Blast Radius studio tour

Posted by on Dec 2, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate enough to be part of a group of students from VFS that went on a studio tour at Blast Radius. Blast Radius is one of the largest interactive design studios in Vancouver, with additional offices in Toronto, Amsterdam, London, New York, and San Francisco. Over 400 people work at Blast ...

Creativity

Posted by on Nov 1, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

I’m lying in bed, unable to sleep through the fireworks going off outside my window. It’s not too much of a bother, my mind is still travelling a mile a minute; it’s been working much better since finished term 3 at VFS. I’m sifting through all of the creative thoughts I’ve had in the last ...

Balance

Posted by on Oct 14, 2009 in Experiments, Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

A little while ago I wrote about becoming too immersed in design that I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. Well in search of the forest, and more time with friends and in a design-free (head)space, I seem to have tilted the scales a little too far the other way. While most of my ...

…and we’re back

Posted by on Oct 5, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

…and we’re back. I was offline for a few weeks trying to get my site over to my own url instead of the one supplied by VFS. I had a few issues and with a lack of time to sit down and troubleshoot, it got pushed to the back burner. Notice the url is my ...

Networking

Posted by on Sep 14, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

I love talking to people, finding out what they do, discovering the similarities that you have, and meeting new people that you really connect with. Tonight was one of those nights. I went to my first meetup meeting. There’s many a student at VFS right now who say they don’t have time for networking. They ...

Inspiration, relationships, and the designer

Posted by on Aug 23, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

Term 2 in the digital design program at VFS is done and I’m still sitting here in front of the computer, lonely as ever. Working non-stop without much emotion for anything outside of design for the last four months has left me somewhat in the dust when it comes to what the rest of the ...

Seeds

Posted by on Aug 9, 2009 in Thoughts and Ideas | No Comments

I found this on a friend’s blog tonight. It’s excerpts from the bible, but it’s amazing how many different things in life that the seed can apply to. I think it’s a perfect example of an idea in the soul of a designer. A seed is powerful. As a seed begins to grow, it will ...