http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog product design from a new generation of connected, enviromentally aware product designer Sun, 11 May 2008 11:27:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick post to let everyone know that the website shall be being updated in the coming weeks. I have just finished my degree, and I'm in the process of creating a showcase mini-site for my final year project. This shall be hosted on this site. I can't ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/website-news/2008_summer_update_coming_soon/ I want to thank all of the great people at <>TAG, I had a great time showing my new products in the exhibition. The opening night was on Saturday and we had a short opening cermoney in which I introduced the tree. I was unable to make the ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/exhibitions/energytree-opening-at-tag/   After recently purchasing a Phidget 8/8/8 Interface kit I started to have some problem using these sensors to drive a flash as3 animation. The Phidget as3 examples are useful but don’t really give ‘real’ world examples for starting to use sensors to drive a flash animation. The solution was ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/phidget/using-phidget-sensors-to-trigger-an-animation-in-as3/ I shall be exhibiting the EnergyTree at an EcoAesthetics exhibition at a galley called <>TAG its based in the Neterlands and the exhibition will be running for 2 months. I shall be going out on the 22nd for the opening ceremony. This shall be my first time exhibiting, and ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/exhibitions/energytree-to-be-exhibited-at-tag-march-22nd-to-the-2nd-of-may/ I have just found out that I'm a finalist for the Next Gen PC design competition.  This year I created a laptop type device that can use TV's as a ambient monitor, and use the cuppa as a more focused monitor.  I don't know if I'm the a 'winner' yet, but ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/uncategorized/vote-for-cuppa-the-social-living-room-umpc/ In this quick how-to, I will go over how I turn hand drawn product design sketches into high quality line drawings. Below isn't the best of my drawing skills, (its a range of thumbnail concepts, but we are focusing on the scan.)   Jump in to find out !   Step 1. ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/design-sketching/how-to-turn-sketchs-into-quailty-line-drawings/ I received a copy of the first MADE magazine today, Its a great magazine from the guys at London Materials and Design Exchange. Its around 60 pages and has some really great graphic design. It has a range of short articles all about how companys are using materials ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/materials/made-material-and-design-exchange/ I have had this book over two years now, and would highly recommend it. Design Sketching is a extensive selection of inspiring sketches by 24 students at the Umea Institue of Design. The book has been compiled by Erik Olofsson and Klara Sjolen. Although you can only buy this ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/design-sketching/design-sketching-inspiring-sketches-from-the-umea/ After finding out that a potential student wanted to come to Middlesex University as a result of my website. I thought that I had better update some things. I have now finished my product design dissertation, and am now just focusing on my final design project. My brief ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/middlesex-product-design/middlesex-university-product-design/ I have now submitted my dissertation. Its been a long but fun journey. I would like to thank my six participants and Andy Bardill for help focusing down the topic. You can Dowload it here (1.9MB PDF) The dissertation starts with a broad overview of emotional and experience design, this leads ... http://www.benarent.co.uk/bog/dissertation/product-design-dissertation-a-practical-framework-to-enhance-the-experiences-for-the-late-majority%e2%80%99s-adoption-within-social-communication-technology/