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OK OK… last one for the weekend (lol)

Posted on 15 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

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Mia

Posted on 15 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

Ridiculous huh?

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Bikes Move Us – Runner up team fundraisers

Posted on 15 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

Clifton came over the other day to give me this 2010 Woodford to Glenbrook Classic plaque and a letter from CareFlight. It turns out that Team BMU came in 2nd not only in the race but also in the fundraising with a healthy $1025 raised for CareFlight. I’m super proud of the guys, top effort!

You can view images of the ride here.

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Designer Disco

Posted on 15 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

So INfront’s Designer Disco kicked ass last night. So great to see some of the old crew (designer veterans yo!) and meet some new faces too. I snapped a few pics but I did spot photographer Keith Saunders (who took shots of me for the BIG exhibit) rattling off a few shots too so I’m hoping Keith will send me some better shots soon.

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Designer Disco

Posted on 14 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

We’re (Australian INfront) putting on Designer Disco tonight, the official after party for Sydney Design Festival. Kicking off at 10pm, we’ll be taking over the Civic Hotel so come along if you’re reading yeah? I’ll be there, with camera at hand and my dancing shoes on too!

More info here.

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BIG

Posted on 14 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

I dropped in to check out BIG today at the Object Gallery Surry Hills (an exhibition I was featured in as part of Sydney Design 2010). It’s small but really fun, especially the slides on the lightbox that you have to close one eye and peek into. They’re damn amazing (so 3D!).

A few pics:


BIG – put together by designer Stephen Goddard and photographer Keith Saunders.


Screen on entry (BMU RPRSNT!).


The exhibition space. That’s me at the back left in the lightbox.


These photo slides were sooooo good and added a level of interaction which is always great at exhibitions (if it was me I’d have done the entire exhibition in this style!).


It’s the me!


My little blurb.


Nice to see the bike path in between the foot path and the road outside the gallery too, very cool and the way it should be!

The exhibit runs until the end of this month. More details here.


Christina and I thought we’d make the most of the great weather so we dropped into Paddington Markets to buy some bread and also to consume the best Belgian chocolate waffle we’ve ever had (sincerely, don’t ever remember a waffle tasting better than this!).


Random: real estate sign.

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Will work for Booze…

Posted on 13 August, 2010 by Justin Fox

I was doing pretty regular design talks at various schools a few years back and Daniela, who used to teach at Shillington College, remembered me from a talk I once gave there. She’s been teaching design at Kogarah TAFE for the past few years and a few weeks ago she asked me if I’d be interested in talking to her students. Despite my initial hesitation (no matter how many talks I do I always cringe at the idea of getting nervous in front of a crowd) I said yes and today I headed in to talk.


I spotted this in the TAFE carpark. When I got to the lecture theatre I realised I needed to borrow a laptop to present with (!) and it turns out that the guy who owns this car was also the guy who lent me his laptop (I realised this because the desktop wallpaper on the laptop had this car on it!).


The room before students came in.


The students after the talk (I presented for about 1.5hrs).


The only catch was that there was no money to pay for my time but Daniela did promise to pay me with some good wines and that she did!

I’ve come full circle with talks. I used to focus on creative process but now I focus on getting to do the things I want to do through design (for me it’s cars, bikes, fish tanks or anything else I choose to be obsessive compulsive about!). It’s about being in the zone all the time because I want to be in the zone, not about forcing myself to be in the zone on something I’m not at all into.

As usual I walked away on a high. It’s rewarding to reflect on getting out of my comfort zone and hopefully I planted a few good seeds in the minds of the students too.

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Aquarium Update

Posted on 12 August, 2010 by Justin Fox


Morphs.


Middle section.

The water is “looking” VERY clean but as of today the Nitrate test still reads 50ppm (high!). I’ve posted up a call for help here: http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=219668

There are a few great suggestions in there. I’ve just got to try to give some of them a go slowly and not all at once!

I really wanted to know what was under the rock work. The middle bommie is the smallest so I took the entire bommie apart (moved rocks to the side) and to my surprise there wasn’t THAT much crap under there. I siphoned the substrate clean and put the rocks back a little more centred than before to allow water flow behind the bommie.

PS: I did find some fleshy bits on some rock from corals which have long died off (their bases). I’ve removed these pieces of rock. I also did find 2 peppermint shrimp under the biggest rock at the base and one MASSIVE dark brown brittle starfish the size of my hand!

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Mia – Day 5

Posted on 11 August, 2010 by Justin Fox


Freaky stretch!

Christina’s been sick for months now (since before she left for China). Initially the doctor diagnosed it as tonsillitis and after 2 courses of antibiotics we’re now waiting for a blood test to see if it’s perhaps glandular fever.

Mia’s been keeping her plenty busy though and spends most of her time walking all over Christina’s keyboard or resting in her lap. Day 5 and she’s been great! Such a good girl!

In other news: I’ve been invited to give an inspirational design talk this Friday at Kogarah Tafe. It’s been a while since I’ve done a talk so I’m pretty excited and will spend some time tomorrow putting together my presentation. I’ve been slugging away at Modern Pet Shop too which is looking pretty damn good I have to say (click here to see what it used to look like and click here to see what it currently looks like). I’ve got another fashion store to do for Tendy’s wife so hacking the matrix is really helping me get up to speed with shopping carts. I’ve also been hired to help get a new community off the ground (a secret for now), automotive and community related but it’s coming along nicely. I’ve been keeping up daily maintenance on the fish tank and last of all Peter from Bodyform (he’s arguably the best body kit manufacturer and fitter out there) has asked me to re-design his web site. Busy? Yup. Stressed out? Yup but it’s good stress and I’m loving everything I’m working on at the moment.

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Mia – Day 3

Posted on 9 August, 2010 by Justin Fox


Mia playing.

We were a little worried that little Mia would cry all night (despite Russian Blue’s being quiet cats the breeders let us know that Mia was the most vocal of the bunch!). Amazingly she slept through the entire night, in the kitty room without making a sound (phew!).


Our little bundle of fluff, early in the morning, checking out the garden.


We couldn’t resist letting her out of her kitty room. She’s a good explorer though she cries when she’s exploring an area where she can’t see or hear us.


She’s tiny but she’s grown twice the size in just 3 weeks (since we first saw her at the breeders).


Later that day Jamie, Richie and Mum came over to play!


Mia’s getting lots and lots of pressies too (so funny).


Jamie (might as well call my sister ‘cat lady’!) played with Mia so much that she conked out early afternoon and pretty much stayed KO’d until bed time and once again she slept through the entire night without a meow. She’s so good!

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