Friday, 24 January 2014

Laundry Renovation

So after the workshop was completed. It was time to move onto the next thing to be done which is the laundry. The laundry was so impractical, not much room with little storage from some cheap cupboards. The plaster board had all cracked and the floor tiles were a mess cracked and broken. Alot of issues with the laundry so I'm glad we stripped it down and started from scratch.

Below are some progress shots from the strip out to plumbing being done to the new Mahogany Gum bench top I made and installed just like everything else in this laundry. I'm very proud of this bench top. I decided to use Mahogany Gum as it is a very dense and heavy timber and looks great with that light brown colour and figure. 

Some other features of this laundry are the new LED downlights, they consume so little energy compared to Halogens. We also used Earthwool insulation instead of the typical and no recyclable polyester insulation.

To seal the timber bench tops I used a clear coat (satin) Polyurethane which is water based, helps when cleaning up! 3 coats does the job.














Monday, 20 January 2014

The Edge 2014 - Decoration + Design Sydney






'The Edge' exhibit now apart of Decoration + Design which each year in Sydney displays the works of designers, makers and students in three different categories student, commercial and concept has selected the short list finalists to exhibit at the new location in the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, from Wednesday 5 February 2014 until Friday 5 February 2014. The previous location of the Sydney Exhibition centre was good, but this new location looks the part! 


The short-listed products and their designers are listed below.


// Asher Abergel | Dezion Studio | NSW
KAV pendant lights - Commercial
 
// Gabriella Audrey Aliwarga | RMIT | VIC
Flip Lamp - Student

// Hugh Altschwager | Inkster Maken  | VIC
Flashlight Pendant - Commercial

// Zev Bianchi | Bcompact Design | NSW
Tables de Profile - Commercial

// Lisa Bruce | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Eden Light - Student

// Sheree Bucton | Shereeb B Product Design | NSW
Tables Four Two - Commercial

// Jeewon Choi | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Selt-M1 - Student

// Ben Cooper | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Glow Bright - Student

// Ben Cooper | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Otto-box - Student

// Rebecca Crooke | RMIT | NSW
Paperclip - Student

// Damian Cuffe | Staten | NSW
Trestle Table - Student

// Sandra Elliott | Lidcombe Design | NSW
U1 - Student

// Oscar Fehlberg | RMIT | VIC
Pivot45 - Student

// Hope Giacoppo | RMIT | VIC
Attached - Student

// Matthew Harding and Rowan Turnham | Monash University | VIC
Lumen Pendant Lamp - Commercial

// Sholto Hayes | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Tabouret - Student

// Andrew Holloway | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Bat Table - Student

// Tobias Horrocks | Freefold Furniture | VIC
Freefold Stool - Commercial

// Linda Huynh | Lidcombe Design | NSW
Tranquility - Student

// Eugenie Kawabata | RMIT | VIC
The Satelite Stool - Student

// Dennis LAM Ling Kiu | RMIT | VIC
COMB - Student

// Nicola Liston | RMIT | VIC
Foul Play - Student

// Duncan Meerding | Duncan Meerding Design | TAS
Stump - Commercial

// Kristina Melnikova | Central Inst of Technology | WA
Squiggle Pendant Lamp - Student

// Stephanie Ng | VIC
Scoop Pendant - Commercial

// Toby Nowland | VIC
Wrapper Lamp - Concept/Prototype

// Alex O'Connell | AO Innovations/RMIT | VIC
Hekta Pendant Light - Student

// Shannon Riddle | Central Inst of Tech | WA
Point-45 - Student

// Shannon Riddle | Central Inst of Tech | WA
One Eight One - Student

// Shannon Riddle | Central Inst of Tech | WA
The Great Collapse (T.G.C.) - Student

// Vivien Rink | Toys of Wood | NSW
6eck - Student

// Amiee Ryan | Coffs Harbour TAFE | NSW
The Boxes - Student

// Amiee Ryan | Coffs Harbour TAFE | NSW
Lightbox - Student

// Nick Sadowsky | UTS | NSW
Spindent - Commercial

// Ellen Sandiford Keillar | RMIT | VIC
IN DUSTRY - Student

// Roger Sjodin | RMIT | VIC
DRON - Student

// Monique Svenson | RMIT | VIC
Sit & Stack - Student

// Monique Svenson | RMIT | VIC
the 'Softer Concrete' stool - Student

// Paul Townsin | SA
Me & Me Too Lamps & Pendants - Commercial

// Ed Turner | RMIT | VIC
Pebble - Student

// Lewis Yee | RMIT | VIC
Crescent Table Lamp - Student


If you are around Sydney during this exhibit, come in and have a look! Each year has some really unique pieces of furniture and design. See you there!

Fracture Dynamo Radio

So with initially designing fracture speaker it was time to take it to another level. By taking some of the design inspirations from the previous brief and continuing them on in this design. This brief was to design and make a speaker that could be used off grid. No use of electricity from the house or from a battery that has been produced from a power-plant whether that be coal, nuclear or hydro-electrically run.

Below I have put the presentation images which accompanied the real 1:1 scale model. I did have quite a lot of trouble getting this to work. I retro-fitted a dynamo gear set and circuit from a radio bought from Anaconda adventure store. If I get around to doing version two I would be making a lot of changes to make this design streamlined and reliable. But overall, very enjoyable project!