In this week’s session we went into the workshop to see how our LED grid could be made. Using a laser cutter we can make the casing from Perspex or wood. I personally think Perspex would make a better housing for the LEDs.

We also watch a piece by Jim Campbell. Church On Fifth Avenue, 2001 Custom electronics A matrix of 32 x 24 (768) pixels made out of red LEDs displaying a pedestrian and auto traffic scene in NY from an off street perspective. There is a sheet of diffusing plexiglass angled in front of the grid. As the pedestrians move from left to right the figures gradually go from a discrete representation to a continuous one (or metaphorically from a digital representation to an analog one). This is the link

http://www.jimcampbell.tv/

We then watched Design for life, In an effort to find a new generation of British design talent, Philippe Starck, one of the world's best known product designers, invites 12 hopefuls to a school of design he has set up in Paris. This was quite an interesting insight into the design process.