Tuesday 20th March BRENDAN DAWES (Lois Norman)

The lecture today by Brendan has been inspiring; his ideas behind his work and technology have made me think about the reasons behind my work more. His ideas are so simple but creative.
He began the lecture with a quote of his ‘FILLINGS FOR RECTANGLES’ and continued in saying that, that is his job. He began as a photographer and was inspired by his dad. But now, he calls himself more as a generalist experimenting with brand new technology and materials.

This is my favourite of his work. These are stills of a film, its exciting seeing technology in a new light, used in a new way. 

 

He said he gets inspired by the most humble of things in life, items that we over look.
‘all good design is never noticed’ If something is designed so well we should just take it as it is and live our lives using design that enhances our lifestyle.
He said he likes to surprise people with his work, he has a love for what he does.
 It was inspiring listening to someone who money doesn’t  matter; he is not bothered if he makes money from his work.
Some of his other ideas include combining analogue with digital; he created a video which speeds alternated depending on how much play-dough was on the screen. He manipulated play-dough to control video technology.

He also said that as designers we should publish our work , it’s the only way to get results from a larger amount of people, let people criticise your work and make it cause debate!!!