Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Desk tidy



I also like this desk tidy because as well as having a place for books you can put your stationary in it too.

Desk tidyer designes



This is also a design i might consider

Desk Tidy



Our next project that we will be designing is desk tidyers. This is a desk tidyer that i want to design although with some changes. The desk tidyer that i want to make is one i can keep my stationary in to be more organised.

Monday, March 12, 2012

James Clar lighting designer's work

James Clar lighting designer's work

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

1.WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGH OF DIFFERENT COLOURS?
The differences between the lights are the amount of energy

2.DEFINE THE FOLLOWING LIGHT TERMS:

ambient light- the light surrounding an environment or subject,
direct light diffuser- A light in which evenly shows a clear light on a certain place
luminosity- The brightness of a light
energy efficiency- The amount of energy used in a period of time which is efficient and useful
watts- Amount of power in a circuit.


3.Comment on Global warming
Global warming is when the earth heats up and the temperature rises which causes greenhouse gases that makes the temperature rise. The global warming makes the animals, plants etc not being able to live with the new change so they die. Global warming is caused by pollution or electricity pollution a way to stop electricity pollution is to turn light switches off when not using them, not to use objects that waste too much power.

4. How can the modern home become more energy efficient with regard to lighting?

With the strong awareness of global warming people are starting to make energy saving lights with takes a large percentage of energy used. An example of lights that use less energy is florescent lights, they are a light bulb that is made to use less energy and still work as efficient as an average light bulb.



5. Research a modern-day lighting designer and comment on their contribution to the design world.

James Clar
James Clar is a media artist whos work is a fusion of technology, popular culture, and visual information. James’s early work was his focus on the middle east 2007 on technology shift and media affect. As a American working in Dubi his light work had a dramatic and positive change which made him a well known light designer. His work was very popular and he also worked in eyebeam atelier in New York, Fabrica in Italy, and FedEX instituted of technology/Lantana Projects in Memphis. His art work was also in the Chanel mobile art exhibition in Tokyo and Louis vitton gallery in Hong Kong, but these are only a few of the places he has shown his amazing work.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

process of desk tidy




this is the process i will be going through to create my desk tidy.

dot points on making products with acryclis

design futures-
-strip heater to make acrylics right angles
-solvent cement to stick acrylics together
-oven set to 160 degrees can make the acrylic into different shapes
-power drill & hold down acrylics to drill holes

LED light/lamp finished product



side view of finished LED light/lamp

LED light/lamp finished product




this is my finished product of the LED light. im very happy with the ende result. the light was very different from my first thoughts of what it would be like. the process of making the LED light was really good and i enjoyed it. Although i was absent from school for a few lessons i still managed to get it finished within a good time which was good.