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Impaled Napkin Rings
As part of a class about designing for the plastic injection molding process, I designed, cut molds and shot some napkin rings called the Impaled Napkin Rings series. Process below. I first 3D printed some prototypes to see how they worked. I learned that living hinges do not work with our printer material. I cut the molds…
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Designing and Building a Chair – Part 1
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Design Manifesto for the Chair
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Designing a Chair Prototype in a week
I’ve been inspired by many chairs over the last week or so and spent far too much time in my head and on paper sketching ideas. Last night I cut and assembled the chair I designed in six hours using 2 2x4x8’s and a 4 foot by 4 foot piece of 1/2″ plywood. Here is…
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What fits* you?
I wanted to see how my peers would respond to being labeled with a selection of fruits, vegetable or the tag, ‘fast food’. This project is ongoing. The photos are below and captions from short conversations I had with subjects as I was photographing them being distilled and will be up soon. *All the shirts are size medium…
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Birthday Present for my Mom
Made a paper birthday present for my mom using the laser cutter, colored paper and thread. I wanted to make something for her that could feel collaborative.
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Untitled
This piece explores how everyday objects are unhappy about the way they are used and the lengths they go to escape their designed destiny. By giving every day objects autonomy, we want to question and re-invent their purpose, context and expression in the world. The video was shown next to a box of concrete…
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Bubbly concrete
I was experimenting with ways to let concrete set formed around bubbles. Basically, I blew bubbles in a cup of setting Rockite with a straw. This is the result. It feels awesome but cracks easily when touched.
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Kevin’s Dish