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Client // Design Cloud Chicago
Location // Chicago, Illinois
Date // Fall 2011

Design Cloud Chicago is an upcoming group of designers and creators that are redefining what a design studio should be. This studio, located in Chicago’s West Loop, is a creative workplace & art gallery. They believe that the best way to stimulate and improve the creative process is to continually interact with other disciplines and understand their many different ways of thinking.

The space is designed as a workspace within an art gallery. I was fortunate enough to meet this exciting group early in their development, and consulted on the overall space design/aesthetic, and custom furniture design and fabrication. Design Cloud Chicago is a creative launch pad for clients and freelancers alike.

Location // Lewisville, Idaho
Date // Fall 2007
Materials // Salvaged redwood & brick

I have always had a strong interest in materials.  It is amazing how much difference a slight variation in color, texture or light can make.  I would say that architects are masters of material, and the best details are almost always found where two materials meet.  This project is a quick study on the relationship between brick and wood, and how the two are able to interact with one another.  Built as a small fence to conceal a water pump from view, this small project is still one of my favorite.  The brick is made to be a little rough and messy, and the wood is the sharp counter-weight.  Masonry details continue throughout the project to help tie the materials together.

Rural Modern Kitchen
Dark cherry, glazed maple, custom beadboard

Peek-a-Boo Coffee Table
Finnish birch plywood, expandable

The Man’s BBQ
Steel barrel, custom construction

Experimental Desk
Finnish birch plywood

Exponential Shoe Rack
Red oak, 27 pair capacity

Gazebo Concept
4×4 posts

Half-Timber Column Model
Douglas fir, concrete