charlie francis
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Wire Frame shelves
For many years I have wanted to create a lightweight modular bookcase. Having researched lots of different approaches, I settled on a simple design, of 10mm bent wire frames to support 18mm birch plywood shelves. The idea being to line a bedroom wall with shelves to hold momentos and knick knacks and possibly a few…
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Gateway to the Imagination
Best thing I have seen this year, reminded me of so may wonderful things… Had to display a screenshot with a link to the tweet, as the twitter embed widget doesn’t seem to want to display correctly in this theme?
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Esoteric UX
esoteric/ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk,ˌiːsəˈtɛrɪk/adjective As a side project I was experimenting with the idea of how the language and processes of digital multimedia design have become more esoteric as it has become more specialised.
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Phase Three Service Design. Mash up Tools?
Thinking about Designing Platforms We are all designing complex digital platforms, in a harsh environment, with a large number of stakeholders and contributors. How are the tools that we have evolving to meet our needs? Do your tools change as your project evolves or are you stuck with the same customer journey map through out…
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The Life and Opinions of John Baldessari, artist
John Baldessari and Laurence Sterne. There is an edition of ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen’, written by Lawrence Sterne, printed by Arion Press with 39 photo-collage illustrations by John Baldessari in his own unique style. Discovered by coincidence after reading Baldessari’s obituary. I have always liked the coloured circles on his photo-collages.…
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Incognito self portraits
I have alway tried not to have my photo on the internet, and so have over the years experimented with various styles of illustration for my ‘profile’ image which is often required when you register to a site. It is also fun to do.
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Nasa logo redux
If the famous NASA ‘worm’ logo was ever to be brought back, maybe it could be revived in the form on this space shuttle concept, the Polymorph space shuttle design by Luigi Colani.
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Researching research at CNN
Researching all the research at CCN, I found as CNN audience was so big the quantitive data lent itself more towards the mega and macro end of the research spectrum. At the other end of the scale all the testing of products CNN generated a lot of micro and nano data and insights.
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CNN triple A design system
Creating a triple A design system CNN had embarked on a harmonisation project, one aspect of which will be to create a cohesive design system. CNN is a complex network of departments and siloed teams and they have an ever increasing number of layers that must work together to create a consistent experience. As part…
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a fleeting rather joyous moment – Hockney
Who has an an orange football in their bath room? David Hockney.
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