Category: Hexayurt
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Devon Double Hexayurt
Read More →: Devon Double HexayurtEDIT: Link to Nick’s Blog One problem with categorising dates by the weekends i.e “First weekend in June” is you forget what other events approximate to it, such as a friend’s birthday. So where was I instead of reconnecting with old friends? In a field, in Devon, with a bunch of strangers. I will be vague with…
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From the Bottom Up
Read More →: From the Bottom UpI had to answer some questions in an application recently. I thought the answers were blog worthy. Describe the world as it is. (a description of the status quo and context in which you will be working) Stresses to infrastructure arise when it is asked to supply more than it can deliver. Sometimes this is…
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Graphics for the new Hexayurt site
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Graphics for the new Hexayurt siteVinay asked to throw together some graphics for the updated hexayurt site. Whilst making them I discovered styles in sketchup. An incredibly cool tool. So I made him a gif showing 13 members of the hexayurt family and a banner concept piece.
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The Hexayurt and Documentation
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Read More →: The Hexayurt and DocumentationSo you want to build a hexayurt? There is no shortage of information online. But which website do you go to? What do you find there? The information is all there but it is a bit messy. Numerous diagrams and building guides. Many videos. Some with the latest developments, some out of date. The mailing…
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Quick Update
Read More →: Quick UpdateA quick update over what has been happening with the documentation project and why I’ve been quiet. I’ve added some of my work to http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Plywood . Images to be added as I make ones I am happy with. I’ve started migrating the work onto opensource platforms. I’m learning how to use Scribus and Inkscape. Not sure if…
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Instructions v0.1beta
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Read More →: Instructions v0.1beta—– NOTE: between the time I drafted this post and when I was finally ready to release it the nature of what I want to do has taken on a whole new life. I have kept this post the way it is for the most part since it serves it’s purpose but I recommend you read…
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Filler
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Read More →: FillerI’ve got an exciting new project that I hope to launch within a week so stay tuned. Still need to name it. Self indulgent teaser here. In other news:
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Models for the 3D warehouse
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Models for the 3D warehousePerhaps I was too quick to judge Google Sketchup in my last post. I still dislike many things about it but it is a capable package. Well I got about creating models of the h12 and h13 hexayurt.
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Hexayurt solo build -1
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Hexayurt solo build -1This is just a preliminary writeup since it may take a long time until I can write out a proper plan. For the purposes of this post I will assume you are familiar with how to build a hexayurt out of OSB/plywood and wooden blocks. Intro I recently envisaged a way that a standard OSB hexayurt…
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Hexayurt response team
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Hexayurt response teamI first encountered the Hexayurt in the Summer 2009 at the Small is… festival and with it the oh so strange individual known as Vinay Gupta. I joke that Vinay and I got talking only because I knew how to use a cordless drill driver. For some reason the battery charger required people to press odd…