Competition: Electrolux Design Lab

It's often easy for architects to think their the centre of the universe in our faculty and forget about everyone else. Well here's a competition that architects can't enter - it's only for the Industrial design students out there!

The Electorlux Design Lad is an annual global design competition open to undergraduates and recent graduates of Industrial Design students. The 2012 competition theme is 'Design Experience', students are invited to present innovative idea for household appliances that explore the experience of cooking. Students are encouraged to draw inspiration from experience creators (chefs, architects, interior architects, etc.) to design home appliances that provide a fuller sensory experience. Keeping with the heritage of Electrolux, entries should reflect Scandinavian Design values - being sensitive to the environment, providing intuitive ease of use and aesthetic appeal.

Links: http://www.electroluxdesignlab.com/

Deadline: 1st, June 2012

Executives 2012

Though the new Executive have been elected for a while, the blog has now been updated with their details.
Here's the list.

2012 - Current Executive
Co-President - Nick Adamson (B of Planning)
Co-President - Alex Galego (B of Architecture Studies) 
Treasurer - Sebastian Reid (B of Construction Management)
Secretary - Nadia Hendryani (B of Architecture Studies)
Creative Student Led Projects Coordinator- Christine Ng (B of Architecture Studies)
Arc Delegate - Kathryn George (B of Architecture Studies)
Editor and Communications Director - Patrick Leal (B of Architecture Studies)
Education Director - Jae Ward (B of Architectural Computing)
Social Director - Steph Griffiths (B of Architecture Studies)

Congratulations!

3D Video Mapping Opportunity

Arts week is coming up soon, and there will be a '3D video mapping' project happening during the week. If you are not acquainted with the process, here's a video:



And if you would like to get involved, register your interest on the FBEsoc Facebook page.

Fbesoc AGM this Friday!

This is a heads up that on 5PM Friday of Week 7 Fbesoc will be holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to keep our little society growing!

We've come a long way since our first AGM last August; we've managed toestablished a thriving faculty wide community, made it easier to make friends from across the faculty, run our first social events, supported the other growing societies in our faculty, established the first fbe student led project (creative community & spaces project), created an active student led blog, had a massive Oweek and met a whole bunch of excellent Built Environment kids along the way!

The week 7 AGM will be a way to build on this success and move forward. It will let us keep the society relevant by getting new members involved in running and organising of the society.

The following Executive positions are up for election:

• 2x Co-Presidents
• 1x Secretary
• 1x Treasurer 
• 1x Arc Delegate
• 1x Academic Coordinator 
• 1x Creative Student Led Projects Coordinator 
• 1x Social Events Coordinator 
• 1x Editor & Communications Coordinator 

Everyone is encouraged to get involved and go for a position if they're interested!

There will also be a few changes to the constitution which will make it easier for everyone to contribute to the society/community. These changes will be made available closer to the AGM, please stay tuned to our facebook page and group! 

Fbesoc AGM Event Details

Where: Room TBA (please check event page and posters in foyer closer to event), Faculty of the Built Environment, Red Centre, West Wing, UNSW

When: 5pm Friday (Week 7), 20th April, 2012

Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/160408284082037/ 

Student Opportunity: Internships at AR-MA

AR-MA have an immediate need for the following positions:

Requirements:

• Strong graphic and design talent
• Strong 3D modeling skills in Maya and Rhino
• Strong rendering skills
• Excellent command of Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent craft and model-making skills
• Training will be provided for Rhino python scripting and grasshopper.

Successful candidates will receive a monthly stipend.

To apply, please email cover letter, CV, and portfolio.

http://ar-ma.net/employment

employment@ar-ma.net

Via UTS Architecture

Competition: Redesign our community coverphoto!

Here's a little design competition to get you through the 2 week mid-sem break! Re-design/re-imagine/re-vision/re-create our Fbesoc community facebook coverphoto into something that reflects our growing design community.

Share your design on the Fbe Society Group (to this album) & have it be the group/page banner.

Use whatever creative medium you want (photography, graphic design, painting, model building, drawing, etc.) and the Fbesoc Logo (which you can also re-design/re-imagine as you please) to make something new, creative and awesome.

Dimensions: 850 x 315
Sources files: Fbesoc Logo.zip (8.82 MB)
Due: Monday Week 7

Easiest brief all semester hu? Can't wait to see everyone's cool work!

President's Welcome 2012

Being a Built Environment student shouldn’t just be about submissions, design studios and all-nighters. It should also be about gallery and exhibition visits, design competitions, weekly social gatherings, sketch club, parties, midnight milo meetings during exams, movie nights, a community zine and most importantly making friends with other students from across our faculty. This is what the Faculty of the Built Environment Society is here to do; create a vibrant faculty wide student community by running social events, organising academic events, encouraging creativity and supporting students.

Since Fbesoc’s first AGM last August our new faculty community has been slowly growing. As we grow there will be more social events, more academic events and a more active, vibrant student community at our faculty. The more students become involved the easier it will become for Fbesoc to organise larger events like the very exciting prospect of a faculty ball or harbour cruise. Basically the more you get involved the more Fbesoc will be able to give back to the students! The first events for the semester have already started happening and I hope all of you will be able to join us in not only attending but also helping organise future events.

What happens during this semester and year will not just be up to the executives of the society but everyone in the faculty. We want you all to participate in the thinking up of new events, planning, organising and running of society events as much as possible. Getting involved will be a great way to not only meet other students, but also to help shape the Built Environment community. In week 7 we will be holding a General Meeting to fill some position vacancies (details coming soon) and introduce some changes that will make it much easier for students to get involved in the society. So make sure you keep a look out for this and other society events happening soon.

Finally, a word of advice to all the first years starting at our faculty this semester, remember to make your time at university as fun and interesting as you possibly can. It’s an exciting place full of new ideas and interesting people that can only be experienced fully if you go out and get involved. Fbesoc is here to make this easier within our faculty so make sure you join us at any of our events, you will not regret it!

See you around,

Jeremiasz Sieczko

Fbesoc President