Over the years, I've played around with architectural concepts, industrial design, and other user-interface-centric projects. Below are some personal projects that cover ID and Architecture. ¶The first published visual concept of the Vertical Farm first appeared in Plenty Magazine, and then shortly after featured as a center-spread in New York Magazine (2007). The Vertical Farm concept swept around the world and started a movement which is still going strong today.¶I'm proud to have been the first to visualize this idea in a major publication. Without the help of Dean Fowler, and Rolf Mohr, this Vertical Farm concept would have never been published. His incredible 3d renders, animations and overall partnership breathed life into the concept that was to become the catalyst of the viral nature of this truly innovative concept (based on an essay from a Columbia University classroom).
My venture into Industrial Design started with the incredible 3D application Rhino, back in 1996. It enabled me to create, explore, and dream - in 3d.
A video showing a Vertical Farm design on a lake. Jointly designed by myself and Dean Fowler. Dean and I worked together to create this, but his skills brought it to life as an animation.
This was something I just wanted to create. I loved the idea of a robot "dog" with a built-in webcam that roams around the house. And Japanese. I love the Japanese aesthetic and studied Japanese package design while at Art Center,
This is another personal project. A Nespresso machine that watches you when you make your coffee.
My VIVID HMI product put into a head unit that I designed.
My friend said, "I want to design a pair of earbuds that has a charging case." I created this from scratch to full render during lunch. The earbuds are charged with a small portable charger, but can be put on top of a larger charger that has USB charging ports. Unfortunately, it looks a lot like a old-skool coffee grinder. Moving on.
This is a wifi device I designed for a startup I had called Boomzang.
After visiting a museum in China, I thought it would be fun to design a USB battery charger with similar roof lines.
