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Tag Archives: Collaboration
Reflection on New Designers
Recently I exhibited DON-8r at New Designers – a 4 day showcase of design graduate work at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. This was an opportunity for fledgling designers to promote themselves and network with industry types in … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged 3D Design, Ashley Temudo, Brighton, career, Chair, Collaboration, design, disability, DON-8r, Dundee, exhibition, Furntiture, future, Goldsmiths, Harry Trimble, internship, job, local, London, maunfacture, Max Cairns, money, New Designers, patrick stevenson-keating, Pete Thomas, Product Design, Reflection, Rory Colsell, Stool, Table, Tom Costello, University
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Pop-Up Science Museum
Come one, come all to the Pop-Up Science Museum! Amongst tampering with DON-8r and tempering with chocolate electronics I have been organising a robotics workshop as part of the Small Society Lab’s Pop-Up Science Museum. It is on this Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in Small Society
Tagged airfix, Collaboration, cosmology, craft, design, DON-8r, Dundee, electronics, graphic, hacking, information, lab, physics, poster, product, Product Design, quantum, research, robots, rocket, Science, Small, Society, sprue, workshop
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Post Press FAQ Response
Blog neglect strikes again but I have a legitimate reason this time. DON-8r has been receiving a lot of online media attention since my last blog post so I have found myself flitting between various other blogs, websites and comments … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged b3ta, batteries, Charity, CNC, cnet, Collaboration, coolest gadgets, curiosity counts, DC motor, deadlines, Degree Show, design, design spotter, design you trust, DON-8r, donation, Dundee, Dundee Science Centre, engadget, FAQ, fast company, future, geekologie, GPS, Graduation, Kacie Kinzer, laughing squid, manufacture, materialicious, neatorama, New Designers, notocot, open output, plastic pals, Press, press release, product, quipsologies, Rapid Prototype, response, robots, slash gear, stealing, super punch, TALK, tecca, the mary sue, theft, trend hunter, Tweenbots, ubergizmo
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Fundraising at the Overgate
On Friday and Saturday, Dundee Science Centre were at The Overgate shopping centre in Dundee performing some fun experiments such as dusting for fingerprints and creating lemonade fountains. DON-8r and I were also there, outside in the sunshine, gathering money … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged caird hall, Charity, Collaboration, DON-8r, donate, Dundee, Dundee Science Centre, experiment, fund raising, Overgate, PR, Product Design, research, robot, Science, TALK, technology, University
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Final Model #4 – Real Robot Motors
The motors I have been using so far have been taken from Cybot - a robot I built through collecting components as part of a subscription to Real Robots magazine. Unfortunately though, my extensive testing has left them a little … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged Collaboration, cybot, DC motor, DON-8r, Dundee, eaglemoss publcations, final model, Industry, MAKE, Networking, potentiometer, Product Design, real robots, technology, University
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Final Design Sketches
*** CLICK IMAGES FOR BIGGER*** So if you have missed it in any previous posts, here is what the final design will look like along with some highlighted alterations. I put these sketches together for Sensation to make as clear … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged busy, Collaboration, DON-8r, Dundee, Finished, Networking, Overgate, Photos, Product Design, prototype, robots, sensation, sketching, TALK, University
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Sensation(al) News!
For the past couple of weeks I have been in contact with Sensation Science Centre in Dundee as a venue which I thought would be ideal for me to do some user testing for DON-8r. What has stemmed from this correspondence is … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design
Tagged Centre, Collaboration, craft, deadlines, Dundee, MAKE, Networking, Product Design, prototype, Science, sensation, TALK, University
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 2 - Electronics
Following on from The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro ***warning - technical rambling approaching*** PART 1 - Getting an LED to pulse The first step was to work out how I could get an LED to dim gradually. As … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged #PetiteNoel, AC/DC, capacitor, Collaboration, Dundee, experiment, Fairy Lights, freebies, how to, Jamboree, learning, LED, Lightgate, Mike Shorter, Physical/Digital, PICAXE, play, potentiometer, Product Design, prototype, PWM, servo, technology, twitter, University
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro
Now that I have finished my dissertation (just to give it another plug!) I have been working on a bit of a side project. I say side project but it is actually relevant to my product design work in a … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged #PetiteNoel, Charity, Collaboration, craft, dissertation, donate, Dundee, encourage, experiment, Fairy Lights, idea, Jamboree, learning, Physical/Digital, play, Product Design, prototype, technology
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Robocompo – nomnomnombot
3: Nomnomnombot by @mikevanis Although I quite like the idea of reeding the robot coins, I think that this particular mouth shape has a few too many, ahem, associated connotations. Also I lost Mikes original scooping mechanism purely for simplicity purposes, the plasma on … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Twitter
Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, mike vanis, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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Robocompo - Cylinder Head
2: Cylinder Head Robot by @laurengentry1 I quite like this one, It has 3 wheels underneath so is a bit more stable. However it does have a bit of a Jetsons feel to it.
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Twitter
Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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Robocompo Bots - Disco Bot
Today I am going to try and make as many Robots as I can so my blog will be getting updated as I go. If you have any more robot suggestions email them to me at [email protected] , Twitter them … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Twitter
Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, Tartan Baffies, twitter, University
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Robo Compo!
So today I was hoping to go into uni and continue playing about with motors but the unrelenting snow (and thundersnow) which has struck Dundee this weekend has meant that today the University of Dundee is closed. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Twitter
Tagged #robocompo, Collaboration, craft, Dundee, experiment, play, Product Design, prototype, robots, twitter, University
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NEoN Knights as it happened
So as NEoN 2010 drew to a close so did NEoN Knights. Congratulations to Dundee’s lord of the pixels and chiptune DJ, Edward Shallow, for his enthusiastic and determined efforts which have won him an xBox 360. Credit also is due to Shaun … Continue reading
Posted in Extra Work, Twitter
Tagged #NEoN10, #NEoNKnights, Blonde, Collaboration, Completed Project, Dundee, experiment, Hannah Maclure Centre, Physical/Digital, points, SuperFly, TayPrint, twitter
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NEoN Knights!
Blog extract from Nov 12, 2025 HERE YE, HERE YE! Throughout Dundee this week there have been mysterious codes appearing, but what are they, what secrets do they hold!? They are the hidden secrets which are part of the NEoN … Continue reading
Posted in Extra Work
Tagged #NEoN10, #NEoNKnights, Collaboration, Dundee, experiment, Film, Physical/Digital, QR, SuperFly, technology
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Ghost Jogging
Blog extract from Nov 12, 2025 Phew, its been a busy few weeks! This is long over due (a week now) but here is the video I made for Ideas Day last Friday. A day where our class had visitors … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged Collaboration, defining, Dundee, Edgar Wright, Film, find, idea, Industry, University, Videogames
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Short Film: We’ll never get this mess tidied in time!
Blog extract Oct 11, 2025 9:02 AM A short film created by myself and fellow student Neil Anderson. This was created to represent a key idea behind my project which is that games (in particular drawing influence from videogames) can be … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Extra Work
Tagged Collaboration, Dundee, explain, Film, find, gamification, idea, Physical/Digital, Videogames
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SuperFly Ideas
Blog extract from Oct 8, 2025 2:30 PM Last Thursday I met up with MDes Student, Graphic Designer and Superfly guy, Jon Gill. Jon had seen my GPS Hide and Seek video and was intrigued to meet up and see how we could … Continue reading
Posted in Extra Work
Tagged brand, Collaboration, Dundee, experiment, Networking, SuperFly
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Constructing Gameplay Workshop
Blog extract from Sep 29, 2025 6:59 PM In his talk at the 2009 playful conference, Russell Davies spoke of the importance of pretend. He explored how when we wear flashy big watches, we a really just pretending to be a pilot and the pretend games … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Year Product Design, Dissertation
Tagged children, Collaboration, find, inspiration, physical games, Physical/Digital, play, playful, pretend, Russell Davies, Videogames, workshop
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Testing User Interaction
While also being a fund raising and publicity opportunity for Dundee Science Centre, my couple of days out at The Overgate Shopping Centre was also a great opportunity for some in depth user testing. This has allowed me to highlight … Continue reading →