Design Engineer
02/07/2012
Made In Brunel Installation
Before it comes up to new designers I thought I would show a collection of pictures of the Installation at the Made In Brunel exhibition...
20/06/2012
Making the Installation
The Installation
The installation I have been working on was finally unveiled on the 14th June at the Bargehouse as part of the Made In Brunel design show. This show reveals the freshest design talent from the top Design University in the UK. The entrance hall of the Bargehouse has a high ceiling with plain walls and the space can look large and empty, I was asked to create and installation to combat this problem. I decided to create a hanging origami feature that fitting in with the Brunel brand guidelines.
The Process
Folding over 2000 pieces of paper was not something I could do alone and needed the help of people from other teams within Made In Brunel. Without the help of Sophie Randles, George Williamson and Mitch Gebbie from the Events team, the Made In Brunel Directors, Ben King and Emily Riggs, Neethu (my partner) and I could not of created this installation. Even once the paper was folded, threading the carefully folded paper onto the practically invisible fishing wire was a colossal task. This task took Neethu and I a couple of days, only to be sped up by the help of Sophie Randles and Ben King, whilst watching the Queens Jubilee to keep the boredom of such a repetitive task at bay. To hang the paper I built three white boxes to be hung from hooks in the Bargehouse ceiling.
Creating the shape
After spending some time discussing what the shape of the paper should be in to create the best swarm effect with Sam Whyman we decided on an eye shape that tapered more to the right, if being looked at from the front. The exact shape could only be finalised whist being created in the jig (pictured above). The hanging paper was used as pixels to create the shape desired. By sliding the paper up and down the wire and changng the number of folded paper on each wire the shape could be controlled and created.
Keeping tension
Weighting the wires down were M8 nuts, these nuts created a blanket effect that were all the same height. As the installation is designed to be walked under it was very important to get all the nuts hanging from the same height. The jig I built to work on the installation without having to hang it allowed me to get the correct height accurately.
The installation I have been working on was finally unveiled on the 14th June at the Bargehouse as part of the Made In Brunel design show. This show reveals the freshest design talent from the top Design University in the UK. The entrance hall of the Bargehouse has a high ceiling with plain walls and the space can look large and empty, I was asked to create and installation to combat this problem. I decided to create a hanging origami feature that fitting in with the Brunel brand guidelines.
The Process
Folding over 2000 pieces of paper was not something I could do alone and needed the help of people from other teams within Made In Brunel. Without the help of Sophie Randles, George Williamson and Mitch Gebbie from the Events team, the Made In Brunel Directors, Ben King and Emily Riggs, Neethu (my partner) and I could not of created this installation. Even once the paper was folded, threading the carefully folded paper onto the practically invisible fishing wire was a colossal task. This task took Neethu and I a couple of days, only to be sped up by the help of Sophie Randles and Ben King, whilst watching the Queens Jubilee to keep the boredom of such a repetitive task at bay. To hang the paper I built three white boxes to be hung from hooks in the Bargehouse ceiling.
Creating the shape
After spending some time discussing what the shape of the paper should be in to create the best swarm effect with Sam Whyman we decided on an eye shape that tapered more to the right, if being looked at from the front. The exact shape could only be finalised whist being created in the jig (pictured above). The hanging paper was used as pixels to create the shape desired. By sliding the paper up and down the wire and changng the number of folded paper on each wire the shape could be controlled and created.
Keeping tension
Weighting the wires down were M8 nuts, these nuts created a blanket effect that were all the same height. As the installation is designed to be walked under it was very important to get all the nuts hanging from the same height. The jig I built to work on the installation without having to hang it allowed me to get the correct height accurately.
Installing the installation
Having the installation sponsored by Nifty Lift allowed the use of a scissor lift to install it safely and efficiently. Brunel technicians, Paul Josse and Paul Barrett did an excellent job putting it up on the scissor lift which I am very grateful for.
The tangles
Once up I did suffer a couple of tangles, mainly on the middle one due to removing the packaging before we should of, causing extreme tangles. Thanks to Emily Riggs, Neethu Mathew and Paul Barrett for helping me out untangling the wires.
The final thing
The general consensus was that everyone seemed to really like it, and just standing around by it people would ask questions and want to know more and how it was made. I spoke to Dev from rAndom International (The top guys in the Installation design world) about the installation and he seemed to like it, "The orange was great! Nice work =D".
10/06/2012
Packed up and ready
The Installation is done and now bubble wrapped up ready to be transported tomorrow along with all the other Made In Brunel stuff, and installed on Tuesday.
Big thanks to Niffy Lift for sponsoring the Installation and helping install it!
Pictures of the Installation and the build to come.
Big thanks to Niffy Lift for sponsoring the Installation and helping install it!
Pictures of the Installation and the build to come.
09/06/2012
Blood, Sweat and Paper Folding
The Installation is nearly complete with a very busy last two weeks. The Installation should be finished by tonight, packed up tomorrow and transported Monday to be put up Tuesday. The Made In Brunel Exhibition will be open Thursday to Sunday at the Bargehouse.
There has been a lot of late nights and hours of fine tuning, and a lot of waiting on parts to arrive. Any photos that I could show now would give it away so photos will be up only after the show.
The event I am most looking forward to at this years Made In Brunel Exhibition is the Pecha Kucha. There are some awesome speakers lined up and it's not one to miss, check it out on Thursday at 6pm!
More to come next week from the show.
There has been a lot of late nights and hours of fine tuning, and a lot of waiting on parts to arrive. Any photos that I could show now would give it away so photos will be up only after the show.
The event I am most looking forward to at this years Made In Brunel Exhibition is the Pecha Kucha. There are some awesome speakers lined up and it's not one to miss, check it out on Thursday at 6pm!
More to come next week from the show.
31/05/2012
Visit to SMR
Visited SMR Automotive today and got shown around the factory. It was my first experience of seeing an injection molding machine in action up close. It was really interesting to see the cell manufactoring going on and how the assembly line was set up and how quick everyone is. Also got shown Autocad Mouldflow, a really cool piece of software I really must learn. Compared to Pashley, another UK based manufacturing company I have been to, it was very similar, however much larger and more modern. SMR take advantage of lots of jigs and tools to speed up asembly.
28/05/2012
Update on the Made In Brunel Installation
The Installation
As Made In Brunel (14th - 17th June) is getting closer I am working more intensely on the installation. The structural part is now complete and the paint is drying. Need another visit to the Bargehouse before ordering the final parts, but it is getting there. My team and I will start the main paper section on Wednesday and I will be folding paper for a couple of days with a short trip to SMR automotive in Portchester on Thursday in between long paper folding sessions.
The design has changed a lot from the initial concept/s but it still carries this years Made in Brunel theme which can be checked out at http://madeinbrunel.com/ I am being perticularrly secretive about the design as I don't want anyone to see the installation before the show, so far anyone not involved has only seen Team shots of idea generation workshops and prototyping and I refuse to tell anyone what it will be, so come along to check out the real thing!
Also check out the Made In Brunel video for this years show:
10/05/2012
Gravity Defying Land Art
Gravity Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads
With the Made In Brunel event date looming closer and the Installation not finalised yet I have been looking at Cornelia Konrads work. I really like it and thought I'd share it incase you haven'y seen it. Check out more on her website http://www.cokonrads.de/situ/site.html
With the Made In Brunel event date looming closer and the Installation not finalised yet I have been looking at Cornelia Konrads work. I really like it and thought I'd share it incase you haven'y seen it. Check out more on her website http://www.cokonrads.de/situ/site.html
Pics from http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/gravity-defying-land-art-by-cornelia-konrads/
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