tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:44:23 +0000BiomimeticsRandom Inspirations for a Creative Stimulation. AlphaQuill.http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)Blogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-9045516730491779102Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:19:00 +00002011-02-08T17:53:17.879+05:30 All photographs courtesy Guy, Jeremy & Parag :)http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/pictures-from-enduro3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-432396624417871734Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:22:00 +00002011-02-09T11:14:53.376+05:3005.02.2011Day 2 started with sore thighs, sore backs (what else would you expect if you slept on a stone) & dirty dirty clothes. The campsite was BARE. No washroom, no food, no pretty bunker beds, no spas for massages... But it did have something.. It had a lake overlooking stone slabs you could sleep on. It had water, It had trees for shelter. As far as I was concerned this was just a perfect http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-2-at-enduro3-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-3227121611314463677Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:42:00 +00002011-02-07T15:40:54.526+05:3003.02.2011 - 04.02.2011How many emotions can you count in one day? I think a day seems fulfilling if they go beyond the fingers on your hands..Nothing could've prepared me for my enduro experience & I wish to capture as much of it as I can remember before i sadly forget the downsides & remember only the ebullient stages. (this is a detailed account)It started with our arrival, where we met Crazy http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-1-at-pune-day-1-at-enduro3-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-4708229560173398297Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:28:00 +00002010-12-28T08:28:12.451+05:30Through this last year of going through dblogs, i've found a remarkable difference in the language that is used to communicate ideas.. If you read comments you'll often come across abduction, lateral thinking, design synthesis, extrapolation, insights... The fact that similar terms are used to describe a design in China, Norway, Canada, USA, UK makes it startlingly apparent that we indeed have anhttp://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/12/thoughts-on-creation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-1257391010458478681Sun, 16 May 2010 04:10:00 +00002010-05-16T09:40:15.465+05:30Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.comhttp://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/05/dan-meyer-math-class-needs-makeover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-598840616584562317Mon, 03 May 2010 19:21:00 +00002010-05-04T00:56:58.959+05:30Indeed, redefining the most basic notions of user interactions and society in general.. Could we have ever thought of disability this way?Makes me wonder what we could create if we exclude ONE design feature that we take for granted as imperative in our designs...<!--copy and paste--> http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/05/redefining-disability.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-3094449631459155972Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-04-26T19:13:09.009+05:30"There is a discussion going on amongst some of my colleagues about the merits of minimalism versus simplicity. My own view is that minimalism has come to represent a style and as such is limited in its usefulness. It represents a reaction to complexity whereas simplicity relies on an understanding of the complex. This is an important difference. One is about the surface, about the stuff. The http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/04/tim-brown-on-simplicity-vs-minimalism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-8980768340737354616Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:37:00 +00002010-04-22T11:13:00.253+05:30Free Ride from IDEO on Vimeo.http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/04/ideo-playlist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-5851962239353699355Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:45:00 +00002010-04-22T10:19:21.714+05:30BiomimeticsWoke up today with a thirst for random inspiration,Jumped to TED (but ofcourse)and found these really cool videos :)check em out....<!--copy and paste--> http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/04/bio-mimetics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-5737576633688322121Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:21:00 +00002010-03-30T13:00:14.120+05:30Isenseven - TIMES from Vincent Urban on Vimeo."Times" is a self-contained short-clip by Isenseven and at the same time the last part of the upcoming full-length movie "Let's Go Get Lost". As this clip will be edited slightly different in the final movie, we decided to publish this original version online already now.This clip contains a collection of footage we gathered throughout the season and http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/03/isenseven-video-marvel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-8429836174172621001Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:00 +00002010-03-12T23:12:11.476+05:30Of late the buzzing word "simplicity" has struck every chord in my little mindspace. Really it is a beautiful word. Where we as humans have complicated everything including our lives that were initially set out to be very simple. Live for Survival.. It is a complicated word "simplicity" indeed. I'm going to try break it up here, atleast as much as i can.The art of thin-slicing (as popularized by http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/03/dissecting-simplicity-paradigm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-3046431972462568501Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:23:00 +00002010-02-15T19:55:56.802+05:30Found a term today: T-Shaped Designers.(http://www.designsojourn.com/only-god-is-t-shaped/)I have been thinking about T-Shaped Designers for a long time now. How to be one, what does being one really mean and how effective can one be. Made popular sometime in 2005 by IDEO’s Tim Brown, T-Shape Designers are defined as: …people who are so inquisitive about the world that they’re willing to try to http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/02/t-shaped-designers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-6725695903449437436Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:14:00 +00002010-02-05T14:48:03.584+05:30Found this very very interesting in terms of the possibilities that lie with its usage!imagine a car with this on the back side and you can velcro 2 additional seats when they fall short!! :Dor a building that got boring in architecture.. change the structure with these velcro pillars!as i let my mind wander enjoy the read.. :)metallic velcro: steel hook and loop fastener 'flamingo' http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/02/steel-velcro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-4385689057378382055Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:13:00 +00002010-01-17T11:50:41.930+05:30Stumbled upon this when i was looking for things to put in my Design Box. Will write about that in a few days when I've made it.. :)Whether you’re trying to solve a tough problem, start a business, get attention for that business or write an interesting article, creative thinking is crucial. The process boils down to changing your perspective and seeing things differently than you currently http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2010/01/creative-thinking-our-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-7222519668891507618Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +00002009-07-04T08:41:32.411+05:30As smoke billows from a burning bus at a demonstration in Tehran, a Mousavi supporter flashes the sign for peace, or victory.Check his bagstrap..... :)http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-799414707142113093Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:47:00 +00002009-07-04T08:30:18.043+05:30 'Yosemite National Park is one of the world’s great destinations for photographers. Each year in late February, however, camera buffs converge with a particular urgency: There are just a few days when the setting sun and the position of the Earth’s orbit transform El Capitan’s wispy Horsetail Falls into a spectacular light show. This year’s “fire fall” effect was captured at about 5:45 p.m. http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/horsetail-falls-in-yosemite-valley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-3754551979884622665Tue, 19 May 2009 04:25:00 +00002009-05-19T10:16:03.729+05:30Check out xkcd.com for more Nerd-jokes!http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/04/nerd-ville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-4753739935979473852Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:37:00 +00002009-04-22T13:22:01.001+05:30Tired of carrying an I-pod, phone & watch where-ever you go? This classic-new style statement hell yeah decreases the load of gadgets you'd want to carry with you!With an equipped 1.5 inch touchscreen, bluetooth, mp3-mp4 playback, 1.3 megapixel camera, 128 MB memory (& additional support for 8GB)..with a 100 hours of standby battery giving 180 minutes of talktime.. its well.. quite 'Cool'....http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/04/watch-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-8152307057536997520Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:09:00 +00002009-04-22T13:07:02.274+05:30Yeah I know-- Laughable Comparison.But of all the Nut-Job Laptops there are out there I fell in love with these two for two very different reasons.Lets start with RockXtreme SL8 series (the one on the left)For this one im just going to write out the Specs & you'll know why I WANT this machine.Visit the website if you dont believe me- Its been tagged as the FASTEST laptop in the world.Here we go. http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/04/rockxtreme-vs-hp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-1740611898712033059Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:59:00 +00002009-04-22T12:39:05.797+05:30Introducing Meccano's Spykee!!!!!I can understand kids throwing tantrums over this!!! Just look at it! If these are what they call toys these days I really dont ever want to grow up!!!In this age of PS3's & real-life virtual reality Meccano didn't want to feel left out.. So they develop this- a webcam, microphone, MP3 player, Wi-fi Remote Receiver 'TOY' Spycam called Spykee. Its a domestic spy http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/04/toys-for-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-4667228592232516529Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:11:00 +00002009-04-22T12:25:37.153+05:30Aah the Dell Studio Hybrid...I was never a big fan of the boxy dell features in laptops previously but they're doing a good job of making their designs more 'aesthetically pleasing' over the past two years!The Studio Hybrid obviously has been long prevalent but it struck my senses particularly today.The only problem with this is that it makes the computer tables redundant coz it requires no http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2009/04/dell-studio-hybrid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-2988880286472463520Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-10-05T21:27:58.420+05:30Had this little thought on what makes a design friendly- We all say if it connects with the user,but really at what level can we perceive this connection? Leaving that open to a debate & discussion and well more comments than usual, as a thought -'Le Clochard by SNURK - a cotton bedding set that looks like real cardboard boxes. The income from this project will be used to fund several housing http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2008/10/connect-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-4198692900815458303Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:17:00 +00002008-10-05T18:49:27.533+05:30Okay so no, There is still a lot to see in this world but i guess things that make me jump ecstatically have significantly reduced. Maybe im not looking right or maybe I just got bored of the same ol' same ol' so to quench a new found level to this thirst,Andriy KurovetsHe's another Freako designer who looks to have more fun than practicality on his head! But yes this shoe design is 'ogle worthy'http://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2008/10/en-arrive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250799750249024627.post-9019421271424723075Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:44:00 +00002009-04-23T09:17:36.515+05:30an introductory letterso can be assumedentitled this isfor whoever to viewi am no-onebut an ordinary beingi have no interestsor so it seemsfeelings and thoughts and things sublimein this little head that i call mineconcoct a concoction none can chewthings to be heard and thoughts to be viewedi present therefore with nofurther alludemy love for anything and everything anewhttp://alphaquill.blogspot.com/2008/09/vicarious-viking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chipmonk Gill)