Geta Grinders @ Spoke
02/16/2010
A couple of photos at the exhibition at Spoke. Thanks to those who came out. Exhibition photos by Heather Mullins.
Geta Workshop
02/16/2010
Work in progress images of the Geta Grinders project made from reclaimed floor boards. See the flickr set for more.
Reclaimed: Clybourn Place Bridge
02/03/2010
Reclaimed: Clybourn Place Bridge
Opening Friday, February 12th, 6-8pm.
Participants were encouraged to utilize reclaimed floorboards to create functional objects. By using a large stock of salvaged pine flooring and expanding its use through innovative design and construction, we hope to highlight the value of creative re-use. Along with completed projects, documentation of the creators’ design and building process will be exhibited.
Work by:
Amber-Carla-Lia
Luke Boehnke
Kim & Zach DeBord
Kazuki Guzman
Andy Hall
Scott Jarrett
Kevin Kaempf
Heather Mullins
The exhibition will be held at Spoke, www.spokechicago.blogspot.com
119 N. Peoria, #3D, Chicago, IL 60607. February 12th to 27th.Open hours, Feb. 12,13,14 & 20, 12-3 or by appointment. Contact spokechicago@gmail.com for more information.
Pecha Kucha Night Poster Design
12/13/2009
We designed the poster for Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 12. More info at www.pecha-kucha.org.
Robots are Polite Poster Set
11/04/2009
We designed a series for posters for our baby’s room. She is surrounded by robot goodness.
NY1 News Covers Us at Poptech
10/29/2009
There’s a couple minute news cast from NY1 News that has a brief segment of us at Poptech. There were several other stations that covered the event as well. We’ll post more as the videos come in.
Kim and Zach Work Poptech’s Creative Reuse Workshop
10/25/2009
We had the opportunity to participate in Poptech’s Creative Reuse Workshop last week. First of all, we’d like to thank Poptech, Make Magazine and Ebay Green Team for helping to bring everything together. We were able to get makers of all ages together to build their own BEAM vibe robots. The turnout was fantastic and Kim and I were impressed with the creative output. See more photos on Flickr.
Zach Speaks at Adobe MAX About the Tesla Model S
10/13/2009
Zach had the opportunity to discuss the many challenges related to designing on screen user experiences for the Tesla Model S sedan. We’ve been experimenting with new ideas to leverage the unique hardware and software the 17″ touchscreen in the Model S uses. The talk can be viewed at:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-design/reinventing-the-driving-experience-the-tesla-model-s/
He starts speaking around 31:30.
The Artsighter
09/28/2009
The Artsighter, a blog from Dana Hanegraaf, features emerging art and design out of Chicago. She recently posted my work, The Ministries of Sustenance. Check out her blog.
Drain Magazine
09/28/2009
The photos, Trade, that were a collaboration between Rachel Moore and myself were part of the most recent issue of Drain Magazine. The theme for this issue is as follows and quoted from the editors
“COLD
A collective behavior of baroque, abundant consumption has led to an economic and climatic meltdown. The push toward a frenzied emphasis on growth & mass consumption has manifested a cascade of aesthetic opulence in the form of brightly colored advertisements & plastic disposable goods. In the wake of this recent collapse; the purity, simplicity & refinement of a calmer and cooler culture is now alluring. Can transparent, clear and meditative practice counter this lavish, hot & hysterical culture? Subverting the old notion of icy bureaucratic indifference remediated through hot empathy, might the forces of hot commodity be slowed by an intervening cold? Is it possible for the lucidity of coolness to connect cultures & move us into the future?
This issue of Drain is brings to you a collection of critical writing and art practices to transform the way in which we think about how these various degrees of cold collaborate.”