Day 110 – 2014 (Goodbye)

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I’m making this my last Make a Day entry cutting my little project short. It’s been fun trying to make something everyday over the past four months but it has also been tiring and often a chore to find the time everyday to do it (and to do it well). Next year my work load is more and my free time less so I thought it sensible to end the project now rather than drag it on with things I’m not happy with. I’d certainly like to revisit some of the stuff I’ve come up with and either expand or improve them (especially the music/sounds) so I may post some of them up when I do.

….till then, Happy New Year to everyone!!

Day 107 – Glowing Lights

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I’ve been suffering from flu for the last couple of days so have spent the majority of time in bed. Having left my laptop on standby whilst having a snooze earlier I noticed how calming the standby light on macs are. They slowly fade up and down in a pale glow and I can only imagine the calmness that comes from this motion is in its similarity to breathing.

I started thinking about where this calming light motion could be used and decided that emergency services vehicles would be a good place. Whenever a police car, ambulance, fire engine etc. is not attending to an emergency their lights would resort to this slow increasing and decreasing glow. I believe this would prove to be beneficial to places like busy cities as when not creating a big display of an urgent situation these vehicles could at least emit a sense of calm.

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Day 103 – Safety Song

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I’ve recently been re-watching Michael Palin’s Himalaya series. In one of the episodes Michael travels to a mine in Nagaland, India where they emphasise safety in the workplace. One of the ways the company tries to encourage safety is by writing songs about it. Below is the featured song from the episode and a photo of the band.

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I really like the idea of starting your working day with a song about safety so have decided to do my own version of the miners song using lyrics written by myself.

Below are some safety signs for further inspiration….

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Day 102 – Wind and Rain Installation

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I’ve been thinking of some sort of outdoor installation that would encourage people (or at least children) to go out in the wind and rain (as this is the weather outside today). My idea is to create a sound sculpture that only produces sound when it is wet and windy. It would be part of a play area and would involve there being a large hollow tube sticking out of the ground. The tube would function like the mouth-piece of a reed instrument: it would have a thin bit of wood attached to it that when moistened and vibrated (via the wind) would produce sound. On the floor around this high tube would be a number of holes that could be covered by either feet, bums or whole bodies. Covering these holes would change the pitch that the large reeded tube would produce.

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