JQLN http://www.jqln.org/blog I make stuff. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 If you can read Portugese… http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=836 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=836#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:54:05 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=836 Interview in Zupi Magazine.

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=836 0 LED strip prototype http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=819 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=819#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:56:38 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=819 LED strip prototype

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=819 0 Reinvent NYC hackathon http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=815 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=815#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:16:26 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=815 hackathon_0000
We participated in a hackathon for nyc.gov at General Assembly, and our group won an award for most innovative concept! (w/ Jon Wettersten, Albert Lee, Geoffrey Brown, Burton Rast, Kristy Tillman, Michael Yap & Colin Raney). Our award? Breakfast with Mayor Bloomberg.

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]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=799 0 Issues. http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=794 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=794#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:12:28 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=794 Dinosaur in shower with short arms.

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=794 0 Happy New Year! http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=754 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=754#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:19:14 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=754 This is a design for the new year of 2011, which is the year of the rabbit. The idea behind this is to impart a spirit of reproductivity, whether through projects or whatever we give to the world.

yearoftherabbit

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=754 0 house drawings http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=676 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=676#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:04:46 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=676 While on vacation traveling around in Brazil in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, I made a series of drawings of houses that I fantasized would be nice to live in or at least visit. Surrounded as I was by favelas, I was inspired to delve into this fantasy world and imagine living spaces that are absurd and playful.

apartmentpyramid

verticalrailroad

umbrellatower

slidefromroof

bananamotel

skislopelodge2

skislopelodge

seedhouse

scenery

roofaccess

rockhouse

movingbedroom

housesurroundedbypool

houseonocean

houseofballs

glassroof

expandingroomspyramid

elevatorshaft

churchcablechairboathouse

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=676 0 intimate conversations with strangers http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=605 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=605#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:34:24 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=605 These conversations took place in the mid-Manhattan library over the course of three hours. I spoke with five strangers. Of the five, two came to me without any coaxing, because they had seen the red blanket on the seat from a distance and they were drawn to it out of curiosity. I explained the project to start the conversations, and the responses were either appreciation for this art form or skepticism. When they were seated on the red blanket, I felt closer to them for a short while, because they unconsciously agreed to conditions of “intimacy”.

Conversations lasted from 10 – 15 minutes.
Topics included life, death, microfinance and travelling.
The types of people I talked to were tourists, students, and enterpreneurs

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]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=605 2 Slate chess set http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=598 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=598#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:21:07 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=598 chess
In the absence of an existing chess set, Tak and I made one from slate on this July 4th. The heaviness was quite satisfying.

]]> http://www.jqln.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=598 0 birdmania http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=579 http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=579#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:39:46 +0000 jqln http://www.jqln.org/blog/?p=579 birdmania

Birdmania, the successor to Meowmania, follows in the “mania” series. These are individual single-serving sites that attempt to encapsulate one idea within a page. Meowmania was inexplicable and its primary function was to serve the entertainment needs of cats. Birdmania is a bit like an aviary you can access in a web browser.

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