brighter '07

construction images 2: use of Vario D7 units

2007-06-19T12:01:00.000Z

construction images 1: use of dot-its

2007-06-18T19:49:00.001Z

here a matrix of osram dot-its enables the public to make their own symbols and pictures - they turn on/off as you push them. They were placed by using an adobe illustrator file of circles projected on to a wall which we used as a template.

news blackout

2007-06-15T22:45:00.000Z

Weds night now and the private view is on friday - would love to show you some pics but that would spoil the fun. We have all the work up and 90% of the show is ready. As usual will post some great images when the show starts..

all nighter..

2007-06-15T21:17:00.000Z

Its currently 23:31 and we're still in the triangle continuing to get stuck in with true grit.
We like the curry and beer.

Mmmm!

2007-06-14T08:04:00.000Z

Today was a very productive day, as we've been making these little things. They're chocolate sponge with coloured icing and sugar sprinkles. Very big thank you to Melissa's mum as she helped us a lot! She started baking at around 7.30 am and we have taken over in the later morning, finishing up at around 6 pm. I think in total there's around 300 cakes, we tried our very best and really hope you all like them! Bon appetite!

testing pods

2007-06-11T02:17:00.001Z

big day today

2007-06-08T19:44:00.001Z

ravi's frame for the indian poster to stretch onto

charlie cares for the prints as they come off

pods arrive and are tested

david sean and matt creating the main bar and the imac bars

The Motion Zone

2007-06-08T15:25:00.000Z

Initial layout for digital work in the show. On mouse over image it will light up like a flickering bulb and students details to appear in the space below. On click that persons work will open in a new window on the right hand side.

This is rough for now... so some notes:

- Information area to align exactly with the pods... special colours and numbers etc. Also need to add Marqee font here.
- Current thumbnail images are known to be WRONG images and will be replaced ASAP with the final correct ones which will again match up to the pod.
- Name 'The Motion Zone' just a holder... I thought it was nice and seductive sounding, but its not strictly accurate.

Aleister

print deadline today

2007-06-07T08:38:00.001Z

Here's the files that went to print for the fold-out poster available during the show.

bus. cards arrive..

2007-06-05T18:54:00.000Z

Thanks to hungs contacts in hong kong our bus. cards have arrived in time, cheap and looking great and £500 for 21,500 cards over 43 students is hard to beat..

poster folding/backlit pods today

2007-06-05T18:04:00.000Z

Here's how to fold a B1 poster into B4 which is what will happen to our journal this year. Its being printed in a system called picaso which make the print more colourfull than cmyk. I would love to explain the process to you but everytime I type in picaso and print in google you can image what I have to wade through!

heres the photo side of the poster (click to enlarge if you want a digital momento)

aimee and pedro were first to have their pods printed today..

here's us doing some tests with the pods today, waiting for the rest of the pods to arrive along with the actual opal acrylic. We are using the printed side to display the work which is unusual but we want the images to keep vivid colour and have a more painterly-like colour, feels almost like a screenprint this way round...

seduce me looks like...

2007-06-05T18:00:00.001Z

The name of the show is now seduce me and here is the sign we will be hiring for the show, these images are part of the photoshoot for the cover. This will be hung on the wall upon entry to the show. Thanks electrosign for letting us shoot these.

test image printed for backlit pods

2007-05-29T11:05:00.000Z

these are reverse prints above, what you see here is the printed side.
When put into the lightbox they appear more like the below image.

vegas neon boneyard pics

2007-05-25T09:04:00.000Z

where do all the classic vegas signs go to retire..

flickr photoset of the vegas neon boneyard

journal logo progress - poss. use in show ?

2007-05-25T02:50:00.000Z

courtesy luke greenfield (3d photorealistic render)

electro sign ideas with geoff..

2007-05-25T02:22:00.000Z

thinking of getting costings on the following signs..

2 arrows for the front inside wall which can be seen clearly from outside when the cargo door is open. have gone for bulbs instead of neon as this means we dont need installation and the signs wont be sensitive to public touch or need safety measures. Arrows point the way into the show.

above the portfolios will go 'seduce me'

..and bottoms up above the bar..

also looking for placement for some of these amazing bits of old signage (examples).

looking in more detail at pod layout -test print

2007-05-25T01:35:00.000Z

click to enlarge

ordered folio colourway samples

2007-05-24T00:38:00.001Z

colour around outside is also the sleeve colour (see pics in pshop)

update: sample arrived today - although the quality is good, the size is not A4 wide but A4 (will talk through order with supplier to correct).

Uncoated Pantone Palette

2007-05-18T17:13:00.001Z

to see these colours better click on the image to enlarge and drag it onto your desktop then open in photoshop - they really are wrong when seen in a browser.

electro sign: better options for sign hire

2007-05-16T16:58:00.000Z

electro sign based in london can hire any of these and some more oversize items too - need a quote.

need to make a book?

2007-05-16T16:27:00.000Z

these guys will make books for you in around 12-15 working days...
Bob Books are printed on 170gsm
semi-gloss paper (silver digital)
with a fully photographic gloss
hardback cover. If you wish to see
more, just click on a book.

Meeting with GTS sheds light on a few issues..

2007-05-15T16:29:00.000Z

show colours (coated version)

to see these colours better click on the image and drag it onto your desktop then open in photoshop - they really are wrong when seen in a browser.

as ever they dont look exactly the same in blogger but you get the idea. He went for a bluey grey rather than the black just to soften the palette slightly. As you saw from my post yesterday the eighties colours in their full potency need careful handling for a show environment so these were softer alternatives but still neon-like. The pink is leaning more to lavender in the ai file here and the grey is darker too. Teal was chosen and we had it in with a 5 colour palette but dropped it by joining together the black and teal and just having 4. Used about 5 different teals before giving up on it for this selection. Another thing to remember is that the lighting will be darker in the show so these colours will need to cut against that.

last years and this years colours

2007-05-11T18:22:00.000Z

Last years colour scheme here and some of the ideas for this years scheme all here to help us choose and especially to help us find a colour for the folio. Comments please..

folio colours deveopment..

2007-05-10T16:59:00.000Z

GTS also suggested the grey for the folio cover and one of the brighter colours for the inside if its possible.

front of triangle in vinyl graphics (click to expand)

2007-05-10T16:27:00.000Z

Fluorescent tube design in colour variations.
This is made in 2 sizes of template which should make it cheaper to cut multiple sheets.

yellow (fave)

multi colours

Another idea: ask a student (Asya in this case to make a design for the frontage).

shoot experiments

2007-05-10T12:00:00.000Z

Photoshoot idea for gts to see and dicuss (from david/group/anna)
Clothes from American Apparel - Ravi & Anna popped over to make contact and came back with 2 bags of garments for two weeks!

mood board

this image (not shoot idea) just to show range of items

each student caught in action (name alongside) - this shoot similar to intended idea

options here with trails (in pshop after shoot)

option with neon (models reacting to electrics) (pshop after shoot)

glowing electric flex (pshop after shoot)

bags in office

ceramic wall

2007-05-10T11:56:00.000Z

Photo: fLORA-flex tile by U.S. participant Evan Douglis, rendering of proposed full-scale modular ceramic wall.

Find exhibition details at the .ekwc website or read on for project background.

playing with 80's colours- strange... but some things are fun?

2007-05-09T22:10:00.000Z

oversaturated colour care of wonderland magazine

2007-05-09T19:33:00.000Z

over saturated scheme

GTS List for discussion. (phone & blog meet)

2007-05-08T10:14:00.000Z

list of things for GTS to approve\discuss in order of importance..
(active links underlined..)

1. folios colour and design/size urgent!
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
2. positioning of show contents including 3d objects
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. folio stand design, colour and function
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. colour scheme for show and how its used on the infrastructure of the show
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. use of pods in show & trailing cables
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
6. ideas for the front of the triangle
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. how work is featured on the imacs
8. extra pods - use of.
9. photoshoot booking studio now getting hard
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
10. unfound or not working..
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
11. rasterbate images?
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6

just over a month to go..

2007-05-08T07:52:00.000Z

..until 12th june when show must be up for marking.

longest lead in times..

folios, bus cards, pod delivery, journal

biggest threat to time wasting...

images not in from students yet, print backlit quality issues

unsolved issues...

frontage of show, GTS approval of detail, possible laser/other hire?

Laser logo's

2007-05-07T23:20:00.000Z

Don't know why we didnt't think of this before but we have a backlit show and have been looking at some 80's and neon influences for colour schemes etc. We threw out the neon because for a small logo of 8"by 40" it would have cost over £400 and for the cover of the journal it is possible to fake a neon sign in pshop/3d. Lasers could give us a logo on the space at any size and with animation if we chose. I will have to investigate the properties of laser light for daytime use but the triangle frontage is dark so it must help? starting link here.

folders galore 1 paperchase 0

2007-05-07T09:48:00.000Z

Been looking at folios and have now ruled out high street solutions in favour of a bespoke made alternative perhaps from a company like folders galore see these examples...
Notice how there is a hidden clasp so you can screw in ordinary hole-punched hi-quality mylar plastic pockets or whatever you want in that format and the clasp area still looks tidy.
The price as yet is unknown but we certainly would be able to afford the embossing.

later..
Afternoon Joanne,

Thank you for your new enquiry about this project

specification: produce portfoilo folders to take oversize A4 and covered in
a fabric and with an internal spine fitted with two interscrews and each
one filled with 20 clear, sturdy pockets

50 portfolio folders @ £36 each

Cost includes proofs and delivery. VAT is extra

Production please allow 2 weeks from proof approval

Please send an order to proceed. The first stage is one proof. On approval
we produce the 50 complete

layout after ravi's poster is moved.. (click to enlarge)

2007-05-03T16:42:00.000Z

NB: the folio is (not this colour) a block to read on with 2 rows of folios above (bespoke made) and a lighting strip above which overhangs the folio bar.

3d in sketchup of the layout with ravi's work to the left

2007-05-03T16:39:00.000Z

This was the original layout for the show until we found the sightlines for ravi's poster were not good enough (the pink block at the left end).

Colour Schemes

2007-05-03T14:12:00.001Z

(inspired by DB's fav 80s Lacoste trainers)

List

2007-05-03T14:06:00.001Z

Portfolios:
bespoke company, interscrews,bespoke inserts, coloured cloth covering, A4 Quotes coming tomorrow.

Plinths/Bars:
recessed lighting, brighter colour than the other plinths.
Shelving units, small objects/ business cards nearby.

Pods: cords hanging from ceiling, painted, clear tops/ ambient light. empty ones as extra lighting- printed covers?

Colour Scheme:
Portfolio Bar, Bar, iMac bards, Leif’s plinth, Joanna’s back, front barrier, tiebeck bracelets.

General Lighting: backlit ambient, strip lights to highlight important areas. Bar: possbile neon sign/ strip lighting nearby.

Placement of objects/ Layout/walkthrough. Poster issue.

Signage/ front of show e.g. arrow/warped text, typographic vinyl lettering. mock ups.

How we feature work on computers, short clips on showreel continued on website. larger icons, links to blog.

theme traders hire for backdrops/neon/props

2007-05-03T08:02:00.000Z

link here

another set of ideas from the group for the front of the triangle

2007-05-03T00:17:00.000Z

building on our earlier ideas for a visual effect of somekind here's an idea from the d&ad annual which in turn has been around for years. These are just tests plus an extra photo for you to adapt and send back. Idea at top... the letters are cut from foam and stuck to the front of the triangle and inside the doorway inverted as if the logo travels through.

Meeting Booked

2007-05-02T15:13:00.000Z

On the phone to Pauline W from the Press department at American Apparel London. I was referred to her by a friend Med who works in the Shoreditch branch. We have a meeting with her next Tueday - TBC - depending on what the schedule at college is like next week. Things are looking hopeful though to borrow clothes for the class shoot!
Anna

more guerrilla ads

2007-05-01T14:56:00.000Z

domain bought..

2007-05-01T10:01:00.000Z

after consultation we have bought the name www.brighterchelsea.com

The original P. Diddy

2007-04-30T20:12:00.000Z

let's make it look (and sound) like this...

Anna

made thought (click for link)

2007-04-30T19:45:00.000Z

projects with great attention to detail, a lesson production values, printing and presentation.

Triangle space & Dynamic Suprematism (1916)

2007-04-29T19:16:00.000Z

Thinking out the box (or the triangle) for a moment Kasimir Malevich (1916)..

(from modernism exhib. last year)...Kasimir Malevich supplies some cerebral coolness, with an oil on canvas entitled Dynamic Suprematism (1916). An empty, pale blue triangle floats against white space. Other forms and shapes are layered against it – random, unidentifiable, clustering together or drifting apart in this infinite half-light.

Malevich said:

Colour and texture in paintings are ends in themselves.

If this sounds like the usual abstract musings of a contemporary artist, what is useful in the V&A's show is the reminder that these artists had a social vision. Malevich developed the ideas behind the genre he called Dynamic Suprematism, in which forms appear to be in flux, because he wanted to:

free art from the dead weight of the real world, the State and Church.

After the Revolution of 1917, he founded a collective called Supporters of New Art in order to promote abstraction as an art form for a new society. Somewhat charmingly (these dizzy artists!) he announced its end in 1919.

outvoted but here's what your'e missing.

2007-04-27T19:37:00.000Z

tiki bar: when the weight of the world is on your shoulders hitch up a stool to your nearest tiki bar and let Nigel make you a cocktail or three. Available for hire and fun included but if you prefer the minimal solid bar just go ahead..

fab show cakes from paris

2007-04-25T18:39:00.000Z

as seen in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette available here

quick detour to neon 80's & video arcades etc for visual stimulus..

2007-04-25T18:25:00.000Z

video arcades flickr collection here

born in the 80's, the 80's

2007-04-25T17:25:00.000Z

This 80's shoe is being reissued in new colourways, this is a semi-graphic treatment for an ad in wallpaper in the 80's neon on black look from the 80's - blogged here as I know some of you are looking at similar colours for the show? (in the original pic all the colours are very bright)

the actual trainers are here and a lot less intresting

although there is an 80's trainers memphis style boom at moment here and here (turn the colour down on your laptop first).

some cool tron trainers.. here

More Signs

2007-04-24T15:43:00.000Z

Oooh! These only cost £10 a day (minimum hire period is 5 days) but they'r ein Kent. At least we're getting somewhere!

Neon Sign Rental

2007-04-24T15:36:00.000Z

I enquired today at a prop hire company about hiring a neon sign, they have a good collection (click on the link in the title)

(!)

BUT it's £125 including VAT, they're based in Criclewood and that doesn't include delivery costs.

whatevs, that's what i say to that.

Anna

Domain Names

2007-04-24T14:52:00.000Z

www.brighterchelsea.co.uk

www.brighter-chelsea.co.uk

www.brighter07.co.uk

Which do you prefer?

I prefer www.brighterchelsea.co.uk because i think the words look nice together, the word 'chelsea' gives us added status and affliates our work with chelsea, and i don't like numbers in websites i think it looks cheap, especially the number 07 because it reminds me of James Bond. But what do you think?

Anna

WRISTBANDS, WRISTBANDS, WRISTBANDS.

2007-04-24T14:22:00.000Z

So after yesterdays conversation, here are the best 3 choices I think we have with regards to sectioning off the VIPs from the common people:

I think this is best - it's paper, it can come of easily, but it tears when it does so it's non transferable to the plebs etc, it comes in neon colours, AND you can print one colour on them (if we want to, i quite like them plain)

These are what's used for many festivals etc, (my sister still has hers on from last summer, the grot-bag) they look nice cause they're woven, but obviously a bit more expensive. I like these, don't know if they have neon threads though...

And these are just an amazing blast from the past. I remember running around the garden with my sister tring to slap eachother as hard as we could with ours. Novelty value - amazing, security - obviously rubbish.

Anna

sound bombs

2007-04-23T09:38:00.000Z

the blurb...

Soundbombs are New-Media-Accessories. Each one a lowtech object for interactive transmission. An integrated soundmodul makes it possible to record any given sound and then activate it through a motiondetector. As a Non-Visual Graffiti, with its origin in streetart, Soundbombs give the possibility to tag a place in an accoustic form: a welcoming greeting at the entrance or a warning of a bad restaurant. Each owner can leave a personal message anywhere and at any time. Soundbombs can whistle, laugh, belch or recite a poem.

One can apply for the purchase of a Soundbomb – only those who deserve a Soundbomb, get a Soundbomb! if one is elected, he/she obtains an unique "accoustic" email addresse (e.g. thud@soundbombs.info).

video here

>>sounds like a good thing for the show?

Sean Gall's robot in production.

2007-04-20T03:12:00.000Z

Another unknown so far for finding a place in the show is Sean's giant metal robot - see diagram, have also included this pic from stockholm's science museum of their giant robot which you can control from behind.

Indian 6m wide painted poster

2007-04-20T02:41:00.000Z

Ravi is off to have his poster made soon in india (skip the details here until we know more) but if its as big as 6 metres wide where will it go? on a hoarding outside the show or in the parade ground or running at the back of the show or even on top of the triangle space or on the front of the space?

folio quandry/beetlelady

2007-04-19T17:01:00.000Z

At the moment we use A4 wide folios (oversize A4) from muji (link&pic)
As we will not be using our usual folio holder we can now look at other makes but still based around the oversize A4 model perhaps even binding our own. The muji ones are cheap but they can be a bit floppy and budget looking. Beetle lady here has a guide to binding your own books with decent results.

Please can you post pics of any folios you see here.. thanks

ikea wall-mounted folio holder with reading flap?

2007-04-19T16:48:00.000Z

could see a row of these with images slipped in behind or one continuous image, could have one per student but they are a bit too big and a bit pricey at £50

perhaps better than led icecubes..

2007-04-19T16:31:00.000Z

Glow-sticks.org have allsorts of led party geekery on sale. More for our show would be led cups (they change colour slowly over time) or swizzle sticks (led cups on another site). Some really bad items here so would have to be very choosy about which works - buy a few as samples? The cup featured here glows (not led) when hit on a button and the straws illuminate when broken ala glow sticks. General drinks link here.

early look at where things might go (click to enlarge)

2007-04-17T17:02:00.000Z

NB the yellow folio stand could have a rest this yer in favour of the 14 lightoxes which will dominate the central stage with students work. All the folios can be seen clearly along the min white wall (ideas on this to come).

led icecubes

2007-04-17T16:05:00.000Z

As we are in the near dark apart from all the great lighting in the show GTS suggested some led icecubes for the bar - anyone have variations on this theme? Led glasses instead? just thinking about the dangers of swallowing one or am I being a square?

another idea for the front of the show..

2007-04-17T16:04:00.000Z

really good print co. - student offers (click for web site)

2007-04-17T15:30:00.000Z

Have a sample pack from these guys and the quality and odd sizes are intresting..

We print really good promotional cards, use 350gsm high quality recycled art board, and offer a choice of 3 really good finishes. To top it all we're polite!

1000 A6 postcards, colour front, black reverse £95+vat and delivery (total £125.73)

1000 lovely postcards will cost £95+vat and delivery in our standard run. This price includes basic layout, artwork check-up, and choice of matt,gloss or spot varnish finish.

or...

500 business cards, colour front, black reverse £67+vat and delivery (total £92.83)

500 business cards will cost £67+vat and delivery in our fortnightly print run. The cards are printed on beautiful recycled Fedrigoni Symbol Freelife card. This price includes basic layout, artwork check-up, and choice of matt, gloss or spot varnish finish.

more fairground images..

2007-04-17T15:26:00.000Z

More brightness and colour - mmm shall we have a mini moulin rouge windmill or an illuminated tower on the roof? - no ok but this kind of material is available for hire or buy.

brighter images

2007-04-17T15:19:00.000Z

Been talking to geoff about how we could use light in the show, we have the backlit pods and a neon sign so far - looking about stuff from fairgrounds/blackpool illuminations etc. Perhaps we can get hold of something like a giant lit 3d cartoon character - has to be bright and oversize.

More images of the vario lighting units ordered

2007-04-17T13:03:00.000Z

we have 14 of these which equals 28 oversize 1m by 2m areas of work in total. if each student has half of one side as per the layout I blogged earlier which gts approves and we have 44 students entering this means there will be 3 lightboxes free to use for show signage or text etc.

Neon Returns to the Chelsea show (click images to enlarge)

2007-04-17T12:36:00.000Z

Anna Freitas is using a neon font for the logo of the journal (and the show), here are some images from her blog and some from our free range show in 2004 where a student had a neon sign made for his fm on swearing. This brighter logo made in would make a good entrance for the show.

reflections on floor

2007-04-16T16:28:00.000Z

In the darkened space we should be able to play up the effect of reflections on the floor from our lightboxes. But with so many people in the space this may become an expensive waste of time for a limited effect. We have a sample from Harlequin of a 'hi-shine' format but it works out at nearly £20 per sq.m and we have nearly 220 sq. m in total!. It may be possible to do a strip infront of the boxes but they are being put everywhere at the moment - best idea so far is to either paint the floor before the show in gloss black but more likely a new coat of the grey thats already there. In the darkness the floor will shine and reflect our boxes and neon with new paint, floor polish or just after a good clean (I tested it yesterday).

more...

2007-04-15T11:15:00.000Z

trompe l'oeil again (click 2nd image to maximise)

2007-04-15T10:52:00.000Z

these guys in germany (boring link to jobs agency) got involved with this idea for an ad - students walk through this suited mans arse while reading a warning against getting on in the workplace the wrong way ?! Good scale though and use of some of the ideas we are looking at for the show.

2007-04-13T23:16:00.000Z

Love it.
Joanne

light created image

2007-04-11T20:22:00.000Z

link torches on the beach

more lightboxes/backlit ideas

2007-04-09T07:13:00.000Z

interiors now (click for source blog)

2007-04-08T22:57:00.000Z

Wow! coolhunter has blogged some great interiors - anything strike you?

Polaroids - click for link

2007-04-08T20:42:00.000Z

Tarkovsky book polaroids link

Polaroid Fever..
Just thinking about if a polaroid of each person might be good for the mag or to use in a feature somewhere. Just had my head in some Polaroid books recently - very seductive images might be good for publications but harder to use in a larger space like ours. The camera to use is the famous sx-70 land camera with the now out of sale sx-70 film but there is a new stand-in film from http://www.unsaleable.com/

Grass...

2007-04-08T14:51:00.000Z

Hey guys - this is my set designer friend David White who I used to assist. Anyway this was from a shoot he's recently done. This isn't the real photos from the shoot, just him messing around on the set but i thought it was good to show how the grass could look. I like the tacky 'sky' background, reminiscent of all your old school photos.
Just a little mood board type comment i suppose this is,

Anna

goodie bag

2007-04-04T20:31:00.000Z

Hey guys!
I was wondering if we are having any kind of goodie-bags for those that come to our show. With that in mind, i thought i could offer brazilian products, like for example the brazialian flip-flops havaianas that cost here around 2 pounds each (buying in quantity i could search a better price) and we could have them silk-screened for our show.
Let me know what you think!

I came to Rio for 10 days, i'll be coming back to london on next friday, if you guys want i can take them with me!

juliana.

Door/wall covering...

2007-04-01T17:21:00.000Z

Light at the end of the tunnel?
Christine

first experiments, click to see..

2007-03-31T20:20:00.000Z

templates

2007-03-31T20:14:00.000Z

Here we go - see what you can come up with..post your results in images or words.

trompe l'oeil guerilla advertising

2007-03-29T21:03:00.000Z

click on these especially the red cross van to see larger...

Had a chat with GTS today - both been looking at guerilla marketing recently and he found the red cross ad here (showing the bay area public what would happen in the event of a quake). The trompe l'oeil effect is great to play with for the triangle in the entrance.

Early suggestion #1 we need to screen the front of the show off because we need to control the light in the triangle space - we could use our new wall system to hold an image, perhaps the front of the triangle as if the door was closed (then add idea for an image on that) - or - the sight of the triangle after a messy show has trashed it (then you get inside and its amazing and very different) - you get kind of idea. Or #2 we create a new front or false section to the triangle that can be seen from a long way off - such as the most bizarre and glamorous people clamouring to get into our show - any way over to you we need your comments and suggestions for ideas here.

led's for more general lighting

2007-03-28T23:05:00.000Z

few examples here - they can look a bit acid and overwhelming but I did read somewhere you can match pantones.

led 3d madness

2007-03-28T22:25:00.000Z

Make magazine - my fave - shows you how to make anything.
So heres some bonkers 3d led bulb design - all computer controlled - fun, not for us though.
heres the link..

how it works with vids..

how to make/buy one.

more led madness..

Lighting/Back Wall

2007-03-28T18:15:00.000Z

i love the idea of having some kind of projection/lighting thing on the long back wall, since we have so much haNging space with the pods/walls etc. take a look at this light artist james turell. We could do something like this, it would look great especially since the room will be quite dark due to the pods... what do you think? Anna

projected grass - can also be interactive

2007-03-28T16:45:00.000Z

see here an interactive installation using the 'processing' software - just goes to show you can always project. checkout the video. as th people move the grass does too although their setup is a really complex version.

grass grass grass!

2007-03-28T15:10:00.000Z

Someone said they wanted grass in the triangle as the backlit displays look like a sort of forest so heres some info on doing that..

The triangle space would need 260sq.m of to cover its area. Real turf is possible but its hard to work with - heels/mud/going brown etc.

Heres a link for real turf - it works out at £670 inc vat

Heres a fake turf company at around 10 psq.m - £2600! inc vat

Heres the exhibition specialists who do the best stuff for shows their cheapest is £5.50 plus vat a sq.m which is about £1800 in vat - ouch

i'm waiting for another contact for thin trade carpet. We could still add areas of fake grass or fake organic elements such as trees and flowers.

some images..

this company sells grass matts for indoor picnics as seen at the top of this post - fun but pricy.

Neon Sign

2007-03-16T16:32:00.000Z

I went to a shop called Signs on the kingland road today (east) and asked them how much a 1m long neon sign (unmounted) would cost with the brighter logo, and he's said around £350... this is definately do-able I think, and reasonable since Ana was quoted + £500.
He just needs the image of the logo, and I need confirmation and agreement from show commitee, DB and GTS
What do you all think?
Anna x

test layouts for backlit pods

2007-03-01T11:10:00.000Z

some early test images here - best way of seeing is to click to enlarge.

connect walls delivery & demo today

2007-02-27T16:41:00.000Z

As mentioned earlier - connect walls delivered their wall system today which will be moved up to the casket today here are some images to show how to construct shapes..
(all surfaces can be painted).

ps. they told me about black-tac which is better than blu-tac and mostly used by the film industry which would be good for pin-up use.

digital festoon (click for link)

2007-02-24T00:11:00.000Z

Saw this company at the last PLASA show, they have made a cheap lighting system for digital control. They sell you a 'brain' controller box I seem to remember for about £250 this can control an array of up to 200 lamps in any configuration ie. landscape/portrait or spread apart by any distance. Each lamp and holder is very cheap - just add a pc and you can write any image or scroll text etc. Whats so good about this is its cheap and open ended rather than having to fit a certain type of use or enclosure you can drill holes for theses lamp holders in any surface.

videos...

here

and here

grouping the pods

2007-02-20T23:32:00.000Z

Its tricky to fit 15 pods with everything else - we need to look at how much we can get away with in the triangle.

its back!

2007-02-20T02:05:00.000Z

Infact its been in storage for a year, but we can modify it and renew it, colour it, split it up etc or just make it so the folders dont pop off the front. Ideas needed to make this fun objectwork in our new show?

connect walls (click to link)

2007-02-20T01:22:00.000Z

We have about 25 bits of this walling system arriving on Tuesday with built-in lighting units. Its available for the show if we need any partitions or walls. They are lightweight and wooden painted white but can be painted any colour.

Connect wall system

2007-02-20T00:40:00.000Z

Rasterbator (click for link)

2007-02-19T23:54:00.000Z

Upload any lower re image and the rasterbator software gives you back a multi-page pdf file with your image blown up and turned into halftone dots ready to print out on any A4 printer - mono or colour. Been looking at this with Geoff in terms of printing a wall somewhere in the show with the white edges and page numbereing left in (colour?)

more lightboxes...

2007-02-19T23:40:00.000Z

mirage lightboxes (click link)

2007-02-19T23:22:00.000Z

We have ordered a number of these backlit exhibition pods for the brighter show this year, they include full-length printing on both sides for each unit - we just have to figure out how to place them and how to apply graphics to them.

here's a similar model's 3d revolve (click for qtvr)

display cases

2007-02-19T22:12:00.000Z

this is a nice way of displaying work

ohhh and since the display case is already quite donald judd maybe we should look at dan flavin for ideas for lighting...

led fabric (click for link)

2007-02-19T22:00:00.000Z

This looks like a good way to combine the led screens and fabric (possibly wall hangings, curtains, pillows? super-futuristic-yet-domestic?)
Might be good for some sort of installation or something..

http://www.lumalive.com/

Budda Bags (click here for site)

2007-02-19T21:48:00.000Z

So... I know this isn't really the top priority just yet - but I saw these the other day in this (incredibly well designed) new shop in the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. They are Budda Bags - filled with memory foam, not beans; and, well, how about it guys?

Anna x