Permanent Flux

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Ideas generation

To be honest, this project i have not been enthused by at all, same as all of my work this year. I don't know if thats just because of where my mindset is right now or because of the actual work. i find none of it compelling. This subject was intended i believe to be one we can relate to something that interests us.

To be honest there are a few things that i have passion for in life. These would be cars and bikes (more so if i had the money), music and clubbing, design and bar tending / mixology.

I really really wanted to focus this on my bar tending as it is something i am so anal over it is not true. Now this blog might be a bit subjective but basically thats what you are gonna get for this project. It's where my mind is and if i'm going to get into this, this is how it's going to happen, ok? Ok.

This is the initial board i made for the mixology. Basically the image is a photo that i took. You can see the rest of the shots in verve section of photography on my portfolio. I myself am not happy with this board and yes the design is very poor. Still it's a very early stage board just to give an idea, so I'm not wasting time.

Available is an A2 PDF document and a web friendly PNG

.PDF | .PNG

So I've been thinking for a long time over this and basically mind mind is quite blank, nothing will just click as it usually does.

So i will now explain where I have got thus far.

I've been flicking through papers and through the web trying to find inspiration. Initially i had found something that I thought was quite strong but now I've gone off of the idea.

Heres the board for that again available as an A2 PDF or web PNG

.PDF | .PNG

I found this really interesting. I love out there films like Vanilla Sky and ultimately The Matrix. Obviously this is relative to The Minority Report. Looking at the idea I still think that it is very interesting. If I do not come up with any more ideas then I may use it. However, where the permanent flux part comes in I cannot remember, probably the fact that technology is ever developing but again so are our brains...more soon

Welcome

Welcome to my latest blog. As you can see from the description this blog is basically a project of mine. I will be analyzing a few things first relevant to the subject permanent flux and then i will be creating a final piece for it.

Intro

Firstly this subject itself is a contradiction. So, if we take a look at the two words 'permanent' and 'flux' and their meanings;

Permanent

per·ma·nent

[pur-muh-nuh

nt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective

1.	existing perpetually; everlasting, esp. without significant change.

2.	intended to exist or function for a long, indefinite period without regard to unforeseeable conditions: a permanent employee; the permanent headquarters of the United Nations.

3.	long-lasting or nonfading: permanent pleating; permanent ink.

–noun

4.	Also called permanent wave. a wave or curl that is set into the hair by the application of a special chemical preparation and that remains for a number of months.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME <>permanent- (s. of permanéns), prp. of permanére to remain. See per-, remain, -ent

]

—Related forms

per·ma·nent·ly, adverb

per·ma·nent·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. stable, invariable, constant.

—Antonyms 1. temporary; inconstant.

and flux

flux

[fluhks] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	a flowing or flow.

2.	the flowing in of the tide.

3.	continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.

Physics.

a.	the rate of flow of fluid, particles, or energy.

b.	a quantity expressing the strength of a field of force in a given area.

Chemistry, Metallurgy.

a.	a substance used to refine metals by combining with impurities to form a molten mixture that can be readily removed.

b.	a substance used to remove oxides from and prevent further oxidation of fused metal, as in soldering or hot-dip coating.

c.	(in the refining of scrap or other metal) a salt or mixture of salts that combines with nonmetallic impurities, causing them to float or coagulate.

fusion.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to melt; make fluid.

8.	to fuse by the use of flux.

9.	Obsolete. to purge.

–verb (used without object)

10.

to flow.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME <>fluxus a flowing, equiv. to fluc-, var. s. of fluere to flow + -tus suffix of v. action, with ct > x

]

—Synonyms 1. course, current, flood, stream.

info taken from dictionary.com

We can see that basically in laments terms that permanent is something that is fixed whereas flux is something that changes. This is interesting in itself but at the minute i can't relate it to the subject, I might come back to it later.