Designing in 3D right away

Take a look to this design:

Trying to come up with new ways for expressing ourselves technically and artistically, it's true that solving both with the same tool is nonsense still today. It is also true that digital tools are the new tools, and can perfectly complement traditional tools since the first day for any project to be produced. These tools I'm talking about are not 3D software, those are already tools of the past, today's tools are parametric algorithms, BIM, 3D analogical painting and printing, VR and RT rendering... but even these are already tools of the past, and in no time others will come up. Hand drawing is still mandatory, there is no doubt about that, sculpting is still mandatory, but not being up to date in the digital context is reckless in order to survive upcoming technology. Missing that context for just a couple of years will make coming back again such an impossible task.

With this mentality I have been trying to use today's most commonly used design software in new ways and I'm producing several infographic media that I have been uploading to YouTube, and I will be uploading several other complementary studies for that personal "tower project" I have in mind (which is just an excuse for me for all this research)

Easy parametric design

Just an hour with 3Ds Max and V-Ray from scratch, including all settings and materials. This test for a curtain system design and its visualization is a proof of concept of how quick the use of 3ds modifiers might be, in comparison with Grasshopper for Rhino (or Dynamo for Revit). This structural configuration and skin can easily be morphed and restructured. Of course it's not 100% 'parametric', but perhaps it's more than enough for most design contexts, and it's reliable and precise despite not being CAD.

Web site for a Pianist.

A personal exercise that started off back in 2014, it has become a huge training for myself. I have finally added Youtube API and now we can start a final phase that will last the time it's needed to optimize and perfectly implement, or even rewrite, all features so everything looks fine using any type of device. Perhaps today you might get a fine experience only through computers, but it would be very appreciated if you have a look and see how much work I've put into it.

Dario Llanos Javierre

Project: 
My very good friend and professional pianist Darío Llanos Javierre needs a static web so he can start posting his knowledge and services and let the world know him. 

Description:
- The entire web was written by myself in the old fashioned way, just html5, css and js in notepad++.
- The entire coding was designed by myself building up some libraries like a card library or a Google spreadsheet data retriever library, and making use of an open sourced audio management library written by Jay Salvat called buzz for js.
- Aesthetics and UX are being also designed by myself, taking care of different devices and considering all combinations of events that might be triggered by a user at any time.
- Being static means just a domain and a host provider is needed, no SQL or PHP. Google offered free hosting with Google Drive before 2015. That became a handy feature for me to learn without the need for 3rd parties or servers. By the time Google switched off that hosting service a very stable version of the web was already published, so hiring a hosting provider for the first time was very straight forward.
- Despite databases aren't needed in this project, I've managed to create a Google Spreadsheet file that can be accessed from the js itself and retrieves data from it, so the web can be modified from that spreadsheet on the fly.
- Several languages are usually handled by reloading a web page. In this case I was eager to get instant translation within the page. Just Spanish and English are available today, but it's already prepared for as many as might be necessary in the future. Just click the language button and you will see instant translation, no reloading, no wait. Even better, the code detects what language is set in your system and it shows all texts in your relevant language already, so if you are in a Spanish spoken country you will see everything in Spanish automatically.
- The last component was implemented in late 2017 and that was Youtube API. Thanks to that now all videos hosted in Youtube can be shown and played without leaving the site.
- Mobile devices are supported, the entire site even passes with a 100% score all Google compatibility tests, but media css is still being designed and optimized, so if you visit the web using your phone it's possible that you find some things complicated to tap or to use.

 To do list:
- Official history.js implementation (I know, it's lame not to have started from the beginning with this one)
- Social network sharing
- Media design for full compatibility
- News and events.

Casa para 3 hermanas

Modelo de 3ds con secciones y amueblado. Esto es un antiguo proyecto personal para aprender a renderizar vídeo con archivos proxy con la información de la iluminación a lo largo del tiempo, sistemas para seccionar rápidamente y controlar fugas y algunos otros artificios. Nótese que VrayClipper aún no existía.

Proyecto original de Patricia Reus y Jaume Blancafort