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Tone Arm Study

Here is a tone arm study that I am working on/

36 Hour Car

I have been kicking the idea of a one-person car that can lean into corners, as well as stand up, to make it a viable city car. Here is the current version:

Synedoche from Ben Jarrett on Vimeo. This is a short movie made by Nick Gill and myself for a 1st Year Creativity class. We were examining - among other things - whether 1 frame images do have a subconscious effect. It splices elements of Vincent Ward's The Navigator, Idaho transfer by Pe[...]

Biokinetic Animation

BK2 Render #2 from Ben Jarrett on Vimeo. In order to visualise the biokinetic interface I was proposed for my Masters, I simulated the look using the Animation function from within Solidworks + Photoworks. It's a bad way to animate, in that the model still acts as a Solid, therefor[...]

xCoAx Paper

Leveraging some of the work that I completed in my Masters project, I applied for - and got accepted to - the xCoAx journal proceedings in Portugal. From the conference: The “x factor" in xCoAx – that spellbinding glue that holds arts, computation and communication together – is what makes thi[...]

Castiglione Stool Redux _01

Today I brought a large ball, with the express intention of using it to create a concrete cast for the base of a tall stool with a bicycle seat. With a history of having back pain, and having used a sit/stand desk for some years, I have a nascent theory about the need for 'micro-inflections' in[...]