A lot going on this week, I’ll be showing Turn Table Lamps at Model Citizens NYC, Unique will be auctioned off at the enLIGHTen Project charity (tickets still available), and Kinetic 5 will be shown at the first ever Core77 Open.

Hope to see you there.

Model Citizens NYC 2012
May 19, 20, & 21. 10-7PM daily
Reception May 19th 5-8PM
52 Mercer @ SOHO 4th Floor

2nd Annual Gala-The enLIGHTen Project
Thu, May 17, 2012 6:00PM to 9:00PM (Eastern)
Ramscale Lofts
463 West Street
New York, NY

The First Annual Core77 Open
Five Designers × Five Boroughs
350 Bowery (at Great Jones St)
New York, NY 10003
Friday, May 18–Tuesday, May 22, 2012
11AM–6PM daily
Opening reception:
Saturday, May 19, 7–10PM

The big Spring student show for ITP is this Monday and Tuesday. So many great projects, a must see trust me.

I’ll be showing Turn Table Lamps, wind-O-farm, and Tornado Alley.

Monday, May 14 from 5-9pm
Tuesday, May 15 from 4-8pm

To get there:
Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of the Arts
New York, NY 10003

Take the left elevator to the 4th floor.
This event is free and open to the public.
No need to RSVP.

For questions:
call: 212 998-1880
email: itp.inquiries@nyu.edu
http://itp.nyu.edu/show

Tornado Alley is a kinetic sculpture, small wooden houses spin like mad when you blow on a small fan. The harder you blow, the faster they spin. The piece is fun to interact with.

The houses may look a little familiar.

One of my latest project wind-O-farm is a 3D printed sculpture based on the data from Pennsylvania wind farms.

Taking data from all of the wind farms in the state of Pennsylvania, we have 3D printed a kinetic window screen sculpture.
The ‘wind-O-farm’ is comprised of a series of turbines, each representing its respective wind-farm. Turbine size, number of blades, location, and even efficiency is be determined by the data. The look of each turbine is reminiscent of farmhouse windmills, which can still be found across the state of Pennsylvania.

It was my first experience with 3D printing, I really enjoyed it.

I worked on this project with Filipa Tomaz, I think it turned out great.

My latest lamp is made from CNC’d plywood. CNC is kind of amazing, so much potential. When you spin the outside of the lamp you can dim or brighten the light. There are two polarized lens inside that make this possible, and it’s kind of fun to play with.

I wanted to cal it the “I Want the Knife Lamp” but nobody got the reference.

Jamie took some amazing shots of the lamp I made for Kids of KathmanduenLIGHTen project.

So the big day is this Thursday. Tickets are available for the enLIGHTen event and the auction is now live. Some amazing designs up on the block, my lamp is above, the better ones below.

Some incredible designers are involved with the enLIGHTen Project for the Kids of Kathmandu charity. Lighting design auction will be online soon. The event will be held on May 17th.

Brendan Ravenhill
Cerno
David Trubridge
David Weeks
Dino Sanchez
Jason Miller
Jeff Hartman/Meredith Clark
Lindsey Adelman
Matt Gagnon
Niche
Paul Loebach
Rich Brilliant Willing
Standard 41
Vica by Annabelle Selldorf
Workshop Design Build
Workstead

A couple bits of scrap MDF, some screws, and an aluminum rod makes a very handy jig for finishing lamps. Kind of like a tipped over lazy Susan.

Can’t believe I haven’t made one of these till now, the finishing was a breeze with the jig.

Photo taken by Jami Saunders

I’m very lucky to be part of a very great charity event, the enLIGHTen Project. The Kids of Kathmandu charity is holding an auction of unique lighting design. Proceeds from the enLIGHTen project will go towards solar panels and batteries for the orphanage in Nepal.

Andrew and Jami, the lovely couple who run the charity, came by the studio for a quick photo shoot (it was my first shoot, they call it a “shoot” in the biz, actually I don’t think they do). Anyway, Jami took some amazing photos of the lamp I’m making for the event.

There are someincredible designers involved in the project, check them out.

Other images from the shoot.