Sexy for the season

Congratulations to all who participated in the fun events for the season 2010 and we hope it helped you get more sexy. It was amazing to see the enthusiasm and eagerness with which everyone partcipated in these events thus making them sussesful. 


#1 Turkey Feathers

#2 Potluck for all Seasons


#3 Maintain Your Weight Challenge

69 participated (weighing in the week of November 15th and weighing in again week of January 17th)
All 69 will receive $69.00 just for particpating


For the 62 who were able to maintain or even lose you will receive an additional $100 (we did forgive anything under 1 lb. to allow for planetary intervention)

Total Weight Lost = 150 pounds


#4 Stay Active Challenge

58  participated in the challenge will receive $10 for each week.

33 submitted a photo for the entire 10 week period.

Introducing Autodesk Project Vasari

Project Vasari is an easy-to-use standalone application built on the same technology as the Revit platform and aimed at architectural designers and other professionals who do not need the production tools in the full Autodesk Revit Architecture software.

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011- Professional Mass Modeling

Professional mass modeling & render tutorial for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011.
In this Tutorial you will learn a variety of methods to sketch easy and complicated freeforms with Autodesk Revit Architecture. To be able to present effectively architectural drafts, we will also show several ways to visualize your architectural design.

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 - Advanced Detailing

Advanced Detailing Tutorial for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011
This tutorial is dedicated to the detail planning. In the next 12 steps you will learn how to draw details and you will see how easy it is to create the construction documentation.

"Advanced Detailing" is the second tutorial of a series of 3
tutorials for Revit Architecture 2011. This tutorial is based on the first tutorial "Getting Started". To learn more important features of Revit 2011, we recommend you to watch the 3rd tutorial "Professional mass modeling".

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 - Getting Started

Get a jumpstart working with Autodesk Revit Architecture and an extensive overview of the BIM based workflow. "Getting Started" is the first Tutorial of a series of three Tutorials for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011. The Tutorials "Advanced Detailing" and "Professional Mass Modeling" are based on this first Tutorial and give you a deep insight into Autodesk Revit Architecture.

AIA design awards 2010

Design awards from AIA San Mateo County: merit for Moffett Towers Amenities Building and a citation for De Anza Visual and Performing Arts.

pixelated techtonics

Singapore-based design firm Design Act was a finalist in the competition for the World Expo 2010 Singapore Pavilion organized by the Singapore Tourism Board (for the winning pavilion design by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, click here).
Titled “MY DREAM, OUR VISION”, Design Act’s competition entry uses permutated cubes to generate a spectacular sculpture that is visually stunning and celebrative.

Synonymous with Singapore being efficient, dynamic, cosmopolitan, forward looking, simultaneously futuristic and traditional, the Singapore spirit: 新 (xin, mandarin word for “new”) serves as a key metaphor that relates to the entire spectrum of connotations, associating Singapore 新加坡 (xin jia bo, Singapore’s mandarin name) with being progressive, re-inventive and innovative.


About the proposed Singapore Pavilion
The Singapore Pavilion at the World Exposition 2010 is driven to present Singapore as the perfect example of a city that holds all the possibilities of transforming the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it. The Pavilion’s key objective is to offer Singapore both as a city of possibilities and a city of dreams and vision. As much as it can transform lives, this city of dreams and vision can embody the idea of possibilities only in as much as lives transform it.

The Pavilion shows the sides of a City that is continually driven by progressive change. This is brought under the umbrella of the powerful trans-lingual word that is also representative of the Singapore spirit: It includes Singapore’s human side, its pulse and excitement, opportunities and achievements. 新.

Visitors to the Pavilion do not merely visit it; they participate in it to make dreams happen. This is very much like the experience of being in Singapore itself. The idea of activity emphasizes the dynamism and vitality of a unique Singaporean experience. Here, the emphasis is on human interactions and connections as the city’s driving force, and that these are already the fabric of a city very much alive to the rubric of sustainability

Similar Reading material: http://www.evolo.us/magazine/pixilated-tectonics/#more-815

We all have a date with the planet

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.
The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.
HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Note: To watch the Entire movie click on the title.

DES Holiday Party 2010

January Birthdays

When: Thursday, January 06, 2011 3:00 PM-3:30 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).

Where: To be determined

Happy New Year! Come join in the celebration to honor the following DES birthdays.

1/4- Lisa Pappas

1/6- Mark Hutchinson

1/8- Chito Sanchez

1/9- Chris Boyle and Carol McHugh

1/13- Billy Kong

1/18- DaleYee

1/21- John Fullerton

1/27- Jim Kaylor