We're Moving!

Hi everyone, we have decided it's time for a change and have moved our blog to:

http://researchproductdesign.wordpress.com/

See you on the other side.....

Paper Circuitry

I have been trying to create paper circuit boards. These means the circuit can be built into simple origami object using small surface mount components. Here is a little programmable stobe light I made.

Wood Cut Prints

I have been trying to create wooden stamps for CD covers. I need to experiment about with other materials for the stamp. Here is my MDF block...

Studio Re-Vamp

Our studio has finally had a bit of a make over, We now don't work with our backs to each other! Hopefully we are going to get further enhancements such as storage.

Big LED Screen

I have been soldering building a large LED screen. The screen will read rss feeds from the internet. Hopefully it will be finished soon.....

Bespoke Design Workshops

The Bespoke team were all down in Preston last month running workshops to try and start to think about design ideas. There were various areas being explored; green spaces, social club communication, music, security, family and technology and fundraising. Jon and I were running the music, social club communication and green spaces workshops. We made up some activities to try and get people talking about these particular areas.



The social club communication workshop saw us map out what clubs talk to each, it also looked at the method and tone of communication between people.



The green spaces workshop mapped out where people take part in certain activities from hanging out in groups to talking on the phone.

For the music workshop we planned to have local musicians look at their brand identity, but unfortunately only one person turned up for the workshop, Dub P. Dub P is a local grime producer that was full of enthusiasm and will probably be a useful contact throughout the project.

I will post up our design ideas soon....

Niftymitter update

I have been hard at work on Niftymitter, which has its own website and blog at openthing.org. The transmitter has a completely new housing design in laser cut cardboard and I have been fully documenting the development in an open source manner using primarily Google Code, but also Thingiverse and Instructables. The transmitter is now in version 0.24, shown above.

Sadly I'm only here til the end of the week, so the aim for then is to have 6 kits which I shall be sending out to testers'hackers who registered and interest through the website. The kit will contain a Niftymitter and various add ons to allow users to experiment with different possible behaviours and funcionalities - it is part probe, part 'assisted hacking' exercise. I'm looking forward to seeing what others make of the deign and assisting in developing those ideas into further prototypes leading up to an exhibition in June as part of the PPFCP project.