Generative Label for Mobile Homes

Posted on November 21, 2012 by admin

I have a need for a packaging redesign for a product I make called Mobile Homes (http://blightdesign.com/misc_mobile.html). Mobiles made up of small wooden houses.

There is an order for 40 units and I would like to repackage the mobiles and give each one a unique label. My goal is to make the label a desirable object that one would like to hang on the wall. Each label would be a print in essence, and would have the print number on it (number 3 of 40 for example).

Due to constraints, the mobile must be packaged in a 10.5″ x 3.5″ x 1.25″ cardboard box.

I plan on showing off the mobile image in a generative format (location and order). The mobiles will come in two colors, red and natural poplar, I would like to create labels with two distant color pallets, red and blonde.

The label must have the product name on it, fit the selected packaging, must have my information (name, logo, website url), print number (“print x of 40″), and possible more misc. info.

I want the label to be a folded sleeve that will slide over the box.

I would like to give the overall design a hand drawn look, similar to http://runemadsen-2012.s3.amazonaws.com/printing-code-2012/randomization/toxiclibs_splines_5.jpg.

Font and color choices will need to be addressed. A grid system based on the sleeve folds will need to be developed. And paper selection and folding methods will need to be researched.

Laser Cut Turning Project – Step 3: The Turning and Finishing

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

Plans for a lamp were a little ambitious. I completely miscalculated how much material I would need, so the form changed to a bud vase. I turned two, the first one (pictured above) went pretty well. The large quantities of glue were hard on the tools, but it has some interesting patterns on it.

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Self Portrait at 70

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

The latest Da Vinci Code assignment, a self portrait in pencil of what you look like at 70. I studied a few pictures of me and a lot of my dad, and somehow I turned out to look a little like Danny Rozin.

Textures, Flow Objects, and Array Patterns

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

3D textures tutorial

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Laser Cut Turning Project – Step 2: The Glue Up

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Glued up two sets of laser cut combs. One was cut by AMS and one by me on the floor. I used a bunch of rubber bands to hold it all together. I trimmed it a bit on the band saw before I turn it on the lathe.

Simple Rules Round Two

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

DI and I did another round of our simple rules, this time we went over the rules very carefully with the participants. We want to see what would change.

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Laser Cut Turning Project – Step 1: The Cutting

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin

I made two sets of cuts for the laser cut turning project, one from AMS and one I did in the shop. The one from AMS was cut from one sheet of 1/4″ luan plywood I bought at Home Depot, not a great material to cut with the laser. A lot of burning and incomplete cuts.
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The Opposable Opposable Thumb

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

Concept proposal for the artist Stelarc. The Opposable Opposable Thumb is an electro/mechanical device that operates as an opposable thumb on the non-thumb side of a hand. The concept is straight forward, but the effect is strangely off-putting. This is not the way things should be and our minds have a hard time dealing with it.

Quick PhotoShop Visual (very un-nerving)

Common tools and the way we grip and hold now need to be re-examined.

Simple Rules

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

1) One person hammers one black nail anywhere along the black line and one red nail anywhere along the red line.

2) Tie green string between these two nails and trim the ends.

3) Get your number and the same number of nails, odd numbers are black, even are red.

4) In the number order, hammer your nails anywhere on the grid, ensuring that the nails have a unique X and Y axis from all other like colored nails.

5) Continue until no more allowable spots remain.

6) In the number order — beginning with the white nail — use your color thread to connect your corresponding number of colored nail(s), crossing the green line at least once.

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