Apologies for not posting anything for a few weeks, I am stil here! But I have been mega busy with deadlines, the NEC and keeping my project going.

I exhibited my pendant light at the Interiors Birmingham show where it got lots of good feedback, which I am really pleased with. I also helped judge the lighting design awards 2010 with Lyndsey Hubbard, editor of Total Lighting Magazine, Martin Lupton of PLDA, Nic Mallinson of LIF and Peter Hunt from the Lighting Association. The winner was the 'Swan Series' by Illuminati.

I have also been hard at work reviewing all of my research again and making sure that my concept relates directly to my research, getting my brief right and producing my product design specification. I hope to get prototyping soon. I'll try and keep this updated more regularly.


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After coming across numerous l.e.d bulbs that you can get from the likes of philips, panasonic etc It has got me thinking whether we should be using the l.e.d's in what is essentially (aesthetically) an exact replacement for the incandescent bulb. Maybe we should be thinking up a new look for the 'old bulb' and utilise the benefits in size and application of l.e.d's? L.e.d technology is about to revolutionise the lighting industry, so why don't we create something totally different, rather than replicate products of the past. Of course everyone likes the shape of incandescents, (I admit they are a lot nicer than cfl) and yes we do have the problem of existing fittings etc, but as I said maybe it's time for change.

Nice Cakes!! :)




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I have written over on 100 post it notes today, trying to analyse my cultural probes. Aah! (which have now exploded onto my bedroom wall where the sticky on the supposedly 'sticky' post-it-notes failed me and I had to resort to blue tac!!: flickr pictures to be uploaded soon) Some really interesting stuff coming out of them. Seems a lot of people are concerned with the colour temperature (warm/cold) of existing energy saving bulbs/fluro tubes, mostly that it is rubbish! People want the ability to be able to change the colour temp to suit their mood, the task they are doing, the time of day etc. Whats your opinion? Are there any existing products that you know of that do this already?

I have a lot more analasis to do but I will post as much as I can when I have condensed it down to something we both understand :)

I would also like to add that this blog is connected to the bloggpspot website, so if you have a blog you can follow me there (might be easier). You can also see my blog roll and flickr pictures etc: www.bethjacksondesign.blogspot.com But you can carry on following me here if you wish!


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I have changed the background of my website and the headers as I wasn't really feeling the old style anymore. I think I like it, but I may change my mind (as I said back when I first uploaded the website, I'm sure I will change the site around until I am happy with it). All the content is the same. Apart from the homepage which I have updated with a few of the images from my research, and bit of blurb about what I am going to e doing in the next few weeks. I don't think I will be getting much of a christmas break, as I have my assessment on the first day back at college: Nice!!

Keep an eye out for the ideas that I will be posting (when I have done them :p) Remember you can add my blog to your rss feed, like google reader or net news wire, blogged etc. Just click the little orange rss feed button, or click follow on the new menus that blogged have provided.

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heloo, well it's been a while since I actually said anything to do with my work. But the cultural probes are coming back, so thats great news looking forward to coming up with some marvelous ideas from them. I have set up a flickr account which is where I will be putting any images, inspiration etc to do with my stuff. (by all means add me add me on flickr if there is such a thing, the link is........flickr.

I will also be be uploading all my initial designs,models etc that I will be producing over Christmas (no holiday time for me!) and I am doing this because I really would love as much feed back on them, because at the end of the day I am designing products for you, and you gotta like it! so feel free to leave whatever comment you would like.

But with regards to my ideas, the first lot are probably going to be a bit random. But I am thinking that an area I would like to focus on is how we can be more efficient with the energy we use, by focusing on the different ways we control our lighting; switches, dimmers etc. Soo I'm thinking light, movement sensors etc. Because we all leave too many lights on when we don't actually need them!!

t'ra a bit!!!

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