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BUILD - WINTER 2011 -

BUILD TODAY• build discussion - why build + basics• build exercise 1 - perspective mind puzzles• build exercise 2 - five chairs• build exercise 3 - puzzle lamp

build | discussion

BUILDING BASICS

2D to 3D, 3D to 2D uses your ability to see di!erent dimensions

material experimentationprovides understanding to methods, resources, constraints

bringing ideas to realitygood practice starting, essence, seeing, communication

SAFETY FIRST!

build | exercise 1

PERSPECTIVE MIND PUZZLES

The front side and top view of a three dimensional figure is shown.

Identify the figure.

(1 minute).

[1]

Identify the net that matches with the cube.

A net is a two dimensional figure which can be cut an folded into a three dimensional solid.

(1 minute)

[2]

Two figures diagram two aspects of a free-standing three-dimensional object.

Can you draw it in three dimensions?

(5 minutes total)

Front elevation Side elevation

Hint if you need it: the front elevation indicates that the small rectangle inside the large one is either a projection or a hole. The side elevation tells us that it is a hole, and that the hole is a slot.

[3]

build | exercise 2

FIVE CHAIRS

DESIGN A CHAIR

DRAW it with a sharpie (1 min)

CUT it out of cardboard (5 min)

BEND it out of pipe cleaners (5 min)

MOLD it out of clay (5 min)

ASSEMBLE it out of toothpicks + chewing gum (5 min)

build | exercise 3

PUZZLE LAMP

GLOWING TOGETHER!Make puzzle-piece pendant lights.!

By Dan Goldwater !Excerpted from ReadyMade Magazine, Issue 32!

As a nerdy 10-year-old, I spent a lot of time building 3D mathematical structures with paper, tape !and a hobby knife. So I was excited when I noticed a similarly constructed lampshade in a trendy !

designer lighting store. These shades are made using pieces of a single, simple shape you can cut !from a sheet of paper or plastic. The finished product should satisfy both your outer hipster and your !

inner geek.!

1! The easiest way to make the lampshade pieces is to trace the pattern (find a template at readymademag.com/puzzlelampshade) onto paper or plastic sheets and cut them out. Alternatively, you can make a “cookie cutter” out of sheet metal in the shape of the pattern, heat it with a torch, and stamp out the parts (if you’re using plastic). Or if you have access to a laser cutter, lucky you! Choose whichever method works best, and repeat until you have the desired number of lampshade pieces.!

2! Make a variety of corners with three, four, or five adjoining pieces. Build your lampshade by experimenting with the various ways of fitting the parts together.!

3! As you’re channeling your inner George Nelson, don’t forget to leave a small gap at the top of the lamp to accommodate the cord.!

4! Screw in a compact fluorescent bulb (which gives off less heat than an incandescent, so it won’t ignite your shade) to your socket, place inside the shade, and hang your creation from a hook, or display it as a table topper.!

THE LIGHT!

The IQ lightTM system was designed in 1972 by Danish designer Holger Strøm,

who was then working at the Kilkenny Design Workshops, Ireland.!

He was originally asked to create a modular construction for a cylindrical and a spherical lamp, both to appear to be the same size, to be used in a Christmas

display.!

"I constructed them from triangular modules, which I glued together, and by using

an equal number of modules for the sphere and the cylinder, they did actually appear to be the same size. It was just a Christmas decoration, but I couldn't

completely forget the idea. I wanted to make it with a mechanical assembly

system, and with identical modules.!

"I used a rhomboid shape because, of the classic geometric shapes, it's one that can give a most round form. I also realised that by giving the module a curl on each

corner I could hook them together, but the result was a bit loose and floppy. So I

lengthened the top and bottom of the rhombus, that gave them tension when they were hooked together, and it was that tension I needed for the lamp to hold

together."!

Through the seventies it was manufactured by Kilkenny Illuminations Ltd, who sold

around 20,000 lights worldwide."

THE DESIGNER !

Since the late sixties, Holger Strøm has worked primarily in the field of corrugated

card packaging design. As well as packaging, he has also designed exhibition systems, furniture and toys, all manufactured from corrugated card, and has

worked on the development of parametric CAD systems for box design. He lives with his wife and daughter in Birkerød, Denmark, where he runs a packaging

design studio."

THE AMAZING VARIATIONS OF THIS DESIGN FEAT

HAPPY LAMP MAKING!

BASICS: How to link elements!

All elements are identical.!

The elements are usually assembled with the front facing outwards.!

Each element has two curved and two straight edges."

A curved edge is ALWAYS placed over"

the straight edge of another element."

THE PROJECT: !

How to assemble a round lamp with 30 elements!

1st row is assembled into a rosette.!

The 5 elements of the 2nd row are attached one by one in a

ring around the 1st row's rosette.!

Design Ranch 2009 – ReadyMade /Grace Hawthorne!

3rd row is a ring of 10 elements, which are attached to the rim of the "bowl" and

also joined to each other.!

4th row narrows the sphere and..! ...5th row closes the opening.!

When the sphere is finished, check that all hooks are locked, and that curved edges cover all the straight edges."

If the sphere is very difficult to assemble, start again from the beginning. Try to mark the middle of the rosette with a string or similar. Remember

always to place the front of the elements outward. Check after each row."

(The elements may be labelled with stickers that can be removed after assembly. The 5 elements of the 1st row are labelled 1, those of the 2nd

row are labelled 2, the 10 of the 3rd row are labelled 3, and so on.)!

30 elements can also make 2 small lamps (15 + 15 or 12 + 18) or 3 smaller lamps (9 + 9 + 12). The assembly method is the same, but you can

start with a rosette (1st row) of 5, 4 or 3 elements, and then continue with more or fewer ring!