3D Printed Ball Gown Dress Inspired Light
How does a ball gown dress become a 3D printed light fixture? Here’s a video tutorial of my process of designing a light fixture inspired by a dress in motion.
Making a Custom Wood Desk Organizer and Light
How can we design a simple desk organizer with lots of storage and a dimmable integrated LED light? Learn more about my process of designing and making this oak plywood desk organizer and lamp in this video and post.
Making a Wood 3 Layered Round Light
How can the architecture of the He Art Museum designed by the architect Tadao Ando inform the design of a wood light fixture? See how the architecture, form, and design features of the He Art Museum inspired the design of this wood 3 layered round light in this YouTube video and blog post.
Making a Cardboard Twisted Oval Light
How can a simple shape like an oval become an organically shaped light fixture made of cardboard? Learn more about how this twisted oval light was designed and made in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Shooting Star Inspired Cardboard Light
How does a shooting star inspire the design of a cardboard light? Learn more about how this shooting star inspired light was designed and made in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Minecraft Inspired Cardboard Light
How can architecture and Minecraft inspire the design of a cardboard light? What if we designed and made the light with a simple twist? Learn more about how this Minecraft inspired light was designed and made in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Cardboard Hive Light
How can we combine the architecture of grain elevators with a simple twist to create an organically shaped cardboard light? Learn more about how a typical grain elevator and the shape of a natural bee hive comes together to create this beautiful cardboard light in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Wood Lotus Light
How can the architecture of the lotus temple inform the design of a wood light fixture? See how the architecture, form, and design features of the lotus temple inspired the design of this lotus light in this YouTube video and blog post.
Making a Wood Funnel Light
How do we design and make a simple wood lamp that blocks direct views of the light source, creates a beautiful glow of warm colored light, and has a dynamic form that draws your attention towards the center of the light fixture? Learn more about the wood funnel light in this YouTube video and post.
Making a BIG Cardboard Bell Lamp
How can we make a cardboard light that’s larger than the maximum size of our laser cutter? Learn more about how we make this big cardboard bell light in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Wood Stacked Pyramid Light
How does the architecture of a museum inspire the design of a table lamp? Learn more about how the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture inspired the design of this wood stacked pyramid light in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Wood Shell Light
How could we take simple wood slats and a circular frame and create a simple organically shaped table light? Learn more about how a simple repetitive design could turn a simple material in an elegant table lamp in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Simple Cardboard Cone Light
How can we make a simple shaped cardboard pendant light, but add a layer of complexity to the way it looks? By simply turning every layer of cardboard, we can add a twisting aesthetic to the lamp shade. Learn more in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Wood Spiral Light
How could we laser cut thin pieces of finished plywood to create a beautiful table light? This project explores this idea and combines a series of wood slats with two circular frames. Learn more about this project in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Cardboard Teardrop Pendant Light
How can we use cardboard to make a simple teardrop pendant light? Learn more about how we transform this ordinary and abundant material into a beautiful pendant light in this YouTube video and post.
Making a Spherical Cardboard Light
How do we take a low-cost and abundant material like cardboard and turn it into a simple beautiful lamp? Learn more in this post where I share the design concept of my spherical cardboard lamp and walk you through how it’s made in my YouTube video!
Making a Cardboard Helix Lamp
How do we take a low-cost and abundant material like cardboard and turn it into a beautiful lamp? Learn more in this post where I share the design concept of my cardboard helix lamp and walk you through how it’s made in my YouTube video!