ASPACE - ASPACE is a total environment composed of objects based on the domestic landscape. Hexaline clusters treat object, environment, and audience alike to create a sense of physical and psychological space within the installation. The audience is encouraged to “take” a unique piece of the space (a 3” x 3” hexaline silkscreened felt square), as a means for connecting with their surroundings and transforming themselves from passive viewers to more active participants. ASPACE is a prototypical environment that utilizes the patterned clusters as a method for deconstructing traditional relationships between object, space, and participant.
ASPACE objects - Entitled Hexaline objects, after the clustered pattern that characterizes the entire environment, these pieces play off of themselves, the surrounding space, and the audience. They include an armchair, a lampshade, a mirror system, and a daybed.
UTILITY BREAD recipe book - Utility Bread is a small collection of recipes that utilize traditional baking methods to create domestic objects. This guide considers the potentials of bread for a variety of applications based on properties such as absorption, softness, and light diffusion. Although each of these approaches will yield edible bread, this is not the intent. The project is focused on how an individual can be independent and creative in their own kitchen with very simple and readily available materials. The individual is invited to incorporate their own bread experiences and recipe knowledge to build on or modify the guidelines contained within the book. Playful experimentation is the only required ingredient.
PENDANT CHANDELIER - The Pendant chandelier is about deconstructing the notion or idea of an object and its relation to its surrounding space. In this case: a chandelier. The repeated profile is lifted from a scaled down image of an “archetypal” baroque-era chandelier. Abstraction of the origin through repetition is intentional. A missing wedge serves as a reveal, hinting at the original chandelier profile. The reveal also rethinks the typical pendant light, which directs light downward. Alternatively, light is cast out the back and towards a wall, serving as a spot or a flood. Lastly, the reveal also affords bulb access.
TABLE MANNERS - A traditional dining table is outfitted with a white table cloth that visually obscures and complicates the dining experience. When users take their seats, their companion’s image appears on the table cloth in front of them. The lure of the moving image helps to “focus” and mediate person to person interaction at the dining table by projecting real time video relays of the participants to each other.
(A)TYPICAL STOOL : tv - The (a)typical stool project explores how dual function domestic objects can influence or even alter user behavior. This stool combines a hidden flat panel tv with a seemingly ordinary stool. The seating surface of the stool is extended to one side, which serves as a third leg when the stool is tilted to the tv position. The stool can never be a seat and a tv at the same time. This object is intended to encourage a user to make adjustments in their daily lifestyles.
WALLSET - The wallset is a flat-pack concept created as a solution to urban living situations. Corrugated plastic panels are cut to standard sizes that reflect building codes. These are attached to construction studs by magnetic strips. The magnets allow for custom plastic panel arrangements, and quick dis-assembly for transport.
Utopus Design: The Flat - nomadic office concept - This structure consists of a series of pivoting shelves, each with a different shape and width, that allows users to configure an environment to suit rapidly changing needs. Certain shelves are more utilitarian, providing work surfaces and storage spaces; while others address leisure activities such as rest and entertainment. Each shelf pivots into a nesting state that fits within the outer frame and minimizes its overall footprint.
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