Ok, one more green research item before getting back to design pics... I came across this car and company while researching racing electric engines verses gas...
http://www.teslamotors.com/
Ok, now onto next thing...those pics of Azul I finally had taken:) They are still unedited/touched but still great pics of a fun project and great little space
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Its the Little things
I found this today on treehugger and was tickled ...green:)
Check it out...maybe you need a little extra juice ...tell you neighbors...next thing you know, you've just turned your building green without even asking your lousy landlord for help:)
Here's the link:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/easy-install-affordable-solar-panels.php
Also.... if you want to know what to do here in the city of Brotherly Love...check out:
http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Top_10_Lists/663/Top_10_Ways_to_Go_Green_in_Philadelphia/392.html
...some of them are very "Duh!" but at least they are trying... I'll dig up some more clean, mean and green info bites soon!
and thanks for stopping by:)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Custom Loft Closet/Wardrobe
Ok, I know I shouldn't show the unfinished version, but I'm really only waiting on the 6" casters for these Room Divider/Waredrobe/Mobile Dressing room/Ambient Light Furniture...designed speecifically...for lofts:)
Stay tuned for the final pics, and shots with real live people to help with scale (yes a pair of shoes probably doesn't do the job;)
These are modular and can be connected sideways, in a straight line, in clusters and are also strong enough to support a platform on top...oops almost gave away next designs;)
Panels are made of extruded, UV blocking, super lightweight, translucent, polycarbonate and to help with moving and custom user configuration, the panels are held on with magnetic strips.
Height without casters is 68" but with casters will be 76". They can be made taller, but there's a method to my madness...stay tuned!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Custom-Multi Purpose Banquette
New projects on the table this month... It's a banquette, it's a stereo system, it's an expandable to queen size guest bed, it's storage and it's custom designed and built for a trinity (notorious Philadelphia style home with tiny floor plates, but 3 stories tall).
These drawers pull out and it turns into a bed.
Not picture- the whole unit lights up!
Monday, December 15, 2008
New News! Rough pics of 2 new furniture pieces:)
Hi Everybody, Finally after a way too long break from updates, I have new pics of 2 new furniture projects. First project is a double coffee table design for a relaxed modern home here in Philadelphia. The clients are actually the same guys from the 428 N 13th loft 'trick out' posted much earlier here.
Working with Toni Leslie on this project, we first tackled a design for the sitting room area where the new home came with a standard gas fireplace, but was seriously lacking in style and 'luv':) Toni loves stone, as do I, so we went with a design for a flagstone hearth and stainless steel fireplace design. To really go with the full range of materials, we went with crushed glass firebed where the flames dance just above the glass giving a 'fire and ice' illusion. At first we thought, nothing green about this project, but after completion and firing it up, we found the highly reflective surface of the stainless material to increase the efficiency of the fireplace at least 3 times that of the original. This turned the only mildly heat efficient fireplace into a center piece, sculptural and yet functional. The picture is rough, we are waiting for more proffesional shots soon. The area above the fireplace will soon have a very large painting, yet to be chosen...but I am partial to the works of a local and international painter Jung Wha Ahn...although there is a chance a sculptural piece might go there instead.
After the fireplace was finished ad installed, we then tackled furnishings for the space. Toni and I decided to go with a custom piece so we designed low Asian influenced modern coffee tables to be made of Zebrawood. This material has amazing colors that work very well with the design palate of the space. After finding the price of real solid Zebra wood to be almost insane, we then contacted Formica and asked for samples of faux finishes. We were delighted to find that they actually had a real zebra wood veneered laminated for a fraction of what the real stuff would cost.
I then sent clients some renderings of what the pieces would roughly look like and after approval, went to work making the tables out of MDF, then after painstakingly smoothing and flattening the surfaces to be excellent glueing surfaces for the laminate, began the careful process of skinning the pieces on an ebony laminate for bases and zebra for tops and sides.
I would mention to anyone going with these materials, that due to the laminate having real veneer, it acts like this and is easily chipped...yes I made a few small whoopses throughout the process but luckily had enough in scrap to redo when needed:) These pictures are also rough and we will have pro shots soon!
Working with Toni Leslie on this project, we first tackled a design for the sitting room area where the new home came with a standard gas fireplace, but was seriously lacking in style and 'luv':) Toni loves stone, as do I, so we went with a design for a flagstone hearth and stainless steel fireplace design. To really go with the full range of materials, we went with crushed glass firebed where the flames dance just above the glass giving a 'fire and ice' illusion. At first we thought, nothing green about this project, but after completion and firing it up, we found the highly reflective surface of the stainless material to increase the efficiency of the fireplace at least 3 times that of the original. This turned the only mildly heat efficient fireplace into a center piece, sculptural and yet functional. The picture is rough, we are waiting for more proffesional shots soon. The area above the fireplace will soon have a very large painting, yet to be chosen...but I am partial to the works of a local and international painter Jung Wha Ahn...although there is a chance a sculptural piece might go there instead.
After the fireplace was finished ad installed, we then tackled furnishings for the space. Toni and I decided to go with a custom piece so we designed low Asian influenced modern coffee tables to be made of Zebrawood. This material has amazing colors that work very well with the design palate of the space. After finding the price of real solid Zebra wood to be almost insane, we then contacted Formica and asked for samples of faux finishes. We were delighted to find that they actually had a real zebra wood veneered laminated for a fraction of what the real stuff would cost.
I then sent clients some renderings of what the pieces would roughly look like and after approval, went to work making the tables out of MDF, then after painstakingly smoothing and flattening the surfaces to be excellent glueing surfaces for the laminate, began the careful process of skinning the pieces on an ebony laminate for bases and zebra for tops and sides.
I would mention to anyone going with these materials, that due to the laminate having real veneer, it acts like this and is easily chipped...yes I made a few small whoopses throughout the process but luckily had enough in scrap to redo when needed:) These pictures are also rough and we will have pro shots soon!
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