Balance From Within 2012
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Balance comes from within. It’s a delicate act, and sometimes we fall down. A 170 year old sofa teeters precariously on one leg, continuously responding internally to external forces.
Creatomatic 2011
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3 objects designed with Nova Jiang’s Creatomatic software & process.
Reel 2011
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(imperative tense)
Modular Design Workshop w/ Richard Elaver 2011
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Interdisciplinary teams of students from engineering, art, computer science, graphic design and architecture produced these modular systems in a weekend-long intense workshop co-organized with Richard Elaver (DesignerCraftsman.com).
Buoy 2011
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A formal study with circles and trigonometry. Adrift.
Fellowship, Studio for Creative Inquiry at CMU 2010
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In pursuit of a kinetic sculpture with a robotic heart…
Balance Study 2008
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Two videos studying balance, isolated from a fixed horizon.
I’m taller than most of the people I know 2008
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The height of the floor adjusts itself so that two or three individuals stand at the same height, gazing eye to eye.
Big Top 2008
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Personal space is a living thing, responding to the interplay between attractions and fears.
Machine for Dropping Feathers 2007
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This handmade machine drops a single precise cascade of feathers.