B.Light Design

Bird on a Wire will be showing at the Trestle Gallery’s Celestial Dome show.

Opening night is March 15, 7 - 9 PM. On view through 4/14/13.

Trestle Gallery
168 7th St., 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Instructables recently published a book called How to Do Absolutely Everything. An Instructable I posted a few years ago, Gift Box from a Cereal Box, was uncluded. Page 290.

It’s very cool to have something published.

Twenty Mobile Homes shipped off in their brand new packaging.

I figured it was a motor of some kind, but it’s actually a pretty elegant design using an electromagnet and a magnet on an axle. The more I look at it, the more I like the natural motion the arm simulates.

Been working on new packaging for Mobile Homes. Small box and a printed sleeve.

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The plan is to make each label unique and something of a desirable piece. Something you’d want to hang on the wall.

More to come.

My friend Matt Epler and I were experimenting with drawing on the ITP CNC router. We chucked up a marker and had it plot some simple shapes. We basically were using a $20,000 machine to draw circles. Hopefully more interesting drawings to come.

A little tip, keep the spindle off when doing this. Unless you want the Sharpie to explode.

This sucker is heavy. And since the Nerdy Derby has a “no rules” policy, weight isn’t an issue. Made from a big block of maple and 4 lead casters, the car weighs around 5 pounds.

Some Build pics below:

The NERDY DERBY to be held at World Maker Faire New York 2012.

Presented by NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

The Nerdy Derby is a no-rules miniature car building and racing competition inspired by the Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby. With a larger, more undulating track and no restrictions on the size of the cars or materials participants can use, the Nerdy Derby rewards creativity, cleverness and ingenuity.

The first-ever Nerdy Derby will take place at World Maker Faire New York on September 29th and 30th at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. Visitors can bring their own cars to race, choose from a selection of pre-built cars, or make their cars on site in our workshop.

The first trial race was a ton of fun, can’t wait till the faire.

Great video Roops.

House Beautiful online mentioned my house Christmas ornaments and took a really nice picture of them.

I am currently selling some Jar Lamps at VOOS.

VOOS is “a condensed capsule of locally grown design produce, always fresh, packed with energy and creativity. We are located in a 1,500sf space at the heart of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. We are not a showroom, a store, a gallery or a venue. We are all the above and also a design hub, a center for events, openings and parties to launch new creations and new ideas”.

They have some amazing designs in their show room, I highly recommend stopping by.