The Bond.... not james [ah... i'm lame]

So today i took a walk down to king street wharf and walked to the Bond, to look at the UNSW 4th year IDES grad show. There were some pretty cool concepts, some awesome [some not so]models, Some cool ideas [notice the word ideas] and things that i wished that i could actually buy.

Took some photoes thought i would share it will everyone. This is for the people who wanted to go but couldn't....

I really liked this, Tablet book type thing, i really want one, heh bing a girl and all, only issues that i have is with the model is that you can see the glue.. which is a shame... the rest of it looks cool tho, i think the screen works, there was a cable leading out of it.
The model was super sweet, apparently this type of idea has been around for quite some time [and some people that i went with said that it was inefficient] not sure about that, but i can see why you would use the sun, i think its quite cool.
This model was very nice, i really would love to know how they made the bottom part... like so pro. The rest of the model was awesome too.

Interesting, i like the model, i don't think that water is quite that blue though.

Don't be deceived by its simple looking exterior, this bike gear, is super cool, i just haven't figured out how it works.

This is a sleek model, the inclusion of the person is much needed to identify scale, i must say tho that for such a futuristic sleek and stylish unit the top leaf pattern doesn't quite fit. If it had been just frosted abstract leaves it would have made more sense just in keeping with the whole feel of the piece.

Office cubicle, interesting nice model [look at the detail on the chairs!] but i wouldn't like the keyboard to be integrated into the table as has been done here, there would be no ergonomic feedback and drive me nuts.

This was cool, but the model the poster and the scooter should have been kept together overall. pulling them apart made it a little distracting/ disjointed. Love how it is 1:1 scale.


Umbrella + water tank = this thingy. [oh I'm so technical xx]

Overall the exhibition was of a high standard, i thought it was a bit weird that the people who didn't do a major project was just bunched in the middle. That kind of split up the major projects which i think should be together in one continuous flow.

The posters were all typical UNSW in style [ i think we are starting to try and create a brand UNSW IDES]. There were a lot of water related projects for some reason, not sure why... a few minor details i would have liked to be nicer since it is the prestigious bond building, but meh whatever. It was worth a looksie. Don't expect that you'd spend a long time though, there aren't as many as i thought there would be.

Intresting what you can do in 5 days

Apparently you can't upload word documents... but because i want to sleep earlier than later.. I've taken a picture of the document, I'll check to see whether it is reasonable or not. I'm also going to load some pics of the model in progress, this was the main body, it took a day to shape. When i say a day i mean a solid day from 9 to 7 or 8 with only about a few hours to eat and stuff, but i started priming that evening so i was happy.

New Technology as easy as a cup of coffee?

I must admit that currently I'm only looking and browsing Yanko esign, so please forgive me for posting ups so much stuff from it. I think that it's my current obsession because it is filled with what i like to term 'fantasy objects'. Objects that are cool and have been designed but don't currently exist in functioning form [but hopefully will in the future].

I was specifically looking for new technologies that might be popular in 5 years time, that would be applicable to a working GenX dad, this caught my eye.

It's 'creatively' called "The Cup" and the creators seem to think that it is intuitive that your information is stored in a cup and that spilling the contents is how you share the information it contains..ummm what? I must say that spilt coffee isn't to me sharing information, it's not a positive thing its a negative thing. Stacking Cups do not collect information... it collects more grime... and means that i have to wash them, again a bad thing.

I love the fact that they are trying to integrate new technology in a quirky way, but i think that the metaphor that they decided to use was inappropriate. How does information = coffee? Trying to get my head around it but its not really connecting... also what about if someone mistook 'The cup' for a real cup... i doubt that it would be able to survive real coffee. From the comments that other people left everyone else seems to think that its lame. I must say i quite like it... minus the cup bit.

The technology of 'the cup' holographic touch infrared communication, it's very interesting, the information can be displayed as small or large as you want. I wonder how lighting affects the resolution of the image, and more importantly if this technology even exists. I think i will go hunting around for more information about it...

My verdict on 'the cup' interesting technology, inappropriate application. I'm not sure why they seemed to want to put the whole cup motive in, but i think it's a little confusing.

But it's very very interesting, going to keep searching for more information on this technology.

Link if you were intrested:
http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/27/cup-of-java-script/