Portfolio Archives

For years, Core77 has produced an online guide for Design Week in New York. And even though they have been exclusively online since their inception (way back in 1995), they announced an ambitious experiment for their 2014 guide by choosing a format that many had assumed was dead: print. For four days in May during […]

For this project we were asked to fabricate a full-scale prototype of a linear sconce for Steven Holl Architects. The entire piece was made from solid walnut on our CNC router. The design was split into two separate pieces to make it possible to fabricate the deep undercut of the cove on the CNC machine. […]

Through her Brooklyn-based studio AVANDI, Ariane van Dievoet designs and manufactures furniture, home goods and jewelry “inspired by sustainable solutions and modular systems.” According to Ariane, her designs are “honest and sophisticated” which she attributes to her Belgian roots. We were asked to fabricate a few elements for her studio using our laser cutting and […]

Through her Brooklyn-based studio AVANDI, Ariane van Dievoet designs and manufactures furniture, home goods and jewelry “inspired by sustainable solutions and modular systems.” According to Ariane, her designs are “honest and sophisticated” which she attributes to her Belgian roots. We were asked to fabricate a few elements for her studio using our laser cutting and […]

For their inaugural design conference “Object Culture” held in Brooklyn, we were asked by Core77 to fabricate a small item that would be given out to conference attendees. Given the rough outline of some sort of small token or poker chip incorporating the Core77 logo, we set about producing prototypes using a variety of techniques […]

Lawn darts. If you are old enough to remember them, you are probably aware of why the sharp-tipped projectile toys were banned from sale in the United States in the 1980s. Mostly relegated to memory and horror stories, countless dusty sets surely linger within the garages of those who wanted the Consumer Product Safety Commission […]

The parts for this laser cutting project were some of the tiniest pieces we have ever made. Fabricated for researchers at the NYU Center for Neural Science, the “footplates” are one small component used in their work on the impact of hearing loss on auditory processing and perception. In order to fabricate such small parts […]

In lieu of the traditional holiday card, each year the design firm Alexander Isley Inc. sends out a far more memorable holiday gift (see for example, this project). For 2013, the item of choice was a sturdy pair of scissors. We were tasked with finding a way to engrave the scissors with the line: “Alexander […]

The Fighting Unicorns motorcycle club contacted us in order to help produce a unique set of laser engraved knives as gifts for their members. The Fighting Unicorns provided us with folding knives from SOG. Their Woodline folding knife has a solid hardwood handle that provided ample space for laser engraving the logo without disassembling the […]

The Urban-est was designed by Snohetta as a nest/birdhouse that could fit within the hollows of a standard masonry block. The prototype was developed for the Design Trust for Public Space’s 2009 Annual Benefit auction. The exterior surface was comprised of laser-cut 1/8″ birch and acrylic layers built up into a topography creating perches and […]

French artist Koralie created a series of intricate laser cut and engraved wood and paper figures for an exhibition of her work. The pieces draw on a variety of influences, incorporating iconography from a wide array of cultures. The gallery below shows the laser cut and engraved bass wood pieces. The intricacy of these pieces […]

French artist Koralie created a series of intricate laser cut and engraved wood and paper figures for an exhibition of her work. The pieces draw on a variety of influences, incorporating iconography from a wide array of cultures. The gallery below shows the wings which were laser cut from a wide variety of papers, and […]

Paper Engineer Teen Liu creates three-dimensional pop-up art in a wide variety of materials and scales—from greeting cards to full-scale theatrical sets and installation pieces. For this piece, Teen was working on a prototype for a prehistoric pop-up with fluorescent details. All images courtesy of Teen Liu.            

Designer Danika Faiola produces a wide range of jewlery primarily from acrylic sheet stock. The pieces are laser cut and engraved in a variety of fluorescent, mirrored and colored acrylic sheets. The final assembly of the pieces was done by the designer. Images provided courtesy of Danika Faiola.               […]

Artist Ingrid Burrington wanted to create a puzzle where the pieces were made up of the more than 200 neighborhoods in Baltimore. She used GIS data to generate the intricately bordered shapes which were then labeled with the name of each neighborhood. She wanted to create a more durable version of a previous iteration of […]

Todd Bailey is an engineer specializing in hardware-based electronics design, but the more apt and exciting description is seen in the header atop his website: “analog and embedded systems wizardy”. One output of this wizardry is the digital sampler he created and named “Where’s the Party At?”. The enclosures for the kits are made from […]

Ismael Baíz is a professional musician who handcrafts drums here in New York City through his company, Maelo Drums. Baíz uses a wide variety of different woods for his drums, selecting the material based on the needs of the musicians who will be performing with them. The nameplates for his drums were laser engraved with […]

Instead of a traditional holiday card, the design firm Alexander Isley Inc. thought they could make a bit more impact with a more unusual object. So, they decided to laser engrave the hickory handles of dozens of hammers with their name and a fitting message for the medium: “Practitioners of the Nuanced Arts of Persuasion […]

The Australian electro-punk band Angelspit produced a wide variety of laser cut and engraved pieces for their band’s collection of jewelry and assorted merchandise. While a large portion of the intricate works were cut from solid-colored acrylic, we introduced them to some multi-colored composite materials which allowed them to design & create pieces making use […]

Designer Tara Hogan, of Ink + Wit, uses a variety of natural and recycled materials throughout her design work. For this project, Hogan laser engraved a series of her animal designs into wool felt and bristol board. Lighter shades were chosen for both the felt and the bristol in order to allow the dark laser […]

Peabody & Co. laser engraved their logo and web address onto the backs of a collection of iPod nanos that they were using to promote their company. They wanted to use the device as a means of introducing clients to a portfolio of their video production work. We were able to reproduce their exact design […]

Designer Amrita Takhar used pieces of found plastic in the creation of this set of jewelry pieces she designed. The plastic was salvaged from various automobile parts—reflectors, tail light covers, etc. The unusual shapes were each individually cut from the odd shapes of plastic, in locations identified by Takhar. The cut pieces were then finished […]

Todd Bailey is an engineer specializing in hardware-based electronics design, but the more apt and exciting description is seen in the header atop his website: “analog and embedded systems wizardy”. One output of this wizardry is the digital sampler he created and named “Where’s the Party At?”. The enclosures for the kits are made from […]

The Bell Curve Lamp was created as part of a series of designs merging the craft of glass-blowing with a modern approach to sustainable lighting design. The shape and the composition of the glass were selected to allow for a wide variety of lighting conditions. A mixture of clear and opaque white glasses were gathered […]

Given the rapidly increasing population of New York City and the lack of space for new (and affordable) housing units, there is a need to either increase density within the boroughs or risk losing residents to the surrounding region. One proposal put forward by the Mayor’s office suggests filling in the under-utilized land within current […]

Inspired by the 16th-century wattle & daub building technique, our team produced a sustainable curtain wall panel system combining modern and medieval construction methods. The pre-fabricated frames are filled on site with waste from the building process. Sawdust, wood chips, and other scraps are mixed in with a binding agent to form the daub. This […]

The Ghost Lights were created as part of a series of designs merging the craft of glass-blowing with a modern approach to sustainable lighting design. A form was created that allows for a variety of lighting conditions through the manipulation of the lamp’s position. A variety of glass compositions and cold-working techniques were used to […]