This is jewelry that I have created for my computer rendering crafts class.  This series of jewelry are designed for males and females to wear.  My favorite is the Luchador broach because of the highly detailed masks that they wear are interesting.  I will post the 3-D prints of these pieces and take pictures of them once I find models.

This is our intial eight concepts and research that lead us to redesign the produce container.  The eight pages are suppose to give the viewer an brief idea about what is urban farming and what we are trying to accomplih to help urban farming.

This is a map that I created showing how farm containers currently travel from the farm to the market.  This was my forth rendition of this map to show the

basics of moving produce.  After observations and research of different farm markets I recorded the similare patterns of the packaging

My group and I are still doing research on urban farming containers. We decided to map out all the farms, markets, and stand that we have visited.  We chose to use google maps to mark the areas.  My favorite location was Solly brothers farm becasue they had alot of input on transporting produce from a suburban farm to the city.  The Above map is of the places we went to research this process.

These are images that we took at Rittenhouse Square’s farmers market.  We observed how the containers are used at the site and interviewed the farmers.

These are initial design renderings for the produce container.  Some of these designs explore the shape of the container and consumer interaction.  Theses designs show a lid that rotates and becomes a display  shelf, also a container with corners that raise and lowers to be angled for the user to see the produce.

Currently  I am working on a project about Urban Farming with my fellow classmates. We are looking at the packing, packaging, distribution and display processes used in the field of farm stand/market culture. Our group is working on a design that fulfills the needs of the farmer to package produce and deliver it to the stand. We plan to incorporate a display system in with a modular distributing container that is organized, reusable and easy for the farmer to use.

Recently I had the honor of going to Geek House Bikes, a custom bicycle fabrication facility.   Mart Walsh, a avid bicyclist, founded geek House in 2002. His original frames were designed in-house and outsourced for manufacturing.  However after receiving a loan from the city of Boston they’re now being both designed and handcrafted by a small staff of builders in Boston.  I first read about Marty’s creations on Core77 about the powder coating techniques he uses on his frames.  As my mouth watered looking at the detail of the paint and the curvature of the seat tube I knew I had to meet him.  Luckily I finally did, and words can’t explain his hospitality.  These are photos I took of Geek House after speaking with Marty.