a couple of sketches

work in progress...

As to blogging it's been quite frustrating this year, since i've been working on so many confidential projects i can't really post them online...but soon i'll be on it again!

for now these are a few things i can put on... soon more to come...

Bowls and chips

Interim show rca

Microphone 2

platform 12 presentation

Megadeth, Carling academy

radio active

Radio Active

square

Radio Active

Military Jerrycan

Water +

I'm still waiting for Lenine to show up in my living room, but the servers seem too busy!

It's all there it's all free and it's all ours!

I always found it hard to realize that some people still don't know what they can really get from the internet.
Far from advocating that it is a place you should spend your life on, it is undeniable that you can get anything you can imagine that can be digitized in a way or another! from ebooks to movies, seminars, tutorials, softwares, to mood generators and brainwaves frequency emulators...it's all a click away.

Information is the new currency, and if you still don't know how to get your hands on it you are way behind! May you be a lawyer or a designer, an architect or simply someone who enjoys movies! It's all out there...it's all free and it's all yours...but if your mind still refuses to change its old habits...well too bad for you...because a lot of people out there are simply born with mouse in their hands....
We have massive advantage over you, may it be academically, or technically, and even culturally...taste, fashion, the magazines we have access to, and all the networking facilities available...it is simply insane!

So in other words if you still pick up the phone to order pizza you're way behind and you better get moving!

It's all there it's all free and it's all ours!

old film posters,

back to the UK

Now that the summer is over, and after spending it in the studios recording a new album and on the seashore...i'll be back to feed my hungry little blog :)

second year at the rca is gonna be fun! i'm sure although other former student would disagree... i think it's the last opportunity to enjoy design to the fullest before a full fledged professional life, especially that i might end up with a couple of brats at home constantly supplicating for junk food and playstations....

so the blog is back, i'll try to make it more explanatory this time...but i just assume you guys are smart enough to understand my products.... :P

Induction tea cup

Tea leaves mixer

week end in portugal

Metallica Wembley Stadium 8th of July

can objects be vehicles of political ideologies?

Can the object be a vehicle of political beliefs?
What are the previous examples of objects that led or contributed to minor or major political transformations?
What have the different parties throughout history used to induce and enforce their political beliefs onto people and their followers? And can we design objects that counter such practices?
Can we design objects that trigger revolutions?
Can the use of an object induce a cultural perception and political opinion onto the user?
Can the ownership of an object push us into a new line of thought and beliefs?
Is the actual design of objects inducing on a subliminal level the system of beliefs of a capitalist or socialist way of life?


if you have any ideas, answers or references to this series of interrogations, i'd appreciate it if you'd leave a piece of comment...

cup of tea

it looks like i will probably combine the very first approach with the second one... there's something there it seems, more work on the patterns to come...
also some work on the base obviously.... :)

here's another addition, with pattern heating resistances...more to come...

Water project - platform 5

here are some preliminary sketches for my ''water project'' it a large project...but i have to start somewhere...

i'm looking to break the production of bottles in a city, I've uploaded a bit of a research check it out...it's crazy...it's mainly about water in London...but applies to most cities of the developed world...

here's the link: not available yet

cup of tea?

working on the cup of tea, i like to have my hands around it to warm them up, i also enjoy the vapors of green tea on my cheeks...

what i really hate is when my nose goes into the cup or hits the other side....
so guess i tried to come up with a bit of a solution (i hope)...work in progress anyway....:P





the side from which you drink...





the 'other side'...






the side view is more about the shape of the hands, so you can see where the thumb goes, same for the rest of the hand...





this top view actually shows how the cup was designed from the shape of a face...simple but i guess that's where the face is going hehe!

first semester work on platform 5

Motion and body signal music generator...

wobbly, bubbly, this thingy actually generates music when you play around with it... :D and it actually works!!!
with built in sensors it turns movements, body signals and friction into sound...i'll upload a video sometime later...



so getty image i kinda like the other look of it too...

intelligent textiles

working on friction based nano motors...here are some examples i worked on with weaver and textile student at RCA helga matos, more to come about it...



the concept here is to invert the way motors work, embedding magnets onto the gear and using the coil as a power conductor...

tea service

Hei !

i'm currently working on tea cups...part of platform 5 at the royal college of arts...

the principle is simple, it's an electric coil heated set of cups, with a special spoon container for herbs (the one on the left).

the point is to heat each cup individually (the coils are in colours), saving a great deal of energy overall.
The use of the ceramic tea leaves spoon container cuts down tea bag waste and encourages reuses for the other cups...

i'd love to have feedback on this...work in progress...