Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

@Free_Press Perhaps they can hitch a ride on the next dragon capsule.

And I've just realised many of these have a portfolio page:
https://portfolio.arts.ac.uk/project/549070-nover/

Eva's kindly sent me some pics as she doesn't have a website as such. I thought these might be of interest for those of you interested in #Reclaimed Materials and #Sustainability

It was a whistle stop tour and I didn't take as many photos as usual l, but oher things to look out for included adjustable furniture for... "Intimate interactions", and a Bluetooth device which makes interaction with smartphones easier for elderly or disabled people. Physical buttons allowed menu browsing, volume control, item selection etc.

And of course a whole set of galleries showing works on Ceramics, Jewellery, Fine Art,. Performance Design, Material Futures, Character Animation and Architecture.
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Congratulations to everyone at #UAL:#CSM

Ali Wagner's project, Dancefloor Intimacy, is about designing nightclubs and similar spaces for neurodiverse people. Really comprehensive guidebook.

https://www.nighttime.org/neurodiverse-nightlife-redefining-nightlife-for-everyone/

https://ali-wagner.cargo.site/

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Hannah Colthorpe had a gorgeous display of her Steg character, postcards, badges, posters and a bedroom rug.

https://www.hannahcolthorpe.com/

First was an innovative material by Eva Xiste using waste products from the Irish wool industry. There's a lot of discarded material which is often burned, but she has developed a malleable material that can be shaped like MDF, baked at low temperature and then finished using woodworking tools. Will share a link if I can find one.

Another student, whose details I didn't get, had used waste coffee grounds in clay, again a good reuse of materials and lower firing temperatures.
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Went to the University of the Arts: Central Saint Martin's Show last night. A masterclass in public engagement and celebrating the work of students and their tutors. The main building , seminar rooms and studios are repurposed into a huge art gallery. Absolutely rammed at the preview, so book tickets on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/csm-shows-tickets-903088390687?aff=oddtdtcreator

Here's some of the artists that caught my attention.(I confess I'm more into the Graphic Design / Industrial Product Design than Fine Art and the other media)

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@LouisIngenthron Not quite as playful as Kerbal maybe, but a former colleague wrote Orbiter flight sim and made it GPL a few years back.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiter_(simulator)

@ryanhoulihan Her music made it over here to my suggested tracks, a good fit. Then my kiddo points out she liked her first, like a good music snob. How was I to know she was bouncing around the kitchen singing "Hot to go?"
Yeah, she's at a triple point where all the usual attacks can come at her.

A previous step in the rabbit hole: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/aug/20/earned-income-taxed-more-heavily-than-capital-gains-in-uk-thinktank-finds

Heh, after reading in the news about Labour's policy on Capital Gains Tax (a counterintuitive, cross-over generations and across the political spectrum), I fell down a rabbit hole which led me here:
https://ifs.org.uk/election-2024/be-chancellor

You can adjust government spending and fiscal policy to try to reduce the deficit. Don't know how it measures "additional revenue from being a grown-up, sensible country", but it's an interesting challenge.

@ukplissken I dunno, I have no problems connecting with the songs of (admittedly less strumpet) Billie Eillish and Chapell Roan. The latter is closer to TS than the former in poppy style.