The new directions that I am looking at revolve around the idea of simulation. My last post looked at how construction and fabrication technologies are used to simulate the elements of building construction and use. In entertainment design the elements of space are a means to a different end – the simulation of experience. As [...]
July 29, 2009
Ten years ago Napster had just been launched and it was the beginning of the end for the recording music industry as it was known then. Its decline continues but a new model is emerging out of the ruins of the old - p2p, iTunes, Spotify and others are pointing the way to a new direction. Each is [...]
July 20, 2009
I regularly evaluate all of the tools and practices of my day-to-day business and project management has come up. Amazingly I had never used project management software in my first 13 years studying and working as an architect but I immediately began to explore it when I set up on my own. The RIBA has [...]
July 5, 2009
ArchDaily had a recent story on this new iPhone application. Since I’m a bit of an iPhone nut I had to give it a try. On launch you are greeted with a main screen with a feature image, which is then followed by a thumbnail layout of notable buildings. The buildings then have location and direction [...]
August 21, 2009