Current Featured Student Work

Jessica Wood, senior ID, presents "The Box Joint Chair" to the judges of The New Oak competition. 

Jessica won 2nd place in the class competition and received $500 for her efforts.  The competition was held in the senior ID studio class led by Alan Harp at AWPL. More photos ...

The coffee table is designed to emulate the peeling, or unrolling of a tree to create its form. The curves are made with staves, glued on edge. The vase is also solid oak piercing the 1/2" thick glass table top. The piece is stained ebony on the outer sides, and bleached on the inner walls. The table won an Honorable Mention in the New Oak Competition and 2nd Place in Tables at the 2007 AWFS Fresh Wood furniture competition in Las Vegas, NV. More photos ...

Featuring a unique construction of fully mitered corners, this table and stool set is made of walnut plywood with white plastic accents. The crisp design was created in AlphaCAM software and machined on an SCM 3-axis router utilzing a 45 degree miter bit for the joints.

The table and stool set received a 2nd Place in Contract Furniture at the 2007 AWFS Fresh Wood furniture competition in Las Vegas, NV. More photos...

The dresser was developed as a second step to the Aerri Nightstand . The dresser is made of oak plywood bleached and stained black on the rear portion. The dresser features dovetailed drawers and a hidden shelf area on the back side.

The dresser received an Honorable Mention in Contract Furniture at the 2007 AWFS Fresh Wood furniture competition in Las Vegas, NV. More photos...

The focus of this research workshop asked the question how can a designer create a flexible system of physical making which can accommodate multiple programmatic functions within a smooth whole, rather than creating an a priori singular formal object. This adaptable system of construction works through the development of an intelligent CAD model that can be mapped to a flexible manufacturing mechanism [reconfigurable mold]. This system of manufacturing can be used to cast totally unique solid modules without creating a unique mold for each part by manipulating the topological structure of the system. This approach takes the notion of mass-customization beyond the expensive and unsustainable one-offs that the design world has seen recently, and into a new paradigm of a sustainable, economically viable world of mass-customizable form and space.