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    Synedoche

    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[...]
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    12 Hour Car - Lego Redux

    I have finally managed to get my hands on some Lego Mindstorm over the holidays, and I immediately thought about making a new version of my 12 Hour Car: perhaps I should rename it '2 Day Car'?  It's so much fun that it could be a '1 Week Car' if I have any more spare time.  The catch with Mindstorms[...]
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    Biking Chop Chop

    After watching that ridiculous Danny MacAskill video, I decided to make a quick and dirty bike copy, and learn some welding skills. I brought a really cheap mountain bike online and with the excellent help provided by Nick Gill proceeded to chop it up and rebuild and weld it back together.  It ri[...]
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    W12 Engine

    A quick investigation into how a true W12 engine might work.   W12 from Ben Jarrett on Vimeo. 3.0 Liter BMW S1000RR headers Flatplane crank 72 + 72 degree block 12,000 RPM Redline
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    12 Hour Car

    CLIENT:                     Internet Car Design Competition PROJECT DATE:       2012   When I first got to Designskolen Kolding for a semester exchange I was broke, so I decided to look for a design competition with weak entries and an imminent closing deadline.  Additionally I onl[...]
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    Cardboard Stools

    CLIENT:                     Unitec PROJECT DATE:       2008 The cardboard stool project was among my favourites in the first year of my degree. It is a common project among Design Schools and there were many previous examples on the web: some of our less scrupulous members made good use of the r[...]
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    Octopus Wine Bottle Opener

    CLIENT:                     Unitec PROJECT DATE:       2008   This was a fun little project that I enjoyed very much for Modelmaking in the first year of my undergraduate degree. The brief was to create a wine opener for capped bottles with the intention of bring back some theatre t[...]
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    Haythorntwaite Toaster

    CLIENT:                     Unitec PROJECT DATE:       2008 The toaster project was an extension of an earlier brief - ‘In the Style Of’ where we were allotted two designers to study and create a moodboard for (it felt very interior design!).  I was lucky enough to get Peter Haythornthwaite, p[...]
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    Ping Pong Box

    CLIENT:                      Unitec PROJECT DATE:       2008 The Ping Pong Box was an early brief from my degree.  Ostensibly a very simple brief, it created many different responses from everyone involved.  The brief stated that a ping pong ball must be produced from a white, foamcore, cube i[...]