Something I cooked up following a tutorial from abduzeedo.com Download the 1920 x 1200 file here.

The permanent thermic ink is not suitable for the needs of the concept as they are unable to be activated by body temperature and are limited to grey or pink. A different approach was needed to allow the stamp to perform it’s function without compromising the concept and restarting from scratch. The direction was to [...]

New interaction between computer and instruments, for use with audio processing or synthesis. http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/07/mcmillen.string.interfaces/

New mix preparing for possibly DJing on my birthday. Download the mix directly here, listen online here and subscribe to my podcast in iTunes here. Tracklisting Sound Access – I Like A Mario (Ft. DJ Maximo) Eddy Wata – I Love My People [DJ Starleev Remix] Spencer & Hill – Most Wanted Oliveros Bunito – [...]

After re-reading various pieces of information provided by Augustus Martin, the previous designs are null and void. If thermic ink were to be used then it would appear and not disappear, unlike the designs shown that have the opaque layer disappear when heat is applied. This means two things, firstly the colours of the stamps [...]

The final presentation boards were coming along just fine today, matching the criteria to the RSA brief that needed to be fulfilled. That was until a small and yet glaringly obvious flaw in the most recent design came to light. As the user is now supposed to have ‘tools’ to complete the task of cusomizing [...]

The final presentation board showing the stamps currently has the text on the stamp’s natural state and nothin underneath the colour layer. So when it goes transparent it shows a white mark, still problematic with the yellow but the look seems to be ok.

Robert Andre recommended contacting a printing company he has used as they deal in thermochromics. He brought in a tester pack to experiment with and so an email was sent. The reply was very helpful but exposed a few problems with the underlying principle of the design. The biggest problem is that it is not [...]

Two months ago I pre-ordered Gears of War 2 from Play.com knowing full well that I wanted that game on release day and knew how many other people would too. The pre-order came a day late so there was really very little point because I could have just gone down to the shops and picked [...]

User testing is important in producing anything of worth so there has been a small amount of it today. Some actual size stamps have been printed out showing both the natural state and the heated state. According to research, users will uncover all of the text and continue to search for more text rather than [...]

Here are a few more images showing a few more refined areas of the proposed blog design. The main blog page now has extra items on the left at an angle which will need to be images and have a image map to create links. Then there is a more detailed side bar for the [...]

I had the opportunity to mix on the SU system today in a kind of ‘DJ Club’ meeting and unfortunately I didn’t have any music and didn’t have my mixer so I kinda screwed up the second mix. Not happy about that I decided to mix the most recent music I have downloaded. Some are [...]

The RSA brief is progressing but not as much as it should be. There have been a few problems with regard to the Thermochromic ink and the positioning of the text on the stamps. Also the colours are being difficult because of the yellow stamp and white text and queen’s head, so that needs to [...]

A quick Photoshop to demonstrate the point. Do you agree? I’m not sure yet, only time will tell.