BEACON
In partnership with Kara Bowers, Kassem Chammout, and Xiangqi Wen
Beacon was designed and fabricated in the fabrication courser offered at the University of Michigan. Beacon examines the use of combing the CNC router and Zund Digital Cutter to create an object that plays with the idea of making flat objects appear volumetric.
The design was developed with the intention of iplying a curved mass using flat three axis machining techniques. The flat plates can be stacked in different orders and rotations to create different profiles of the overall object. The disks are connected with a friction fit using three dowels in the center that hidden by the Yupo shade.
The shade is made out of puzzle like pieces that were cut on the Zund Digital Cutter. The initial design of the shade pieces juxtapose that of the overall theme of the lamp because they are cut straight in nature then curved to fit within the circle chamber of the lamp. The pieces include openings between them to fit around the CNC chambers but appear as one solid once assembled. Finally the lighting of the lamp is was created with a python script using a CPB.
The design was developed with the intention of iplying a curved mass using flat three axis machining techniques. The flat plates can be stacked in different orders and rotations to create different profiles of the overall object. The disks are connected with a friction fit using three dowels in the center that hidden by the Yupo shade.
The shade is made out of puzzle like pieces that were cut on the Zund Digital Cutter. The initial design of the shade pieces juxtapose that of the overall theme of the lamp because they are cut straight in nature then curved to fit within the circle chamber of the lamp. The pieces include openings between them to fit around the CNC chambers but appear as one solid once assembled. Finally the lighting of the lamp is was created with a python script using a CPB.