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I really wonder whether they WOULD want to see that. At the expense of what?
Or are they saying they’d want something additional? Are you presenting this as
stand-alone exhibits or some kind of tutorial? I think that’s the issue. Is there a
balance to be had? I guess, in hindsight if people are saying that then it should
be addressed, but I wouldn’t have thought that’d be the case to a huge extent I
just think that some more information. A little bit of background. Or maybe it
could be something you could opt into if you want it, but to have it in everyone’s
face might spoil the magic. Also, if everyone was doing rapid prototyping then
you’d have little one explanation and if I felt people wanted to see more I’d put it
on the video.
19. Have you made any new professional contacts because of this
exhibition?
Yes, the guy with the book; ‘Designers on Design’. Paul Rodgers. The timing in
terms of the exhibition itself, I was just there for a private viewing and that was
all, so maybe I didn’t see as many people as I could have.
20. Have you received any new opportunities because of this
exhibition?
Not that I know of, but I don’t know because the whole thing is elevating a
profile and people come at you through the website, you never know which
exhibition they know you from.
21. Has there been any impact on traffic to your website because of
the exhibition?
Yes, it went up quite a lot, but unfortunately we shot ourselves in the foot. In
mid-October we updated the website and the traffic zoomed up but we lost our
contact page. We’re now at 50-a-day, average. We were at 25. It has doubled,
but it’s hard to substantiate why – there’s the show and the updated website. It’s
not just one source.
22. Has being in the exhibition had any effect on your work?
Yes, because I’ve moved onto a different scale, something a lot larger than I had
before, different lighting that I had never done before, we’ve got the real-time
cracked; finally done it in real time instead of fudging the issue and doing a
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