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Project Homeless
Project Homeless.org.uk has been setup by Central Saint Martins design student Samuel Rowe to reach a wide audience to gather their opinions & ideas on how we can help improve the lives of the homeless in the UK.
This website aims to interact across multiple social platforms to engage with users that may not be aware with the issues of being homelessness.
Project Homeless boasts a range of surveys that aim to challenge the users perceptions of the homeless, demonstrating just how alike homeless people are to the general public.
The questions aim to gain some basic knowledge of the public’s point of view towards the homeless. Homelessness in today’s society is very real, & it could happen to anyone.
We also are looking for the general public’s opinions & ideas on how they think the lives of the homeless could be improved, there is a section that allows anyone to upload ideas of how to improve the lives of the homeless, not all the ideas have to be design related or even realistic, sometimes the stranger the idea the better!
Project Homeless will hopefully run beyond the designated 6month time span, and together we will hopefully be able to improve the lives of the homeless.
“Simmoe” in Association with “AccessFm.com”
We are always on the look out for great ideas or products here at Accessfm.com and can announce that we are proudly in association with Simmoe Design. We are able to offer for sale this great new product, Designed by David Simpson, the owner and manager of Simmoe Design. This quirky pencil holder is designed to fit into a bookshelf, between the books themselves. You simply remove it from the shelf by grabbing hold of its small tab, get it to stand by passing a pencil through the tab itself, rather clever idea. The pencil holders come supplied with a full set of colouring pencils and retail for £8.99 which includes free postage anywhere in the United Kingdom.
You can order the pencil holder direct from http://simmoe.co.uk/simmoe/Product_2.htmland be sure to quote accessfm when ordering in order to achieve this introductory price offer.
Check out my “Store” section
Check out my “Store” section on the website. I have hand picked a series of products that I feel would be perfect as part of an inspirational handling collection. Furthermore I have listed a number of publications that are ideal in a real classroom. These are books that I have either used, referred to or wish to own and in a number of cases have written a review for in my “Resource Review” feature. I have decided to use Amazon.co.uk as my link , as this is a company that is extremely competitive and one that I have made countless orders with in the past. As such I am happy to both recommend and have Amazon.co.uk featured on this site. Take some time to have a look and happy shopping.
My Most beautiful Product Ever
Without question, for me it is the 1967 Lamborghini Muira and more specifically when painted in its famous Pistachio Green. So why is it so beautiful? well beauty as we all know is in the eye of the beholder, however the Muira possess features that are generally regarded as being pleasant to look at. The side profile or elevation of the car mimics the natural curves of a woman reclining, the car has soft hips and even has eyelashes. But the really clever part is that here is a design that is both feminine and masculine. The general shape as stated looks as if it belongs on a Chanel catwalk but is juxtaposed by a fearsome, masculine engine which exudes muscularity. Furthermore this cars function has been compromised by its form, when driving upwards of 100 mph the front end lifts. The engineers could have minimised this by fitting a front wing or spoiler but decided that this would ultimately upset the car’s aesthetics. This car was designed to be beautiful and that was the ultimate objective, I cannot think of one thing I would change on this car and have spent a lifetime studying it. In my eyes the Lamborghini Muira is absolutely perfect and the most beautiful product ever.
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The Times Educational Website
When was the last time you took a good look around the Times Educational Website? There is now a Teachers TV tool, literally thousands of free Design and Technology resources, a great forum and of course plenty of jobs for you to view. For me however, its all about the resources, you could build an entire department’s scheme of work around that which you could find in the resource section. And I am not talking about just making do, no way, these are absolute top quality projects which are fastidious in their approach with superb aesthetic appeal. If I could make one recommendation to anyone teaching Design Technology today, then it would be to visit the TES as soon as possible!
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Spencer Herbert
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