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DESIGN
Design means different things to different people, to me it traverses the broad range of how to represent ideas through visual communication. Although I would use design, as most people do, as a way of thinking through my own thoughts, it was only later in life that I developed the skills to represent ideas through visual communication that others could understand.
Today I use Design to represent systems (technological, hierarchal), draft structural plans (architectural, physical), tailor interactions (user interface, layout), and apply decoration (set design, painting).
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Satellite Receiver TV Stand
Recycling a coffee table, we mounted the satellite dishes to either side. Although the windows are southern facing, we were not allowed to mount the dishes outside the building. We created a system that utilizes the exact dimensions of the available area to aim through the aluminum framed windows.
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Home Cinema Workstation
We allways wanted to live in a movie theater, or at least work in one. Now we have both. An art deco cinema paintjob to the bedroom, and an installed 6"x4.5" cinema screen, lit by a first generation LCD projector, gives us a great place to watch DVDs, and work on visualization algorithyms.
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Multiple Source Media Broadcast Workflow
Design also extends to business and production organization. I have created documentation and graphic representation of dozens of successful process implementations, from managerial workflow, to high volume network service design.
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Application User Interface
User Interface design tends to fall into one of two camps: form over function or function over form. I believe that grouping relevant functionality is more important than creating a paradymn. My user interface design concentrates on creating mechanisms based on thought flow; a process should proceed in the way that the user thinks through the process.
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The Green Ceiling Fan
Custom ceiling fans are expensive; we needed a green ceiling fan for a green room. I have a good friend who makes stained glass light fixtures. So, we bought a $19 ceiling fan, disassembled and painted it (the correct colors), and re-assembled it with a dodecahedron design fixture, created by Marty Kahn.
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This WebSite
Have you seen this web site? I actually have spent much more time developing web server scripts and backend mechanisms than front end HTML, but I do all of my coding by hand, and with the formatting of a programmer.
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SpotGuide Directory
Borrowing on the web site portal concept, SpotMagic launched the SpotGuide to direct users to SpotMedia content.
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