Soy Feliz Pillow

Project: 2059 pebbles and twigs

Client: Pebbles and twigs

Purpose: Kicking ass

Other: Rocking out

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lawn gnomes enmesh

what is one to do with a mile of continuous rope? how’s an art installation for appropriate. fortunately, this summer the salt lake art center opened its arms – beckoning a slew of locals to try theirs hands in a lawn sculpture competition. for my entry, it was just that – an exercise in the will of the hands.

what transpired was a development of process, or process and material driven conception. the somewhat grueling act of weaving stubborn rope evoked a primordial sensation conjuring the joy and struggle associated with the act of creation that beings and experienced from the beginning. i would say that the act of creation (or physical ‘making’) is much more intrinsic to living beings than we give credit. birds, bees, humans – all share a penchant for creating basic tools and shelters. this penchant, or natural trait, is what i wanted to embody with my lawn sculpture – basic vessels (i’m calling the piece ‘vessels enmesh’) that serve fundamental functions, in which the beauty of an object, i believe, is transcendent through the joy of the process.

Dee’s Cereal Package Concepts

Project: 2059 pebbles and twigs

Client: Pebbles and twigs

Purpose: Kicking ass

Other: Rocking out

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Drinking Aids

DrinkAids_RackProject: 2059 pebbles and twigs

Client: Pebbles and twigs

Purpose: Kicking ass

Other: Rocking out

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The Hub – Outdoor Standing Work Station

um, so ‘The Hub’ is the short name, the “Public Outdoor Standing Work Station etc” is the long-ish description. I’ve still got to come up with a way to succinctly describe this project. So, basically, the concept revolves around being able to take a break from sitting at your office desk to do some work outside or conduct a work meeting in the fresh outdoors. As a temporary alternative to sedentary desk work, The Hub (as I’m calling it) gives some consideration to the laptop – offering an electrical outlet and adjustable umbrella to mask ambient light.

Also central to the concept is the idea of ‘standing’ while working – so the table top ledges and leaning seats support standing and leaning positions that, again, make this an alternative to sitting at the desk.

The final, and probably most important component, is the context – an intervention to the typical hand-railing. I’ve imagined that The Hub could be implemented along important urban edges, like urban rivers, waterfronts, roof-top gardens, park-edges, etc – basically anywhere a handrail is already located (which is in incredible lot when you begin to look…)

The handrail became the focus of intervention for a few reasons: 1) they support standing/leaning ergonomic positions, 2) they are often located at populated urban interfaces, and 3) they can be found everywhere but mostly only in a 1-dimensional state, meaning they are fitting piece of urban infrastructure that could use some added-value.

This work was completed as part of my masters thesis dealing with industrial design for public, and was actually inspired quite specifically by ethnographic research I was conducting in public spaces where I had observed a number of times white collar workers formally meeting in these public ‘neutral zones’ and having haphazard meetings while standing (sometimes around a tall planter or something similar) as if sitting down was too informal, too permanent, or too dirty, or all of the above. I had originally submitted the work to the Seoul International Design Competition, but just recently discovered that it was not short-listed, thus time to post it on the ol’ blog. So I guess the big lesson for me here is about ‘salience;’ No matter how revolutionary or thoughtful the idea is, if it’s not clear and intuitive, it’s not going to get sold. And this is the game that designers have to play – sitting on the edge of new vs. accepted, hoping that the imagination can materialize.

The Public-Object Nexus

Project: Industrial Design for Public Spaces | Graduate Project

For: AUT University | Completion Date: August, 2011

PubObNex_Buttress

Located primarily in urban parks and plazas, this lightweight and durable street furniture piece can be easily moved and flipped allowing residents of the city to create personalized furniture arrangements in public spaces. The movable nature of The Buttress allows for an infinite variety of compositions – only limited by confines of the public space and the imagination of its users. The Buttress is constructed using rotational molding technology with medium density polyethylene, reinforced by two small internal steel profiles, and pigmented in a variety of colors to suit the environment in which they inhabit.

PubObNex_HubontheHarbourThe Hub on the Harbour is a street furniture collection created in response to the sedentary lifestyle that most office workers endure. This collection provides highly functional work stations along public outdoor spaces that temporarily alleviate the routine of a typical office day. The core of this street furniture concept is based on supporting varied upright ergonomic positions for brief work encounters and activity in the outdoors. The hand railing was chosen as the subject of design intervention because, not only does it support altered ergonomic standing positions, railings are also often located at the edge of urban environs where the draw to gather and enjoy a little piece of nature already exists.

Baduk Bench

Project: Recreational Site Furniture for Public Spaces

Proposal: Seoul International Design Competition, August, 2010BadukBench

The Baduk Bench is a combination planter, bench, and table for public spaces –

in which the planter stones can used to play Baduk, a popular game in many east asian countries.

Sugarhouse Lounge

SugarHouse_Lounge_ASugarHouse_Lounge_BSugarHouse_Lounge_CProject: *WINNING ENTRY*
NextStop Bus Stop Competition

For: Utah Transit Authority

Date: April, 2010

The Sugarhouse Lounge bus stop is a concept that plays off the neighborhood’s early 20th century heritage as a retail furniture destination – an area was once known as “furniture row.” This bus stop incorporates sturdy and iconic outdoor furniture pieces that refer to this heritage and the general residential character of the surrounding neighborhood. Concrete “sofa” seats, a concrete table, motion sensitive outdoor lamp, steel coat rack, and a bus info screen give users a sense a comfort and leisure as they wait for the bus.

Good Magazine Design Competition

Project: Furniture Collection

For: Pebbles and Twigs

Purpose: Kicking ass

Other: Rocking out

 

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Voyage Vendor – Nissan Parking Competition

VoyageVendor_carsVertical_BSmall_FLOWDIAG_finalFINAL_HeroGraphicPROJECT: Car Sharing Service Concept for Nissan and Designboom’s “Think Outside the Parking Box” Competition

STATUS: Short-Listed for Final Round of Competition Judging

DATE: October, 2009

IN COLLABORATION WITH: Bhavish Bhutavia

 

Voyage Vendor is a car sharing service that offers a series of custom Nissan Qashqai models built to accommodate a variety of driving experiences. Customers of this service have access to not one, but eight different Qashqai models, each tailored to a different automobile experience.

 

The service is situated on a building’s ground level and showcased through a dispencing showroom. At the conclusion of the voyage, customers return the vehicle to the rear of the service where vehicles are advanced back into the showroom with the aid of a large mechanical conveyor belt.