Deck Design: Project in Progress

My brother's house came with a deck in severe disrepair. After we tore out the old deck, I surveyed the area and put together several design concepts in Fusion360. Next, I put together a detailed construction model based on the International Residential Code. Using this model, we are beginning to nail down and validate final design details. By the end of this process I will produce plans to submit to the county for approval, and we will build it! Currently we are moving forward with deck concept B and railing option C. See the documents below and stay tuned!

I modeled the house, decks, and playset. I did not model the deck furniture.

Senior capstone: Classroom Furniture System

This project was born out of my desire to design furniture for childhood education. Primary research revealed a design opportunity for special education furniture, which further directed my research. I sought to design a single, modular, space saving classroom furniture system which accommodates children of all abilities and enhances the storage of necessary seating and activity devices.

Comprehensive capstone process book (Download CapstoneBook.pdf):

Houseware Design: Series

A product series consisting of a touch activated lamp and a table clock. The design language emphasizes negative space, simple forms, and materials.

Toy Design: Castle Blocks

Castleblocks is a project that my sister and I have been working on for several years. As children, we always wished that we had a block set particularly designed to make castles, and now we have the opportunity to create what we dreamed of. Currently, we only have a paper version completed to test viability.

Our process began in a series of conversations as we argued about the purpose of blocks, what types of modularity we wanted, and what types of play it would allow. Obviously, I was drawing the whole time, but because it was on napkins and post-its I have nothing to show for it. Once we settled on an idea and worked out the theory, we pulled out scissors and tape and put together this prototype. The prototype has allowed us to validate our theories and decide how many of each block we should make.

Digital rendering and CAD work

I've been seeking realism in modeling programs since highschool. At RIT, I had the opportunity to learn SolidWorks and develop a broad set of transferrable CAD skills. While my current job typically requires rapid low-fidelity renderings, I used the pandemic lockdown as an opportunity to work on several photorealistic previsualization projects, and enjoyed it immensely.

3ds Max Arnold & Fusion 360 (2020-2021)

Inventor (2019-2021)

SolidWorks & other software (2016-2018)

Sketching with various mediums

I have always been sketching, and my notes are always covered with doodles. Some of these are refined, but my routine rough and efficient sketches are much more ephemeral. I hope soon to put more of them here.

Fine art and photos for fun

Photography

I wish I could capture my feeling of joy in the presence of beauty. Capturing joy is difficult, but photography recalls a piece of it later. Most of these were taken during a photography class in the spring of 2017 when I had access to a high quality DSLR camera.

Art

Sometimes I just need to play, and I pick up a marker, a pen, or just some wire and begin to make something. These are artifacts of an active mind applying itself to 2d and 3d media.

Anno Domini

A friend, Matthew Fox, asked me to help him illustrate a poem he is working on titled "Anno Domini". I will be uploading some of the progress images here.