The Lonely Tram

I lost this one under a stack of papers for 3 years or so....

Is it a DIFFA yet?

Reprising a contribution to the Michigan AIDS Coalition; A collaborative project between GH+A, Corktown Studios, and TAKD Design, we submit and installation of fashion and trend within a framework of timeless simplicity.

Sketches Which May or May Not Have Gone Anywhere

I can be exhaustingly prolific with the 1s and 0s.

COMCONSULO: A Consideration of Surveillance, Art, and Communal Roles

In consideration of why people attend public events one cannot overlook the essential ‘To See and Be Seen’ rationale. This gives rise to a serendipitous intersection of ideas to be explored: Those of observation, surveillance, and the role of art as a communicative instrument. We may draw in viewers to explore the blurry line that occurs when observation takes place within a community context-- and can become surveillance-- which may cross the line into public secrecy.

All the Kings Men…

Putting this piece back together again. Can you tell that it was broken?

Velocipillar

Here's something which never got built:

Solo Bolo

At Corktown Studios:

Ærugo [At Last]” is a collection of work By Corktown Studios co-founder, resident artist, and in-house janitor Jake Chidester (“A Pretty Good Designer and Builder of Things”) “Ærugo” amalgamates Hi- and low- tech design and artistic modalities while flirting with functionality, retro-futurism, suprematism, and delightful corrosion.

 

Leftover Trim-Trams for the Weary Traveler.

Stop in for Coffee and pie.

 

Movement Graphics 2014

Sorry, Lissitzky

My bad.

Giclees w/ Steel Flatstock.

Corktown Studios Exhibit for Creative Ventures Program

Exhibited for Corktown Studios as part of the Detroit Creative Corridor Center's Programming at the 2014 CCS Student Show:

http://www.detroitcreativecorridorcenter.com/programs/creative-ventures-program/the-ventures/corktown-studios/

Parametrically Transitioning Iconic Distillations of Antithetical Utopian Developments (The Idealistic Schism)

Medium: Grasshopper, Rhino 
 
Utopian driven architecture (however defined) is essentially driven by the ideal that the physical space of the designed environment can (and should) instigate and control social reaction. The lasting influence of utopianism on architecture, one could argue, is one of an almost anti-utopian worldview characterized by subjective interpretations of social constructs and the questioning of the ability (or even appropriateness) of architecture to distill and influence such conditions.

 

What is impressive, though, is that this schism appears across styles and modes of utopian employment—even those which are almost antipodal, such as Arcrosanti, AZ, and Seaside, FL, which are examined here.

Perhaps there exists an obfuscated code deep within these architectures which may either render insight into the utopian schism or provide a valuable blueprint for the ‘proper’ execution of the utopian ideal.

 

Distilling these developments into their respective iconic simplicities (arc array, vernacular home silhouette) may generate a foundation for reconstruction—This can never be truly a-priori, of course, as the act of deconstruction renders residue which cannot be removed from the re-aggregating act. Nor can this be playfully stochastic, for the same reasons. 

 

Perhaps one may begin to remove the tactus hominis of this exercise by employing parametric tools (Grasshopper) to unlock wonderfully unpredictable behavior in the programming overlap between these two case studies, which has been done here.

An Interlude: Misc. Promo Material for Green Living Science

Green Living Science:
 

The mission of Green Living Science (GLS) is to transform Detroit by teaching recycling.

 

We build awareness of and passion for the environment through education and service.  So Detroit and southeastern Michigan can become cleaner, healthier and more sustainable communities.

A Sculpture of Steel and Automotive Windows Made to Look Like a Tree of Sorts.

As the title implies....