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“Toss me…don’t tell the Elf.”
Chapter 5 While the individual studies and design iterations provided much inspiration for what would eventually become the final design, it lacked a certain cohesiveness, a desired direction. Sensing this indiscrepancy, a group of students sat down together and brainstormed on what they wanted the room to be. The conclusion was a class-wide praised vision […]
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Tags: Craft, Culture, interactive, machine
f/stop icon sign
I had a similar concept on a very preliminary 1″ scale model. As I tried to place lettering or a logo or any graphic on the shape, nothing really worked well. Therefore, if names or logos change, the iconic shape of the architects scale may prove even more timeless. The edges could be glowing, by […]
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Tags: lighting, plywood, Sign
Lounge Chairs and info
This chair is awesome in itself for being eco-friendly, but the best part is the website also mentioned a resource for finding the geometry that Kennedy library actually has! So I’ll back to you guys on that one. This is an idea for economy of means. Needs to be played with though. Here is a […]
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Tags: furniture, lounge chairs, movable seating, seating
Cubic 3+2+1=6
I would like to see many of the sides to have a pattern/screen cut-away superimposed on a stack or assembly of cubes.
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Tags: convertible, furniture, geometry, modular
Cubic ModFur Study
The basic module could be a 9 inch cube: Seating is 18″, Table 27″, and counter top 36″. stored as a cube. rearranged as needed. for office, conference, exhibition, buffet. All or some surfaces could have a pattern or screen cut or engraved to help obscure units and create a much larger visual wall. A […]
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Tags: furniture, geometry, modular
Modular Floorcovering from FLOR
I’ve used this stuff in my home office. I’ll bring in the FLOR catalog, but the web site is very informative and has a section for reduced price discontinued styles. Here is a new sample: http://www.flor.com/service/flor/shop/item/Favorite-Jeans/1009U02500-9984.html?bcreset=1 The tiles could be cut to any shape by hand, and by using different colors, the options for the […]
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Tags: carpeting, design, floor, manipulate, materials
Kirei Design Materials
Kirei Design Materials – Kirei Board, Kirei Bamboo, Kirei Wheatboard and Kirei Coco. Pronounced “Key’-ray,” Kirei is the Japanese character signifying “beautiful.” There are many examples around SLO: Evos (next to Trader Joes); Starbucks? and the Natural Restaurant downtown. Looks like the nearest stocking distributor may be Santa Barbara. The Media Center should have samples. […]
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Tags: exotic, materials, natural, recycled, sheet goods
CNC and Laser Guidelines
Please be sure to read the CNC and Laser guidelines and follow them. For example, in the same way some of you encountered difficulty on the laser cutter trying to cut a 4″ part on a 4″ piece of basswood, a 1″ margin is REQUIRED on the CNC router. This is to screw in the […]
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Tags: CNC, Info, Laser, Rules
All day during studio on Friday, you are to work closely within your workgroups, and to create a post of your developments for Monday. The following is a brief summary of what I expect each workgroup to accomplish: Master Model Workgroup You need to develop a complete 3d model of the F-Stop in Rhino. […]
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DUE prior to studio Monday, 9/28. We frequently focus on raw space and its form in design education, rarely getting to the exact specificity of material qualities and patterns in walls, associated screens that can act as space dividers, and ceilings. The materiality of walls and ceilings play an important role in our actual […]
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Tags: assignment, ceiling, details, floor, Homework, screen, wall
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