Although I have spent quite a bit of time with the consumer/release preview editions I haven’t written much about Windows 8. To date I’ve only run it in virtual machines on desktop hardware. Although useful to try some Windows 8 features, review technical aspects and build familiarity
Design and Art
I recently learnt of this event which may be of interest to my Au/Kiwi AEC readers. The event is open to both Australian and New Zealand architects and particularly topical given the rebuild work generated by recent natural disasters. I just love the poster obviously inspired by Napier'
Memories of Autodesk University 2011 when I saw this YouTube: AutoCAD Rocks with 7lions and eyewear designer Marcello Martino. It was great to meet Marcello at AU, seen in Shaan Hurley’s photo right. He created the red Autodesk University Glasses using AutoCAD Design Suite. The video shows the creation
Perhaps this animated timeline of all F1 seasons (1950-2012) should be on the other blog [removed link to my former TypePad Personal Blog] but it’s computer, graphics and design evolution so here it is! It reminded me of the evolution seen in the “Formula One™ - The Great Design
Famous, perhaps infamous, for his work at BMW I first heard of Chris Bangle when the Fiat Coupe (right) appeared in the Nineties. In this video he talks about his career, design approach and process from his studio in Northern Italy. Chris Bangle on the future of cars and design
I debated posting this on the CAD blog but it is a bit off topic. If you’d like to see how a 1980 Pininfarina Ferrari Concept car (now up for sale) led to a school tech drawing project which played a part in my career choice, and therefore (indirectly)
My first reaction to “Autodesk Acquires Instructables” was ”Why would they buy an old Pixar movie?”. I then realised it wasn’t “Incredibles”, duh!, but still had no idea what an Instructables was. Phillip Torrone’s post on Make, which I found via tenlinks.com, is a nice summary of
Design and Art
CGArchitect's Visualization Pro of the Week email usually features stunning, photo-real, computer generated renderings. Perhaps that is why this one stood out, along with the software & hardware used to create it. Studio/Institution: TiM Rynek - ARCHITEKCI Website: http://www.timrynek.pl Genre: Commercial Exterior Software: Only
Film
It’s from True Stories, 1986, but still seems relevant today except many of these ‘burbs are abandoned: “Look at this. Who can say it isn't beautiful? Sky, bricks. Who do you think lives there? Four-car garage. Hope, fear, excitement, satisfaction.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
This is a little off topic but I suspect many a CAD geek, not just this one, will like it. From the current selection my pick is The Orion. That’s because as a kid it's the sort of machine I hoped we'd be flying in
Tomorrow - 11:15 Sunday 30 May ( NZ time UTC+12:00) - Graeme Hill’s Weekend Variety Wireless Radio Live “What’s My Line” spot features Kiwi Architect Pete Bossley. www.radiolive.co.nz – Broadcast Nationwide in New Zealand on FM, a Web live stream and web audio archive
I should be doing other things but this film, Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Vila, is a beautiful way to spend a few minutes (watch full screen): http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9953368&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=
