HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Processing: Professional Dev Review

Tis the season for 'Professional Development Review'. A moment to sit down with the design leadership of my studio and talk about what I've done, what hasn't been acheived and what I'm looking for in both the near and distant future.

Like visiting Santa.

Occupational Santa. Without elves. At any rate, I reviewed the 'official' paperwork and decided to script my response instead of spending time in M$Word. :)

Here's to not getting a lump of professional coal.

Grasshopper: Paneling

I haven't had time, of any sort, for what seems to be months.

Today I found a little, and jumped on the opportunity to do a paneling study. I'm not sure that I'll be able to key it into my current project, but it's an interesting area of study for me none-the-less.

Processing: Boxes

I needed a new background at work.

So I scripted one. Over lunch.

:)

Grasshopper: For the (office) Masses!

I've been asked to prepare a short 'inspirational' presentation for my office. The topic, not surprisingly, is Grasshopper and I've put together the above study for this purpose. More than anything, I hope to use it as a platform for launching 'variable design' as a conceptual platform to further (our) use of parametric design... A quick narative on how I've worked concept(s) into a system and relationship of variables within Grasshopper.

Generative Sketch below. It happened to be sitting on my (virtual) desktop.

Grasshopper: Between Skins

This weekend? Skinning studies.

Lofting (parametric) curves, then dividing these equally into # segments. Each common point is linked between the two skins with a generic beam connecting the two... next up? Study of how these connecting elements should logically vary in thickness, per location, loading, etc.

Enough for one night.

Grasshopper: Output

It's about the process. There's nothing interesting nor innovative about this as a formal exercise, ribbed/lasercut models being several  years dated. The big difference here, for me and as a learning process, is how little time was spent setting up fabrication. In similar projects I've spent an enormous amount of time constructing logic(s) to inform jointing, layout,etc... but in this case I ran only a few simple scripts. Between semi-automated output and parametrically derived geometry, the time required for iterative design study is much more palatable. And that's good for everyone.

Enjoy the long weekend...