So finally, Fedex arrived to day to pick up the first two clocks heading towards New York. Being one of the large reason I had barely anytime for the past 3 months to write my articles and work on my freelance projects as I was busy completing the clock for my customers in New York and Sweden. Finally the clock is completed and works perfectly. The clock is now available for sale at dripta.com and will be available at ahalife.com in September. The clock’s toughest design aspect was to keep all the petals firm in one place yet smooth moving all in one characteristic. As the mechanism I designed is under patent pending I can disclose the exact design but once approved I will share this design solution with you guys. All in all the past months have been tough and fun at the same time. My eye to details and my need for perfection in terms of the finish of the clock delayed the shipment to New York as even a small mark on the clock was rejected during inspections last week. Its now all done and as promised I have shared some quick pics with you guys showing parts of the process. Enjoy!
Ok so lets start with some pics of the after the first prototype was completed. Pictures below shows the project manager showing how the mechanism for the smooth movement works!
Butterfly position
Open position
Vertical position
Next are some pics of the fun photo shoot at the Atton Conrad studio in London.
Lotus and me
Open view
Lotus on black background
Finally, today I managed to get some quick pics with my phone on the packaging, the final white clock and the pink limited version before it was shipped. Unfortunately, the pics looks very different on a camera phone but its a beauty in real life. Enjoy 
Lotus Packaging for NYC
The White Lotus
Pink Limited Edition
Hey guys, I have been extremely busy getting the new site ready. As most of you know dripta.com was always a flash site. Finally, the new site has been made and now on-line for every one. Its faster and easier to navigate for customers and bloggers. New products are regularly updated. View past freelance work too and find out what the studio can do for you as a customer. Currently, the Lotus clock is available for order and a few new items are going to be available for Christmas 2010. Hope you all like the site. Leave your comments on what you like below. See you guys in the next post. I have some great photo shoot pictures of the Lotus clock to share.
the new site ready for everyone
So today I was at the London Mela. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it was a collection of great musicians and food. The two things Indians love the most. I terms of music, I was mostly glued to the Desi Hip Hop stage and at times the classical stage. This was the most chilled, relaxed and perhaps best London Mela I have seen, the programme wasn’t the best, but what was recaptured was the focus on people invited to come and enjoy themselves and they did, mellowed by the summer sun.
The Main stage was a real mix this year with the more traditional performers of Pandit Dinesh & Kishon Khan sharing the programme with the likes of Sukshinder Shinda, Surinder Rattan and the Sona Family, but the most interesting element at this part of the Mela had to be the Rishi Rich Showcase.
You’ve got to admire the guy, I know it’s his business, but better than anyone Rishi Rich continues to introduce, develop, promote and mentor, up and coming talent on to the scene.
No more talk, just enjoy the pics and videos! [AUDIO WARNING | PLEASE KEEP YOUR SPEAKER VOLUME DOWN] Forgive me for the video sound, realised later that the loud volume completely destroyed the sound reception of the video in my iPhone. In any case you guys will see it was a lot of fun.
People just People!
Love the little kid eating his Dosa!!
Danielle looking great as usual.
Sorry for such a long gap between my last post and this one but I assure you it was well worth waiting. I have been extremely busy with my new product release in September in New York and as you guys may know its hell trying to make sure the suppliers coordinate properly and make the product properly. Thankfully, we are in the final stages prior to shipping and it all seems to coming in order. But more on this post. From my last post I wrote that I had won the SpaceNavigator from the SolidSmack rendering contest. Well, I have received it and promised a few of my readers that I make a video of the product. Enjoy the review!
Long awaited results from SolidSmack is out today. A few weeks ago I received an email notifying me of an iPad rendering challenge by SolidSmack and as you all know how much I love rendering. The great part of this challenge was that we were allowed to use any rendering software of our choice. I decided to use Maxwell Render 2 for the simple fact that I love the photo realistic results I get. So finally, on a scorching hot Monday afternoon in London, I checked out the site and found out that I won the rendering challenge. The winner receives 3D Connexion SpaceTraveler! I can’t wait to get my hands on the puppy and see how it imporves my Rhino 4 workflow.
To see all the renderings that entered the contest and my winning renders click here.
iPad
