B.Light Design

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.

Lindsey Adelman Studio created another stunning lighting fixture, and again I get to be a tiny part of it. The turnings I did for a previous piece for them, are also being used for this beauty below.

Image from the Lindsey Adelman Studio.

Amazing. Sculptor Keith Holamon creates amazing work on a huge custom lathe.

Via MAKE

A spoil board is sacrificial material that’s used underneath the material you want to cut on a CNC machine. This ensures a better through cut and is usually MDF. I’ve noticed that when the spoil boards are all used up at ITP, some really amazing patterns are formed.

I cut a bunch of them into tiles, lit, and framed them. They let me hang them over the CNC in the shop. I like how they turned out.

Another Design Week, another Model Citizens. The whole thing is pretty much a blur at this point.

I showed the Turn Table Lamps and had some good feedback, we’ll see where this goes.

Below are some quick shots of some of the other Citizens.

So honored to be part of the 5 borough, first ever Core77 Open.

Kinetic 5 was part of the amazing pallet filled show.

Check out some of the other pieces. Today is the last day to see the show.

I have had the pleasure of doing a little work for the amazing Lindsey Adelman Studio. They created two fantastic pieces that needed a little turned walnut and for some crazy reason they asked me to do it.

The Shady Side Candlesticks

Image from the Lindsey Adelman Studio.

Turned walnut candlesticks with handmade fungus cast in brass.

Woodchuck Pendants

Image from the Lindsey Adelman Studio.

Simple turned walnut cylinders house standard LED bulbs suspended by powder coated tubing and custom links. Inspired by the glassblowing tool called a chuck used to make our Bubbles.

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