Interspatial: A Multi-touch Installation

Submitted by _mike_collins
on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 06:28

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Please enjoy some production video and images from my (and Kyle Hood's) multi-touch driven animation installation recently shown at the Zoller Gallery at Penn State. The gallery show, called "Ligature," included work from all of the first-year MFA candidates from across all disciplines. My installation, Interspatial, attempted to spur discussion on technology's role within the social systems that we live in.

Studio Desk Fabrication

Submitted by _mike_collins
on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 05:34

This semester, I led the redesign of the New Media and IDS undergraduate studio space in the Visual Arts Building. Drawing from my experience with a previous furniture design project, I designed an 8 ft wide work desk that can be created entirely out of plywood on the CNC router...

Creative Commons

Submitted by _mike_collins
on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 05:10

I've been sitting on some CNC furniture design work for a while now. Originally, I wanted to obtain a design patent, but that process requires me to invest a lot of time and research and can be costly to maintain. Assuming I did my paperwork correctly, I would then have to wait 18 months for the patent to go through. Does this process sound fun to anyone?...

Jiggly Box

Submitted by _mike_collins
on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 05:44

Hi there. This is a Maya 8.5 (I know, it's old) nCloth render test. This is a 60 frame, 2 second clip. I keyframed attributes of the nCloth including gravity and pressure.