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!!!

im going deeper underground

Hi all... so had a theory breakthrough on how i can "get deeper". Im now researching Graffiti, African pop art and retro and street style... and believe it or not - they all share the same theory... EXPRESSION!! so watch the library shelves for the book to hit the shelf in 2011! ha ha.. im also throwing in " drum and bass" YES believe it! im focusing on what the sub-culture and youth are doing now, 2010.. HOW WHERE and WHAT and the bottom line is they are EXPRESSING themselves. <<<>>>
so off to another drum and bass party this Friday, going to be brave enough to take a camera along and show you the world of music and dance thumping through your veins. .. as they say on the dance floor - "it feeds your soul"

I am going to give this thesis a dose of bass... who says that we cant?!

here are some new conceptual developments for the Logo and typeface of the name. Today in class there was a progression as a typeface was chosen with an idea of a logo. also what has been finalized are the component designs. looks like there will be 4
1. the unplugged light
2. the fast forward light
3. the play chair
4. the (LEGO) Wobbly stool....ill post images up when details have been finalized, in the meantime please feel free to comment on the logo development!! :)

waka waka in the city

here are some photographs that i took during the Fifa Soccer world cup... these photos represent Port Elizabeth in a time of "togtherness" ... waka waka :)

type type type...

So as the final drafts for the thesis are being submitted, here is a sneak preview of the layouts of the design chapter...

there's more...

here are some more presentation posters from midyear...