Cumulus

A trailer of a forthcoming research on the French accent (can’t figure out where zee idea comes from, really).
Please turn your speakers on, and repeat after me:

This work in progress started as a research on different methods of information mapping.

Requested feedback led the work to evolve from being an experimental approach to information mapping to generating an on-going analysis of the systems of representation used.

Basically I would like to use the website as a mere support for an on-going discussion on information-design so your comments are really important for the project to work!

Click here to access The Thing-mapping Project

Although it looks very set, I took this picture of Electronest almost by chance, as I was shooting a completely different project for them.

1. Preliminary research on form (Triangle))
2. Research on form
3. Research on colour
4. Research on context 1 (Sporting Spirit)
5. Research on final project

Looking into the notion of territory and conquest mapping.

That’s a work in progress… more here.
Comments really welcome!

I was quite amused to spot two children playing experimental football, on a round pitch, with the circular goal in the middle of it, and no goal keeper. That rang a bell… although it seems to be a four players pitch.

I was glad to find this picture that Pierre had unearthed from r-echos while researching pictures to be used in tomorrow’s photoshoot for Electronest.
This is a picture by Dutch designers LUST.
I was quite amazed by the similarity it bore with that picture of our desk that I featured on Cumulus last week.

I will be showing a piece of my work at XHIBIT 08.

The XHIBIT 08 judging panel consisted of Yinka Shonibare, 2004 Turner Prize Nominee. Cathy Lomax, director of the Transition Gallery in East London as well as two times XHIBIT exhibitor. James Bull, co-founder of branding agency Moving Brands. The fourth judge was Joyce C Y Lau, a current BA (Honours) Criticism, Communication and Curation: Arts and Design student at the University.

The exhibition will take place for a month from the 2nd of May at the Arts Gallery & Hub Cafe/Bar, University of the Arts London, 65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA.

After discussing the three players pitches/courts, it became clear that games involving tactics of 2 against 3 wouldn’t undermine the bipolar tension on the pitch, as it would lead to a dynamic that is the one of bullying.

From there the idea is to reflect on group behaviors by observing made-up games involving different levels of partnership.

The multi-teams football game is played on a round pitch, with only one neutral empty goal in the middle of the circle. It has no net, but a hole large enough for the ball to get in instead. A bit like golf, somehow.
For this example let’s imagine that 7 teams of 3 players each are playing. Obviously the winning team is the one that has marked more goals than any other, which implies that there iis one winner for many loosers (instead of 1 winner/1 looser).

The Octoball game is an 8 teams of 3 players (1 stricker, 1 defence, 1 goal). The bipolar tension is now within the team itself. The winning team is the one that marks the more goals, regardless of where they put the goal.

The Decaball game is played by 10 teams (sic) of 1 player and 1 goal each. I can imagine that this version would be highly competitive.

Le Bureau: Click!