time for change

WOW what a year! But im very pleased to inform you - that I am finished and passed with excellent results and much praise!!!The portfolio exam went very well and  I even won a prize. cool! At the moment, I am organizing my CV and design portfolio so that I can try get a job - hint hint : anyone looking for some young fresh talent?! As well as organizing my CV and portfolio, I am also currently revamping the blog.... changing to the name from neuspace to gingha_love and trying to make it more professional. I am also still working on the gingha_love logo - so watch this space for awesome developments. Im moving to Cape Town in the new year to see what design opportunities I can try organize myself, it is going to a big step, scary and daunting, But I know that I have the passion and determination to get through..... wish me luck in my adventures!!!

till then, have a wonderful day!

3D MAX rendering... number 2

here are some more renderings....

3D MAX rendering... number 1

I honestly tried to load the 3D MAX walk through onto the blog but hopelessly failed as i didn't have the patience to wait... i simply have too much other work to get on with. so I will try upload the whole movie once everything is finished.... so in the meantime here are some still images. no detail in these, as MAX would've freaked out, so will post the detail design images up later this week. i hope. Enjoy!!!

Logo BE DONE!

so we are back at the drawing board. there has been so much development especially with the logo. As the interior space develops and gets refines.... so is there a need for an upgrade on the logo.... here are the devlopments and Gracie and I and have decided which one to go for and make minor adjustments... your opinions??

PS typography is hard! Made this font myself.. gingha_love :)

A bold line of expression - Welcome the Graffiti chair

One has to wait for the good things in life... and this is true to my design of the Graffiti Chair and the manufactoring events that occured. Eventually I drove home with the chair in the backof the car, carefully and proudly, like a new mother driving driving her newborn home from the hospital.


Here are some manufacturing photos that I took at the factory... (Herman Brink Wooden Furniture)

and here is the final product! :)

budget - what?

Today was an interesting day of accepting: accepting to getting lost in industrial / factory areas and freeways and accepting that salesmen love quoting the highest price with a fat smiles on they faces, knowing that you have no choice but to accept.

for two weeks up to now, I have been phoning around, shopping for the best prices, going to factories, seeing production, meeting with specialists, all to ensure i fully understand how to design and what to spec. Today was a confirmation day, so that all materials can be handled over to my dearly trusted furniture maker. NO.

I was fooled by one shop that I needed to purchase their highly specialized industrial spray paint, which was half the price of the shop that i was recommended to go to. Confusing?? So my mind thought that there had to be a difference between the two specifications and seeing that shop a (the cheaper supplier) was a bit confused by the finish and couldn't show me a sample, my gut told me to go with shop b (the recommended specialists). So i phoned in and placed my order with the lady that i dealt with that morning. 5 minutes later, i was told that i needed a primer. "OK, I said, include the primmer and what is the total price, VAT inclusive?", the long pause said it all!!! double than expected price! shop A quoted me 1/4 the price that shop B quoted. I felt so sick. I agreed. hung up the phone. and sat down. WOW.

Budget BLOWN.

then i also decided to go with the stainless steel supports for aesthetic reasons for the same design. three times the price than what was quoted with mild steel. I agreed. hung up the phone and sat down.

Budget BLOWN.

well at least i will be having a high spec chair for a once off high end chair... so that makes me a designer i guess. blowing the budget for beauty.

component designs

after 32 hours of staying awake and Corel draw freaking out and crashing and spending nearly 6 hours wrapping cassette ribbon - i have component designs.... now just to confirm with joiner and manufacture the chair. wola!... here are some layouts of what i presented today. Had good response to the light and the wrapping of the cassette ribbon and had a good idea to spray the final light with "art glue" to keep the ribbon in place - as its SLIPPERY!!!