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
/visual systems
- 24.10.15 Working on a summary sphere that will appear at the end of my talks. WIP
- 04.09.15 Experimenting with displays, particularly softening them. Here a piece of felt …
- 30.08.15 Testing.
- 03.08.15 New soft circuit wireless remote complete and fully working.
- 19.06.15 One of my favourite books on computer graphics - Computer Graphics, Computer …
- 17.06.15 Wonderful German book on patterns from Present & Correct
- 08.05.15 Almost ready to go live with this new piece of work.
- 23.03.15 New Firmata Arduino boards I've had made through Fritzing complete with Vogel …
- 09.03.15 Běla Kolářová
Completely fallen in love with the work of Běla Kolářová. huskmagazine.com/bela-kolarova …
- 03.03.15 "When computers looked like computers."
- 28.02.15 All fully operational ready for install next week.
- 16.02.15 Constructing circuit
- 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
- 07.02.15 Crimping cables to make plugs for this current piece of work. Creating these …
- 05.02.15 A day of building.
- 03.02.15 Choosing, assembling.
- 03.02.15 Needed more analog inputs for this new project so switched to Arduino Nano …
- 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
- 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 …
- 02.08.12 Title designer Richard Morrison: Simple is Good
"I'm reminded of the story of how Ridley Scott sold Alien with just three words – Jaws in Space."
- 30.07.12 Thomas Heatherwick: the new London Bus
Thomas Heatherwick talks passionately about designing the new London Bus.
- 04.04.12 Tom Hulme at TEDxCSM
Tom Hulme, Design Director at IDEO talks about Designing for Emergence. So flattered to get such a great mention too.
- 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 …
- 20.03.11 The best data visualisation I've ever seen
The best data visualisation I've ever seen wasn't on the web. Wasn't a limited edition A2 poster. Wasn't featured on any blog or twitter …