Brian's Page

Okay,
I have finally finished my Generative design systems website. My website, in line with assignments 1 and 2, explores the customizable nature of skateboards. Although the website is quite self explanatory in regards to a walk through, I would like to highlight a few key features that in my opinion make it stand out;

Firstly, I added information for each part of the skateboard. Now instead of blindly choosing parts that look cool or cost the most, a less experienced user can make an informe… Continue

Mass customisable skateboard tool version2

As I don’t want to have to rehash too much of my previous presentation, I will be brief in redescribing my idea. I want to create a website which allows a customer to create a skateboard completely from scratch. The customer will be able to pick and choose different skateboard part configurations from a large database of local and internationally branded parts. This broad range of products allows users to create complete boards in a matter of minutes f… Continue

When confronted with the assignment brief, of course nothing came to mind…the due date seemed like an imaginary point in time removed so far from reality. Weeks of talking up ‘working hard this semester’ and ‘making an effort’ had been blatantly disregarded and I realized mere hours before that I was to be presenting. Typical to my academic dedication throughout University, I didn’t have an idea, let alone a clue.

Dramatic intro’s aside, under the stress of it all I did in fact come up with an… Continue

I found it quite hard to really modify the code quite like I would have wanted to, but here it is;

// Brian is
// the coolest.

startshape RUG
background{brightness 0.2 saturation 0.2 hue 220}

rule RUG_SAMPLER {
RUG { size 0.1 }
RUG { size 0.1 x 1 }
RUG { size 0.1 x 2 }
RUG… Continue

I decided to review Holden's 'build your HSV (Holden Sports Vehicle)' portion of their website. To put it simply, it sucked. There is really very little the user can do to customise their new car. It seems as though Holden has blindly jumped onto the mass customisation bandwagon. They have sadly brought out a good looking, but poorly thought out mass-customisation system. Holden's major downfall is their lack of customisable options. Looking at t… Continue