Monday, 16 February 2015

PDAP passed!

Passed my PDAP (Professional Development Action Program; a higher education teaching qualification) so am now a Fellow of the Higher Eduction Authority (HEA). This involved a research project, in which I investigated various aspects / approaches to teaching creativity. A fascinating area that I would like to explore further.

The project was summed up with a poster presentation to other academics going through the process. Mine's now up on the office wall:




Sunday, 29 June 2014

Goodwood Festival of Speed

I'm passionate about vehicle design, so Goodwood Festival of Speed was heaven. I took about a million pictures, but along with complete vehicles, I also like to collect mechanical details for use in future projects...









Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Jean Paul Gautier exhibition

Visited the Jean Paul Gautier retrospective at the Barbican recently. There was a great section where they projected moving faces onto dummies, to make them appear to be talking. The projectors were precisely aligned with the faces, which had 3D features like eye sockets and noses, which was eerie and very cool: