Summary of the Bike NZ Project:

This project was developed in conjunction with Bike NZ, University of Otago Design Studies; and local manufacturers to resolve a longstanding transportation problem for the NZ National Cycling team.

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Exhibition Development:

The University of Otago commissioned a Campus Master Plan document to allow the University to provide a future vision of their campus. Central to the launch of this Campus Master Plan document was the exhibition which served as the unveiling of the vision and the opening of the exhibition. It included graphic panels, historic and master plan models, two DVD movies showcasing the history of the campus to date and the Campus Master Plan Vision itself.

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Interactive Exhibition:

The Survival Factor museum project was initiated as a collaboration to design, develop and produce a major interactive science exhibition.

Consisting of 15 individual exhibits, this is built on the theme of the automatic responses of the human body, to illustrate the human biological response and reactions to external and internal stimuli.

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Summary of Video Production:

As part of the Otago Institute of Design (OiD), newSplash draws on the experience of designers and staff to oversee projects.  For the iD Fashion Project, newSplash designer and Otago Polytechnic School of Design graduate Daniel Alexander, completed 25 hand-drawn stop-motion animation title names for iD Dunedin fashion week, sending each collection down the runway at the Dunedin railway station event.

Each title was made by adding pencil marks to the paper and taking a photo in a controlled environment. Then adding a few more marks, followed by another photo, altering the marks at each step. “It took 3 – 4 hours to create each one, not including capturing the vdeos and then preparing them for burning.” he says.

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Summary of the Van Brandenburg Architects project:

In 2008, Fred Van Brandenburg approached the OID/PDC for assistance with the CAD modelling of his architectural designs for a project in China.

Fred had begun his project using Solidworks, a CAD package designed for engineering/industrial design; but his designs were proving too difficult for the traditional architectural CAD software.  

Fred’s methodology is more aligned to the product design process, where physical prototypes are used throughout the entire design process. The methods and tools at the PDC are therefore ideal for this type of project. The PDC 3D models have also been invaluable in communicating Fred’s designs across the language barrier with Chinese clients, both from aesthetic and structural/engineering viewpoints.

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