weight
Arachni, is a magnetic key holder both ornamental and also functional with an added paper weight feature for keeping memos or reminders under, because the key storage would be a place that receives a moderate level of attention daily in a household, it can be used by members of the household to remind themselves or other members of the household about things-to-do, shopping lists etc.
The Arachni key holder is inspired by the wolf spider, in the way that the wolf spider is a species of spiders that carry their offspring on their backs until they are old enough to survive on their own, this happens because the wolf spider is very protective of their young, leading to the conclusion that their offspring are very precious to them and not wanting to lose them. The ideas of keeping something very precious and not wanting to lose something, gave me the idea of designing a key holder that resembled a wolf spider and the keys resembling the spider’s ‘offspring’.
Arachni is made up of three main parts: The key holder which resembles the body of the wolf spider uses a series of magnets integrated in the body for holding up the key rings of the keys.
The paper weight which resembles the head of the wolf spider is actually separated from the key holder for easier usability of the paper weight.
The final part of the Arachni is the supporting base which helps to keep the key holder and paper weight together.
Arachni is made up of three main parts: The key holder which resembles the body of the wolf spider uses a series of magnets integrated in the body for holding up the key rings of the keys.
The paper weight which resembles the head of the wolf spider is actually separated from the key holder for easier usability of the paper weight.
The final part of the Arachni is the supporting base which helps to keep the key holder and paper weight together.
As for the colour scheme of the Arachni, the key holder and paperweight are both black to maintain a more similar connection to spiders as most species of spiders either have a dark brown or black body colour mostly for camouflage, but just so that the Arachni product itself isn’t camouflaged or lost, the supporting base of the Arachni is a sharp red outlining the body of the Arachni through such contrast.
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Monday 12 March 2012
The 11th Hour- presented by Leonardo Di Caprio
This documentary presentation is compiled from a series of interviews conducted, asking scientists and other industry experts about climate change and their opinions on climate change.
One of the segments that I found particularly interesting was the segment talking about ‘current sunlight’ and ‘hidden sunlight’, and how prior to the industrial revolution and the discovery of ‘hidden sunlight (fossil fuels)’ the world’s population, dependent upon ‘current sunlight’, could only maintain a world population of about 1 billion people due to the limit of energy attained from the current sunlight, thus having a limit as to how much food/crops could be grown each year roughly. But as for fossil fuels, this was considered ‘hidden sunlight’ because it was an alternative source of energy thought to be energy from the sun trapped away over millions of years, after the discovery and global increase of fossil fuel usage, the world population hit 2 billion by 1930, and 3 billion between 1930 and 1960.
One of the segments that I found particularly interesting was the segment talking about ‘current sunlight’ and ‘hidden sunlight’, and how prior to the industrial revolution and the discovery of ‘hidden sunlight (fossil fuels)’ the world’s population, dependent upon ‘current sunlight’, could only maintain a world population of about 1 billion people due to the limit of energy attained from the current sunlight, thus having a limit as to how much food/crops could be grown each year roughly. But as for fossil fuels, this was considered ‘hidden sunlight’ because it was an alternative source of energy thought to be energy from the sun trapped away over millions of years, after the discovery and global increase of fossil fuel usage, the world population hit 2 billion by 1930, and 3 billion between 1930 and 1960.
Another point that I found interesting was how human beings have changed, we’ve lost touch with nature and struggle to live in harmony with it most of the time, we mainly gain our knowledge in this new era from the different man-made media that we expose ourselves to, and we no longer learn from natural experiences we have exploring the natural world.
The third point that I found interesting was about the air pollution and ocean pollution that has accumulated over the past centuries and the result of climate change and global warming. After so many years of global warming, the evidence has been made clear, and we have lost the battle against global warming for the past 30 years, but what is stopping change? Human Behaviour.
There is a percentage of the world population which is attempting to change the fate of the earth, the scientist, environment conscious designers and anyone else who has taken the time to think about the future of the earth, another percentage of the world population are world leaders- they should be leading the world to commit to change for a better earth, but instead are being held back because of economical reasons, which leads me to the next percentage of the world population- corporations, large global corporations especially petroleum companies have the power over world leaders because they have the fossil fuels, and which is what most of the world runs on and has been running on for the past century. The remaining percentage is the rest of the world population, which is simply are too lazy, unaware of, or think that their contribution to change is too small and will not make a difference. The worst part about all this, is that as human beings, we have a tendency to not realise what we have lost until it is truly gone.
The third point that I found interesting was about the air pollution and ocean pollution that has accumulated over the past centuries and the result of climate change and global warming. After so many years of global warming, the evidence has been made clear, and we have lost the battle against global warming for the past 30 years, but what is stopping change? Human Behaviour.
There is a percentage of the world population which is attempting to change the fate of the earth, the scientist, environment conscious designers and anyone else who has taken the time to think about the future of the earth, another percentage of the world population are world leaders- they should be leading the world to commit to change for a better earth, but instead are being held back because of economical reasons, which leads me to the next percentage of the world population- corporations, large global corporations especially petroleum companies have the power over world leaders because they have the fossil fuels, and which is what most of the world runs on and has been running on for the past century. The remaining percentage is the rest of the world population, which is simply are too lazy, unaware of, or think that their contribution to change is too small and will not make a difference. The worst part about all this, is that as human beings, we have a tendency to not realise what we have lost until it is truly gone.
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