Last week's post on the NYC lampshade showed not-quite-finished work, but work that had been refined and recreated in a long process of sketching and tracing while exploring typography and legibility. I wanted to share the process tracings, to show the different aesthetic directions driven by handwriting choices. It felt freeing to draw and explore... Continue Reading →
As part of a series of maps and sketches of neighborhood names and boundaries, I have started to make lampshades to hang from pendant light fixtures. The shades are made of trace (in the example below the trace is sandwiched around simple printer paper) held in shape with an embroidery hoop on either end of... Continue Reading →
Two years ago I had the privilege of working with my father on a project to build a table on his deck. I used both the Pentagon Memorial and the High Line as inspiration and designed a picnic table using dimensional lumber oriented to match the deck. The staggering of pieces allows for easier circulation around... Continue Reading →
Continuing from yesterday, the stool was fabricated in a mad dash after hours during the last week of school last spring. We had access to a CNC milling machine at a local fabrication shop and hired the help of a fabricator. My favorite memory involved catching a bus from the fabrication shop at midnight with a... Continue Reading →
I mentioned the student group Co-Lab a few months ago. They are a student group focused on designing and building small scale installations in and around PennDesign and Meyerson Hall. This time last year, in preparation for the 2013 Year End Show, I had the opportunity to design and build a stool to use at... Continue Reading →
This project is being modeled in Rhino, a computer aided design software capable of sophisticated surface modeling. For this project, everything is simple extrusions to reflect the end construction material. What this type of modeling allows is for testing of design and construction. The design is finalized (for now), and the laser cut pieces are... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to keep busy after the let down that comes with final reviews ending. The next few days I will be trying to built a easily assembled coat rack designed for a very narrow hallway. It is a thank you gift for close family friends. I hope to build it out of MDF pieces prepared on... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 