Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
- 3d
- ack
- adobe
- altoids
- analog
- anamorph
- arduino
- automator
- axidraw
- backup
- bash
- boids
- bookmark
- books
- cinema
- cncserver
- code
- coltrane
- conference
- data
- dataart
- design
- dropbox
- eno
- everyday objects
- eyes
- ffmpeg
- flocking
- fotb
- fusion360
- future-everything
- fzf
- generative systems
- git
- gridmarkets
- hardware
- hitfilm
- houdini
- ifttt
- imperfection
- indieweb
- input
- inspiration
- installation
- inventory
- ios
- keyshot
- kirby
- leap motion
- mac
- machine learning
- making
- markdown
- memory
- misconceptions
- nft
- notch
- notes
- openframeworks
- opinion
- output
- p5js
- photoshop
- plain text
- plotter
- process
- processing
- python
- robots
- roslindale
- sound
- time
- tools
- touchdesigner
- transferwise
- travel
- tw3
- ultisnips
- video
- vim
- vimwiki
- vinyl
- visual systems
- watson
- web
- work
- zx81
- Everything
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- 24.08.16 This is my setup when working with p5.js. Using the Mac app Sizeup, Sublime on …
- 19.08.16 No idea what this is. Started out as a grid of blocks then set blend to …
- 15.08.16 More time created 3D navigational structures of my archive
- 13.08.16 Never stop tweaking! This is the previous code but with rectangles twice as …
- 06.08.16 Triangle strips sine wave. Then lighting added
- 28.07.15 Made a prototype soft circuit button which worked well until I sewed it …
- 19.07.15 Writing my first Processing library with useful things I use all the time …
- 05.06.15 Playing with the Git log output for the current project I'm working on. X axis …
- 26.02.15 Parts soldered in place. This is now a nice flexible little board. Arduino Nano …
- 09.02.15 Preparing some Doris Le Bot parts for full colour 3D printing tomorrow.
A video posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Feb 9, 2015 at 2:59am PST
- 01.02.15 Quick and dirty controls for prototyping
Quick and dirty controls. #process A photo posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Feb 1, 2015 at 6:33am PST
- 16.01.15 Juxtaposition
Progress. A photo posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Jan 15, 2015 at 11:51am PST
- 04.01.15 Sine Waves
Work in progress for a print piece. A photo posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Jan 4, 2015 at 2:43pm PST
- 11.12.14 Accidental Explorations
Exploring designs for completely new version of The Accidental News Explorer. The old version no longer works due to the api it used being …
- 03.10.14 Analog Display
Working on things for an exhibition in Munich next year. A photo posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Oct 3, 2014 at 8:09am PDT
- 11.08.14 Using p5.js and Phantomjs to create images on the fly
I've been actively using Processing since 2003 – it's at the core of what I do and the work that I make. Yet I've always wanted something …
- 22.04.14 Black & White Swarms
Simple black and white. Swarms mapped around a sphere. A video posted by Brendan Dawes (@brendandawes) on Apr 22, 2014 at 8:18am PDT
- 01.11.13 Hatch Show Print
"We're all carving new blocks all the time, something to add, something new". Great film about the legendary Hatch Show Print who are …
- 24.05.13 Work-in-progress: Box of Tweets
A tiny OLED display is used to show past tweets from my Twitter archive. Turning the rotary control allows me to traverse the archive one …
- 07.01.13 For Sale: Makerbot Thing-O-Matic
After two years of wonderful service I'm now upgrading my Makerbot to a Replicator 2 so it's time to sell my beloved Makerbot Thing-O-Matic …
- 02.10.12 Creating a physical button to mark the now with Electric Imp
An Internet connected button allows me to mark a moment in time together with the surrounding context of what the weather was doing and …
- 04.08.12 My first DIY Arduino shield made with Fritzing
Recently, whilst looking for a way to document the wiring for the little Arduino projects I make, I chanced upon a great free app called …
- 03.08.12 Stand and watch and listen: Arup's redevelopment of Kings Cross Station
"Suddenly they stop and they go, wow. And then they start to say 'how did they do this?'". Lovely film from Arup's Nigel Morris about the …
- 30.07.12 Erik Spiekermann: I add the sound
Love how Erik Spiekermann talks about how he can get inspiration from something that already exists, then when he draws it the next day …
- 20.04.12 The Generous Man – Remembering Hillman Curtis
I first met Hillman in 1998 during a Macromedia conference being held in Paris. I'd wondered into one of the sessions not really knowing …
- 08.07.11 Why I think the Desert Island Discs site is the best thing @mnwork have ever …
On Monday, whilst many in the USA were celebrating Independence Day, July 4th also marked the the eleventh birthday of [redacted]. I'm very …
- 20.06.11 Making in the browser: using a web browser to make physical things
A few years ago Andy Clarke did a presentation called Walls Come Tumbling Down where he talked about the idea of designing in the …
- 07.01.11 Some inspirational things for a Friday
It's been one of those weeks this week when I've been bumping into many wonderfully inspiring things; new things and older things. Here's a …
- 20.12.10 Use Dropbox to print to a Pogo from an iPhone automatically.
This has come out of a little project I'm currently working on that I thought was pretty handy. I've had a Polaroid Pogo printer for a …
- 27.10.10 Why the next version of Accidental News Explorer won't be full of new features.
When I created The Accidental News Explorer I made it mainly for myself. I wanted an app to help me discover new things to read in a way …