About this blog
This is my personal blog which I started in 2003. At first it was called Communigations, a variation on Communicative Investigations. The blog transformed itself more into a personal investigation than being a blog on communication and therefore needed a new name.As a fencer, the name of this blog reflects how I write my thoughts into coherent stories, fence them off from all the sidepaths and rapidly go back and forth, covering various topics that interest me.
Read more about me or about my work at elminewijnia.eu
Tag Archives: protospace
How 2D art can become 3D
Watch Kustaa Saksi tell about how he transformed one of his illustrations into a 3D object (in de second half of the video)
What a busy day looks like (60)
Today I’ve been filming at Protospace, the FabLab in Utrecht. I’m producing a short promotional clip for them and today was film-day.
7:30am: departure
9:45am: arrival in Utrecht
10:00am: finetuning the script
11am: start filming
4:30pm: packing up after last interview
5:15pm: drive home
7:45pm: buy take-a-way food
8:00pm: arrival and dinner
Intensive day, but one well spent
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Geeky arts ‘n crafts (26)
This is what I’ve been working on yesterday.
Lasercutting X-mas presents from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
(about the number in the title)
At the ‘office’ in Utrecht (25)
No, I did not decide to move to Utrecht, nor am I renting an office space there, but Utrecht has a place that almost feels like my home office. It’s called Protospace, and Siert (aka my brother) works there as manager of a space where people can make things, Fab Lab-style. And that’s [...]
Visual impression of the opening of Protospace Lounge (12)
Opening Protospace Lounge from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
Protospace (Utrecht) is uitgebreid met de Lounge.
(about the number in the title)
Visiting Protospace (11)
Today I visited Protospace, the FabLab in Utrecht. Today was the re-opening of the lab after an intense rebuilding and refurnishing. They’ve done a terrific job! It is definitely an evironment where you can get inspired and work pleasantly. Video snapshots of the opening will follow soon.
I combined the visit with discussing the video about [...]
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