Sleek Vinyl Chair

Tonight was relaxing. I just chilled out, got comfortable on the couch, and watched baseball. Sometimes, I need to remind myself to just do nothing. However, I couldn’t just sit there doing nothing, so I did some quick chair sketches. They’re kind of sleek, kind of organic, and kind of different. I like asymmetry in most things so the sketches are definitely that. I think they’re still balanced though. I also spent some time researching provisional patents and product licensing. I feel like I have so many ideas that would benefit different companies but I have always viewed the patent process as a major hurdle. After looking at it, I think I can still get my ideas out there and be protected. It’s still in the research phase but I’m trying to make good things happen. Can’t wait to see where it leads…

State of the Arts 2009

Hey everybody. What’s goin’ on? I hope you all had a great and safe holiday weekend. Today I was doing some paintings and got frustrated so I figured I may as well wrap the canvas’ in a garbage bag and frame them. Funny huh? I had some old canvas’ that were framed so I decided to paint the frames and wrap the paintings. I actually think they’re pretty nice.

I’m considering taking the blog in a new direction to make it more interesting for those of you who like to visit. I’m thinking of making it a more contemporary design blog featuring products and designs that are on the horizon. We’ll see what happens. Let me know what you think. Thank you for checking in.

DEZIGNERD

Techno Aluminum Backpack

Tonight’s challenge could be interesting if they went into production. You could use upcycled aluminum to mold backpack bodies or frames. You could also build in all sorts of interesting features. The dies may be complicated but the end result would be something extraordinarily functional. A molded acrylic cover may reveal the items inside your pack but, that could be a good thing? It would also offer people the option of changing out colored panels or hardware that wears out. Could be nice….

Urban Walnut Kitchen Utensil

Tonight I borrowed from a toothbrush design I saw in the movie “Objectified” a few weeks ago. It had a wooden handle and a replacable brush. Tonight’s exercise seemed to work well with that concept. Being able to change the spatula when it wears out or with a different utensil altogether would be a pretty nice feature. It embraces the notion that everone has a favorite object that has worn just the way they like and only gets better over time. You know, your favorite pair of shoes, wallet, or coffee mug? Anyhow, I think it would work…I could get into all sorts of environmental, green, sustainable design BS right here but I hate those terms. If a product is designed well, there is no need to mention the positive or negative impact it will have because there will be none…Okay, I guess that would be a positive, but you know what I mean.

Mobile Wooden Clock

Tonight I didn’t have much time for the dezign challenge. I was cleaning, making stuff, and time got away from me. I like the outcome though. I’d wear them. After I rendered them I looked “googled” wooden watches and there were a couple but, not as many as I was expecting. I posted a cool one on the 2daysthing page. It’s kind of nice…

Hey guys. I hope you all had a great weekend. Tonight’s exercise went kind of tangent to the terms but hey, it’s all fun. I don’t know why it went in the direction of belt buckle flash drives but they could be kind of cool. I carry mine around on my keychain “like a Boss”. It gets kind of annoying….

My weekend was pretty nice. Yesterday I went to the Mayhem show with my friend Jared. They were all tailgating when I got there. Tent, grill, beer, and loud music-can’t beat that. There were a ton of people and the shows were good. My personal favorite was Cannibal Corpse. I was also hoping to hear something from the chair design contest I entered a while ago. I must not have made the cut. Oh well, I had fun and it was good to finally enter a design contest. I only wish they could tell me what they didn’t like so that I can improve. Anyhow, I also got my USB Nintendo controller yesterday. I completely dorked out and played old NES games all day. That’s it. Playing video games. What a life! Life’s good…

How I spent my Sunday

Branded Metal Sculpture

At one point in my life, I thought it would be funny to have Marlboro sponsor me in the Boston marathon. Now I’m thinking, maybe I’ll wait until I can actually walk the same distance. In a week. The McDonalds sculpture is kind of like the 6 or 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon. It’s more about drug money supporting terrorism than deep fried RPGs. Makes sense right? I was watching ESPN when I did the last one. A bit on the nose eh?

I don’t know if anyone noticed but, this week I added a “Today’s Thing” page to the blog. I’m going to use it to post things that I come across and would like to share with you. It’s just getting started but there should be quite a collection of interesting products, art, and random things after a while. Check it out…

Thanks for checking in. I’m going to be posting regularly from here on out every weeknight. Hope y’all have a great weekend…

-DEZIGNERD

Mobile Plastic Table

While the table itself isn’t exactly mobile (I guess you could roll it somewhere?), it could work with a variety of mobile products. It could be used by the automotive industry as a hidden retractable bedside table, an interior table, or built-in trunk table. You could use it for tailgating if it were integrated into a cooler or as an extension for card tables. Built into a hiking pack for day trips? It could be kind of nice…

The Facebook thing is interesting. I’ve had a few people that I don’t know ask to “friend” me and been contacted by a few people that I haven’t heard from for a while. I don’t know if I can keep up with it….We’ll see. Thanks for checking in.

Industrial Plastic Chair

Tonight’s combination could have gone any direction. I was feeling kind of mellow and I think the sketches demonstrate that. I don’t think the expansion blow molded chair would be very comfortable but it might work well as a jell-o mold. Maybe a mini fish-hatchery? Anyhow, there are a lot of really innovative polymers our there that can make even the most bland form interesting…Even the most uninspired ones.

Man, I didn’t realize how many people, nevermind…

Musical Ceramic Clock

Howdy y’all. I’m back….Tonight’s exercise could be cool. Everything’s better with Bluetooth right? Projected analog and digital interfaces could be nice as well. They could hang on a wall or work on any other flat surface. Gecko adhesive? Anyhow, it’s nice to have some time to get back into blog mode…

Over the past few weeks, since my last post, a lot has happened. Work has been crazy. I went to Indy and Boston to look at some really cool projects. I love travelling! Last weekend I did a show in Polish Hill. My friend Garick sold tons of work. I sold a few pieces. It really wasn’t the right venue for my stuff…Oh well. I also bought a few domain names for future projects. We’ll see what happens. I did a few more paintings that I’m going to put in my Etsy store later. I gave blood on Saturday and when they were putting the blood plasma back in me it infiltrated my arm! It was pretty swollen and I have a nice bruise. I guess that’s what I get for trying to do something nice. I was bored today so I decided to do the facebook thing. I’ve been avoiding it for a while. We’ll see how it goes. It might be nice to catch up with a few old friends.

Thanks for checking in. I’m going to be posting regularly again. It was nice to take some time off….