Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
ACC
So I am frantically working on displays for ACC. I am getting really excited. I am trying to make it all fold up and portable so break down will be a snap. I hate having to wait in that long ass line. It is always goes around the block and takes all night. Since we are staying across the street I thought we could just walk it over. Of course we are on the very end this year so we will be the last to leave anyway. Oh ACC Baltimore, you are a blessing and a curse.
There is going to be a long table that will have piano hinges so the legs will fold in and a large accordion background that folds up, zig zag style. I thought it was going well but Liz just said it reminds her of a tiki bar and now that is all I see. I think I will have to paint it blue or pink or something. It is driving me nuts. (a pirate walks into a bar and orders a rum. The bartender says "Whats with the captain's wheel in your pants?" the Pirate says "Arggggg its driving me nuts!" )
There is going to be a long table that will have piano hinges so the legs will fold in and a large accordion background that folds up, zig zag style. I thought it was going well but Liz just said it reminds her of a tiki bar and now that is all I see. I think I will have to paint it blue or pink or something. It is driving me nuts. (a pirate walks into a bar and orders a rum. The bartender says "Whats with the captain's wheel in your pants?" the Pirate says "Arggggg its driving me nuts!" )
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3:45 AM


Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
book review!
For Christmas my parents bought me "Less and More" The Design ethos of Dieter Rams. It is a great book and I haven't yet scratched it's surface. There are sketches, essays and great full color photos. Here are some shots of the book and a link to a review on Core77.





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7:10 AM


Sunday, December 19, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
new stuff at ponoko

Introducing Personal Factory 4 (now with 3D printing)
* Ponoko has launched Personal Factory 4, making it even easier to buy, sell and make custom goods online, with or without design skills.
* The new 3D printing materials are durable plastic, superfine plastic, rainbow ceramic, stainless steel and gold plate.
* Personal Factory 4 is the world’s only system offering instant online pricing to make your projects using a combination of 2D and 3D digital making technologies and open-source electronics hardware.
* With no setup fees and no minimum order sizes, you can now make custom electronic gadgets, homeware, fashion and furniture in the comfort of your home – and sell them to the world.
* See the backstory & photos - http://new.ponoko.com/
San Francisco, CA – The future of products is here. Ponoko launched Personal Factory 4 today – making it easier than ever to bring product ideas to life from the comfort of the home. Everyone can now make custom goods with a few mouse clicks using 2D and 3D digital making technologies, and a huge catalog of open-source electronics hardware.
“Sophisticated design and manufacturing are no longer reserved for an elite group with big budgets”, says Ponoko CEO David ten Have. “Everyone has had a product idea at some point, and Personal Factory 4 gives them a place to make it real.”
The new 3D printing materials introduced to Personal Factory 4 are durable plastic (SLS), superfine plastic (ProJet), rainbow plastic (ZCorp), stainless steel and gold plate (ProMetal).
In an exclusive agreement, Ponoko adds the CloudFab network of 3D printers to its global network of laser cutters. “We’re excited to introduce Ponoko’s community to our 3D printers”, says Nick Pinkston, founder of CloudFab. “In addition to 2D designs, Personal Factory 4 can now auto price, auto check and auto fix 3D designs, making it easier than ever to turn all sorts of ideas into real things over the Internet.”
Ponoko’s Personal Factory 4 also offers new starter kits for 3D printing from Alibre, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender (freeware), Google SketchUp (freeware) and SolidWorks. Other CAD software can also be used to get instant online pricing for STL, DAE and VRML 97 design files.
“The box lamp on our homepage today is a superb example of a product created using Personal Factory 4”, says David ten Have. “It illustrates that 2D materials are great for relatively large, flat and straight surfaces, 3D materials are good for durable connectors and complex shapes, while electronics hardware simply bring everything to life. This lamp is also available as a free download from our marketplace, so you can customize and make it yourself.”
Personal Factory 4 is another evolution in Ponoko’s vision of a digital factory in every home, business and school, powered by its personal making system. “We are currently sitting at a really exciting point in the history of products: if you can imagine it, you can make it”, says ten Have.
Ponoko’s personal making system is available as an online subscription: Free or Prime. A Prime account is $39 per month and includes lower pricing, faster delivery and a design quality check before you commit to your custom order. Importantly, there are no setup fees or minimum order sizes for anyone to make things, so there is no entry barrier.
All Personal Factory 4 features are available now from Ponoko’s U.S. hub, and will be rolled out to their worldwide digital factory network during 2011.

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4:14 AM


Monday, November 15, 2010
conforming die
While I was waiting for a student to show up I cut out this conforming die out of delrin
Works pretty well. I didn't center the design in the block so it only fits together on one direction. oh well next time.



Works pretty well. I didn't center the design in the block so it only fits together on one direction. oh well next time.



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11:39 AM


Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Lots and lots of videos. I am getting ready to leave to set up my show and I am just way to busy to post anything substantial right now.
Thought this was great though.
Thought this was great though.
"Minka" trailer from Birdling Films on Vimeo.
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1:25 PM


Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
new book!!
Jamie Bennett, Gabriel Craig and JP Reuer have graciously donated their time writing something for my exhibition catalog. The catalog is 34 pages. Please enjoy the short preview below.
also here is an older book I made a number of years ago
also here is an older book I made a number of years ago
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1:08 PM


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