B.Light Design

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.

It’s actually acrylic. Just experimenting with laser cut acrylic joined in the traditional stained glass technique. I’m amazed the acrylic doesn’t melt when soldered together.

This may cut down on the time it takes to make a stained glass (acrylic) lampshade.

Photo: Glen Jackson Taylor

Core77 took some amazing images from the THREAT show.

Take a look.