The Gland

Our next project involved us designing a marketable object for the year 2016. A piece of group work, the three of us, after a few pints decided that energy drinks, cigarettes, coffee, adrenaline, insulin, the endorphin for love, and all those other everyday chemicals could be dispensed, through the skin, hypo-spray like by a strap-on device not dissimilar, visually from a watch.

It would do away with the need to carry paracetamol, other painkillers, and for instance contraceptive in a hand-bag or otherwise. If left on 24hrs a day the device could have an entire days' drugs ready for you.

07:30, a boost of adrenaline to wake you and two of caffeine.
08:35, endorphins to remind you how to smile and to stimulate respect for your fellow humans
11:30, nicotine to repress hunger
13:00, post meal anti-nausea infusion
15:00, more caffeine
17:00, adrenaline for the commute, to keep those elbows at the ready whilst getting on the tube.
17:30, tranquiliser/ pain-killer
23:00, sleeping assistance
00:00, a new liver.

The further possibilities were huge, programs for raves, dinner parties, a first date, a third date, a fight, or exercise could all be programed. Eventually this thing would be running your life. And you would always be happy.

Initial Ideas.














Finally the interface we and packaging we used.

Manifesto

I have finally been forced to write my personal design manifesto, and found it not as hard as I would have thought.
I'm not going to post it. When you force anyone to state, in no uncertain terms, their political views in under 150 words, they either sound like a liar or a potential killer/revolutionary. Mine came out at 500 words before I stopped, and it didn't read like lies, so that is at least a relief.

As part of the same project we were filmed reading the manifestos to camera. It was horrendous.

If you ask me nicely i might e-mail it to you.

London's Transport Museum

As part of our research into how buildings/ information are/is presented to the general public we were dispatched a couple of weeks ago to analyse TfL’s shiniest corporate venue.

If you haven't been, it's expensive, but entry to the shop, is of course, free. So go there instead. The shop has a huge selection of TfL's posters which are truely fantastic, as is thier being actually availible. This, London 2026, is one of my favorites.

It transpires that the museum, a charity, is profitable and pours its money back into education, promoting good citizenship whilst on its network and ensuring that TfL will have sufficient engineers in the future to maintain the very same system!

Two Elevations of display boards inside.