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Ea Games / Ripple Effect

>> Clients

EA Games

>> Materials

_ art _ installation _ interior _ sculpture _ plywood

For this project, we designed a custom wood artwork wall for Ripple Effect Studios / EA Games at their Marina Del Rey campus.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • installation
  • interior
  • sculpture
  • plywood


Public Art: Van Ness Rapid Transit

>> Clients

>> Materials

_ art _ fiberglass _ lighting _ metal _ plastic _ sculpture

Lollipop lighting for San Francisco’s Public Transit

[ ... ]

  • art
  • fiberglass
  • lighting
  • metal
  • plastic
  • sculpture


Owl Bureau Bookstore

>> Clients

The Owl Bureau

>> Materials

_ art _ hardwood _ installation _ interior _ plywood _ sculpture

The Owl Bureau bookstore in LA showcases generative imagery and cactus-inspired So-Cal design, reflecting LA's vibrant essence.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • hardwood
  • installation
  • interior
  • plywood
  • sculpture


The Mothership

>> Clients

Ini Archibong

>> Materials

_ art _ hardwood _ metal _ sculpture _ furniture

The Mothership has landed: Ini Archibong’s credenza.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • hardwood
  • metal
  • sculpture
  • furniture


Trivet

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ solid surface

[ ... ]

  • product
  • solid surface


Hillbilly FDM

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ foam _ electronics _ installation

Installation built from converting sound files into 3D geometry

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • electronics
  • installation


Flower Vase

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

3D printed flower vase of snowmobile parts

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Marguerite

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ interior _ solid surface

Black Corian Gold vien mirror

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • interior
  • solid surface


Fruit Bowl

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

Laminated acrylic fruit bowl

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Odds and Ends

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ hardwood _ metal

Book ends built using bent metal and hardwood

[ ... ]

  • product
  • hardwood
  • metal


Blinn Stool

>> Clients

>> Materials

_ furniture _ plywood

Lacquered plywood and Douglas fir

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • plywood


Walnut table

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood _ metal

Walnut table with steel legs made for private client

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood
  • metal


PVC Fruit bowl

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

Circle packing technique to machine resin impregnated PVC pipes

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Entertainment Unit

>> Clients

>> Materials

_ hardwood _ furniture _ interior

Entertainment system built in Bamboo for the EVO South loft building in DTLA

[ ... ]

  • hardwood
  • furniture
  • interior


Well Kept Ruins

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ metal

14kt rings and bracelets

[ ... ]

  • product
  • metal


Untitled Portrait

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ art _ plastic

Resin cast using image processing

[ ... ]

  • art
  • plastic


Material Sample Case

>> Clients

Binishells

>> Materials

_ product _ hardwood

Material samples and process book for prospective project. We were working with Nic Bini of the innovative Bini Shells architecture firm.

[ ... ]

  • product
  • hardwood


Micro Slats

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ plastic

[ ... ]

  • plastic


Digital Fossils

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ plywood _ interior

An exploration in digital accumulative recycling and data/physical conversion

[ ... ]

  • plywood
  • interior


Khora Design

>> Clients

Khora

>> Materials

_ plywood _ product

Here is our latest effort in turning one of our experiments into a viable product.

[ ... ]

  • plywood
  • product


Drill Patterning

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ solid surface

Voronoi truncation drilling routines

[ ... ]

  • solid surface


Fabric form work

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ concrete _ fabric _ interior

An experiment in casting using material properties and gravity as a form finding technique.

[ ... ]

  • concrete
  • fabric
  • interior


Children's Gift

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ solid surface

Here are two kids gifts. Jason made the giraffe puzzle. Steve made the panda bookends. Both gifts were well liked.

[ ... ]

  • product
  • solid surface


Adventures in Quantum Modeling

>> Clients

Woodbury University

>> Materials

_ installation _ foam

Exhibition for the Wedge Gallery

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • foam


Turtle Suit

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ foam _ product

Custom air brushed turtle suit

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • product


Teak Benches

>> Clients

RIOS 

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood _ plywood

A set of teak benches for the outdoor space of a Los Angeles building.

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood
  • plywood


Uber Lobby

>> Clients

Hush Design

>> Materials

_ plastic _ metal _ interior _ lighting _ interactive _ electronics

The Stream'' is an interactive LED light installation for the lobby of Uber's Mission Bay headquarters.

[ ... ]

  • plastic
  • metal
  • interior
  • lighting
  • interactive
  • electronics


3D Printed Bar

>> Clients

Bulleit Bourbon

>> Materials

_ retail _ installation _ architecture _ plastic _ metal

Bulleit Bourbon produced a traveling event series that merged 3D printing with art, design, and culture.

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • installation
  • architecture
  • plastic
  • metal


JPS Lamp Series

>> Clients

Jorge Pardo Studio

>> Materials

_ lighting _ plywood _ plastic

Lamp Series from Jorge Pardo Sculpture.

[ ... ]

  • lighting
  • plywood
  • plastic


Tuscon 3 Ways

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ foam _ interactive _ installation _ electronics

An exhibition we created for MOCA Tucson. Using custom algorithms and GIS data of Tucson to realize an unusual and not literal topographical depiction on two floor-to-ceiling fourteen-foot-wide doors, through which the viewer will see an equally monumental obelisk through the cracked-open divide.

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • interactive
  • installation
  • electronics


Faceted

>> Clients

>> Materials

_ foam _ product

Faceted chair with removable panels fabricated from 2lb. density styrofoam.

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • product


Conference Tables

>> Clients

RIOS

>> Materials

_ furniture _ interior _ metal _ plywood

The table tops were carefully mitered and assembled to produce sharp angles and faceted forms.

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • interior
  • metal
  • plywood


Future Day Spa

>> Clients

Lucy McRae

>> Materials

_ art _ installation _ metal _ plastic _ plywood

We had the privilege of working with sci-fi artist and body architect, Lucy McRae to create "Future Day Spa". A "Personalised, guided experience, offering treatments that evoke states of love, trust & relaxation".

[ ... ]

  • art
  • installation
  • metal
  • plastic
  • plywood


Coffee Table

>> Clients

Alex Purcell Rodrigues

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood _ solid surface

Coffee and side tables for Alex Purcell Rodrigues. Five axis CNC machining and patterning, fabricated in solid walnut.

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood
  • solid surface


Interactive Lighting System

>> Clients

Troy Lighting

>> Materials

_ electronics _ lighting _ product _ plastic _ metal

A series of motion controlled glass tubes and integrated LED lights, programmed with the Aduino prototyping platform.

[ ... ]

  • electronics
  • lighting
  • product
  • plastic
  • metal


Resonator Speaker

>> Clients

Dorsey Dunn

>> Materials

_ art _ foam _ metal

Resonator Speaker System designed with artist Dorsey Dunn.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • foam
  • metal


Dead or Alive Bar

>> Clients

Anthony Cioffi and Christine Soto

>> Materials

_ electronics _ interior _ lighting _ solid surface _ fabric

Corian bar with embedded and programmed color shifting LED's calculated on an azimuth sun table.

[ ... ]

  • electronics
  • interior
  • lighting
  • solid surface
  • fabric


AT-AT Gun

>> Clients

Target

>> Materials

_ foam _ product

Star Wars AT-AT gun prop for Target commercial.

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • product


Reception Desk

>> Clients

RIOS

>> Materials

_ plywood _ metal _ furniture _ interior

Reception desk for Steelhouse. The pieces were carefully mitered and assembled to produce sharp angles and faceted forms.

[ ... ]

  • plywood
  • metal
  • furniture
  • interior


RIOS Birdhouse

>> Clients

RIOS

>> Materials

_ product _ foam _ plastic

Custom birdhouse for Rios Clementi Hale Studios

[ ... ]

  • product
  • foam
  • plastic


Tree shadow casting

>> Clients

Warren Techentin Architecture

>> Materials

_ cardboard _ plastic _ interior

This triptych is made of thousands of laser-cut cardboard ribs which were then cast into blocks of Eco-resin. The piece will be used as a lighting diffuser in a private residence that Warren is currently working on.

[ ... ]

  • cardboard
  • plastic
  • interior


Cymatics Display

>> Clients

Audi

>> Materials

_ installation _ interactive _ plywood _ plastic _ electronics

We built a device to generate wave forms through a medium [water] driven by the real time data from Audi's social media #paidmydues campaign.

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • interactive
  • plywood
  • plastic
  • electronics


Widow of a King

>> Clients

Pae White

>> Materials

_ furniture _ solid surface

Solid surface bed made for Pae White

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • solid surface


Bugaboo Americas

>> Clients

Bugaboo

>> Materials

_ retail _ plastic _ plywood _ product

Working with Kim Lawson, marketing project manager of Bugaboo Americas, we designed a series of fixtures to display Bugaboo's latest stroller, The Cameleon

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • plastic
  • plywood
  • product


Liz Larner Sculpture

>> Clients

Liz Larner

>> Materials

_ art _ hardwood

CNC machined maple for HandMade

[ ... ]

  • art
  • hardwood


Cardboard Pavilion

>> Clients

Los Altos History Museum

>> Materials

_ installation _ cardboard

NASDAQ data driven cardboard pavilion to tell the story of the legends of Silicon Valley. Designed and built for the exhibition - Silicon Valley: The Lure and The Legends at Los Altos History Museum

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • cardboard


STGILAT Pavilion

>> Clients

Cloud9

>> Materials

_ architecture _ concrete _ plastic _ plywood

The Cloud9 pavilion was a joint project between Art Center College of Design and Cloud9 Architecture. It explored the application of pneumatic formwork and cast concrete. It used nature as inspiration with focus placed on the attributes of a pine cone.

[ ... ]

  • architecture
  • concrete
  • plastic
  • plywood


Raven Row

>> Clients

Dave Hullfish Bailey

>> Materials

_ art _ installation _ plywood

We worked with the artist Dave Hullfish Bailey to diagram data with a 3D voronoi technique to implement a flat packing and CNC workflow

[ ... ]

  • art
  • installation
  • plywood


Yakuza Lou

>> Clients

Eddy Sykes

>> Materials

_ art _ hardwood

Machining 3D models of a particular tessellation for Eddy Sykes Vineyard Haircut

[ ... ]

  • art
  • hardwood


Crue Buckle

>> Clients

Junker Design

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

Working with clothing designer Tod at Junker Design, we created a buckle for Motley Crue's front man Vince Neil

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


JFK Furniture

>> Clients

Aprro

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood

JFK furniture line manufactured for Alexander Purcell of APRRO

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood


Warren Techentin's Off His Rocker

>> Clients

Warren Techentin

>> Materials

_ furniture _ plywood

Fabrication of a sideways rocker for architect Warren Techentin

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • plywood


San Diego Displacement

>> Clients

Ball-Nogues Studio

>> Materials

_ foam _ interior

A displacement map of San Diego milled for Ball-Nogues Studio

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • interior


Contour Crib

>> Clients

Nursery Works

>> Materials

_ hardwood _ product

We worked with product designers Matthew Grayson and Eric Lin from Nursery Works to help them design a continuous surface pattern for their new contour crib. After the design was worked out, we fabricated a few of their prototypes.

[ ... ]

  • hardwood
  • product


Facial Weaponization

>> Clients

Zach Blas

>> Materials

_ art _ plastic

We worked with artist Zach Blas to help him create his Facial Weaponization Suite mask workshop.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • plastic


Room Divider

>> Clients

Brandon Chen

>> Materials

_ interior _ plywood

Fabrication of room dividers for Brandon Chen

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • plywood


Image Processing

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ interior _ plywood

Experiments converting 2D photographs in 3D carvings

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • plywood


Night Light

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

Night Light made with CNC surfaced plastic

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Soundblock

>> Clients

Fourwall

>> Materials

_ interactive _ installation _ plywood _ electronics

A speaker cabinet for an interactive sound installation for Kenneth Cameron of Fourwall

[ ... ]

  • interactive
  • installation
  • plywood
  • electronics


Birch Bed

>> Clients

Pae White

>> Materials

_ plywood _ furniture

Milled Baltic Birch bed for the artist Pae White

[ ... ]

  • plywood
  • furniture


Surefoot Ski Boot Shop

>> Clients

LADG

>> Materials

_ retail _ plywood _ fabric

Surefoot ski boot shop in Beaver Creek Colorado, fabricated for the Los Angeles Design Group

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • plywood
  • fabric


Somadome

>> Clients

Somadome

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic _ plywood _ fabric _ electronics

Relaxation and meditation pod made for Somadome

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic
  • plywood
  • fabric
  • electronics


Broken Country

>> Clients

Dave Bailey

>> Materials

_ art _ plywood

Here we had the pleasure of helping artist Dave Bailey implement his Broken Country exhibition.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • plywood


Textures

>> Clients

Neal Feay

>> Materials

_ product _ interior _ metal

CNC texture development made with Neal Feay Studios

[ ... ]

  • product
  • interior
  • metal


620 Main Lobby

>> Clients

LADG

>> Materials

_ interior _ furniture _ plywood _ plastic

Here we made pieces for the Los Angeles Design Group to create the Interior Lobby of the Mercantile Lofts in downtown Los Angeles

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • furniture
  • plywood
  • plastic


West Hollywood FR

>> Clients

LADG

>> Materials

_ retail _ interior _ plywood

It is the first time we applied kerfing techniques to facilitate the plywood forming process. While there are a significant number of parts the overall assembly was well detailed and went off without a hitch.

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • interior
  • plywood


Avatar Frame

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ interior _ hardwood

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • interior
  • hardwood


Coasters

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ solid surface _ hardwood _ product

[ ... ]

  • solid surface
  • hardwood
  • product


SUF Video

>> Clients

David Schafer

>> Materials

_ art _ installation _ video

Animation for the release party and performance of David Schafer's new book "Separated United FOrms" at the Mandrake in Los Angeles.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • installation
  • video


Candle Holders

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ lighting _ product _ solid surface

[ ... ]

  • lighting
  • product
  • solid surface


Stacking Tables

>> Clients

Brandon Chen

>> Materials

_ furniture _ solid surface

Set of stacking tables for designer Brandon Chen

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • solid surface


Not After Labor Day

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ metal _ product

[ ... ]

  • metal
  • product


Night Light Gifts

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

Developments with CNC lithophane night lights

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Mirror #2

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ solid surface

Grey Corian Mirror surfaced on CNC

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • solid surface


Steve

>> Clients

Ry Rocklen

>> Materials

_ art _ hardwood

We worked with Ry rocklen to fit a found ceramic head to a 3D scanned body. The resulting sculpture was 5axis milled in bass wood.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • hardwood


Mounted

>> Clients

Alexander Purcell Rodrigues

>> Materials

_ art _ interior _ plastic _ solid surface _ plywood

Animal free taxidermy. Available at Alexander Purcell Rodrigues new show room, Villa Purcell featured in the LA Times Home

[ ... ]

  • art
  • interior
  • plastic
  • solid surface
  • plywood


Onedotzero

>> Clients

Logan

>> Materials

_ installation _ plywood _ metal _ plastic

Motion identity for onedotzero Adventures in motion 2010 directed by Logan

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • plywood
  • metal
  • plastic


Custom Sink

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ interior _ solid surface

Built-in corian sink

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • interior
  • solid surface


X-Ray Lamp

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ lighting _ solid surface _ hardwood

Image processing an X-ray to produced light diffusion patterns

[ ... ]

  • lighting
  • solid surface
  • hardwood


Case Goods

>> Clients

Richard Christiansen

>> Materials

_ product _ hardwood

[ ... ]

  • product
  • hardwood


Office Doors No. 4

>> Clients

Chandelier Creative

>> Materials

_ foam _ interior

This project started as a collaborative dialogue with Richard Christiansen from Chandelier Creative.

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • interior


Office Doors No. 1

>> Clients

Chandelier Creative

>> Materials

_ interior _ foam

Concept development for Chandelier Creative's office doors

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • foam


Pesenti-Williams House

>> Clients

Pesenti-Williams

>> Materials

_ architecture _ interior _ plastic _ metal

Patterns for building windows

[ ... ]

  • architecture
  • interior
  • plastic
  • metal


Okuda Table

>> Clients

Shin Okuda

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood

Dining table for designer Shin Okuda

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood


Grandway Conference

>> Clients

Grandway Asset Management

>> Materials

_ interior _ furniture _ plywood _ hardwood _ fabric

Conference room cabinetry and sound dampening system for Grandway Asset Management in Pasadena

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • furniture
  • plywood
  • hardwood
  • fabric


Office Furniture

>> Clients

Belzberg Architects APC

>> Materials

_ interior _ furniture _ plywood _ plastic

These are 3 furniture pieces made for the Lanier Law firm. Belzberg Architects APC provided design work on the project.

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • furniture
  • plywood
  • plastic


Grandway Bookcase

>> Clients

Grandway Asset Management

>> Materials

_ interior _ furniture _ hardwood _ plastic

The piece has two cantilevered shells split by a walnut shelf with embedded hardware that allows the attached bookends to slide and tighten down in order to hold the books on an angle.

[ ... ]

  • interior
  • furniture
  • hardwood
  • plastic


Ceiling Surface

>> Clients

WTARCH

>> Materials

_ foam _ interior

Decorative ceiling surface for WTARCH. High density urethane foam 150" x 134" x 4"

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • interior


WESC Trade show

>> Clients

Exposure

>> Materials

_ plywood _ interior _ retail

Working with exposure New York, we designed the trade show booth for WESC's new product line.

[ ... ]

  • plywood
  • interior
  • retail


Surefoot Santa Monica

>> Clients

LADG

>> Materials

_ retail _ interior _ plywood

CNC machined wall patterns and ceiling made for the LADG

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • interior
  • plywood


Edun

>> Clients

Exposure

>> Materials

_ retail _ furniture _ hardwood

Exposure's Pop up shop for fashion label Edun's latest collection

[ ... ]

  • retail
  • furniture
  • hardwood


Whitney speaker

>> Clients

David Schafer

>> Materials

_ art _ installation _ plywood _ electronics

"What Should a Museum Sound Like?" is a site-specific work by artist David Schafer. We used floor plans of the Whitney Museum to digitally model and fabricate a speaker cabinet in the form of the museum which David later used as part of his live performance.

[ ... ]

  • art
  • installation
  • plywood
  • electronics


Soap Dish

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ solid surface

[ ... ]

  • product
  • solid surface


Kohler Plane

>> Clients

Kohler

>> Materials

_ plastic _ foam _ product

Biplane model for Kohler ad campaign

[ ... ]

  • plastic
  • foam
  • product


Chandlistic

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ lighting _ plywood _ fabric

Lamp constructed with resin impregnated fabric laminated onto luan plywood

[ ... ]

  • lighting
  • plywood
  • fabric


Entertainment System

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ plywood

Custom made entertainment center for private residence

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • plywood


Persol Sunglasses

>> Clients

>> Materials

_ installation _ foam

We 3D scanned, reversed engineered, scaled and fabricated a pair of Persol sunglasses for an upcoming commercial

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • foam


Two Person Desk

>> Clients

Private Client

>> Materials

_ furniture _ hardwood _ solid surface

Created for a private residence in Glendale, California

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • hardwood
  • solid surface


Logan Que Doll

>> Clients

Logan

>> Materials

_ rendering _ art

[ ... ]

  • rendering
  • art


PeaPod

>> Clients

Arnell Group's

>> Materials

_ product _ hardwood

Fabrication of the Arnell Group's PeaPod concept car

[ ... ]

  • product
  • hardwood


Katsu Sushi Bar

>> Clients

Katsu Sushi

>> Materials

_ furniture _ interior _ hardwood _ plywood

Seating area for Katsu Sushi in Beverly Hills

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • interior
  • hardwood
  • plywood


Shelter Serra's H2

>> Clients

Shelter Serra

>> Materials

_ foam _ product

Foam model of Hummer H2

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • product


Ash Tray

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Afro Pick

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ product _ plastic

[ ... ]

  • product
  • plastic


Sheet Rock Table

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ plywood _ hardwood

Four person dining table made from laminated gypsum board

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • plywood
  • hardwood


Office Desk

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ plywood _ hardwood _ recycled

The control center at MachineHistories

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • plywood
  • hardwood
  • recycled


PVC Variable Wall

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ installation _ interior _ electronics _ plastic _ plywood

Analog recreation of a lofted surface by way of Home Depot. The articulating connection nodes take the place of the control points of a computer surface model

[ ... ]

  • installation
  • interior
  • electronics
  • plastic
  • plywood


Triumvirate #4

>> Clients

Pae White, Amy Robinson, Chris Natrop, MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ furniture _ installation _ plastic _ solid surface

Art exhibition at Raid Projects withPae White, Amy Robinson, and Chris Natrop

[ ... ]

  • furniture
  • installation
  • plastic
  • solid surface


Exoplios Que Doll

>> Clients

MachineHistories

>> Materials

_ foam _ product

[ ... ]

  • foam
  • product