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Building complex set geometry

Recently, I’ve been making some updated packets to send to potential clients. Included in them are some set designs that I’ve done in the past for artists both large and small, to show clients the range of my design abilities. One of the things that I like to do – especially with smaller set designs that are on a correspondingly small budget – is come up with some sort of visually interesting set piece. An interesting fabric structure, metal or wood cut into an interesting shape to catch (or block!) light, whatever. The idea is to create some sort of visual interest on stage that doesn’t involve expensive lighting effects. While pieces like this are relatively easy to draw (especially… Read More »Building complex set geometry

"Polythread knitted textile pavilion" at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

“Polythread knitted textile pavilion” may sound more like something Tim Gunn might ask his designers to go shopping in than an art installation, but it’s an art installation, part of Cooper-Hewitt’s design triennial, that uses 3D digitally-knitted (!) fabric elements, phosphorescent and drake yarns, twill tape and aluminum tubing. From the Cooper-Hewitt website: Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial is the fifth installment of the museum’s signature contemporary design exhibition series. With a focus on aesthetic innovation, Beauty celebrates design as a creative endeavor that engages the mind, body, and senses. From the website of Jeremy Sabin, the artist of this installation: Mathematically generated and inspired by cellular networks, the PolyThread installation is a freestanding inhabitable form featuring knitted lightweight, high-performing, formfitting… Read More »"Polythread knitted textile pavilion" at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum