Built as an interactive exhibit for the SXSW Edu conference that was meant to grab your attention from across a convention center. Originally designed as a "ski slope", attendees would cut and shape two pieces of cardboard to be wedged at the bottom of the ramp in an attempt to launch the tennis ball (skier) up and over a large bear waiting at the bottom. Later additions were made in the form of modular boxes and arm supports for the purpose of creating elaborate ball runs using split cardboard tubing. 

Designed to mimic the effects of the large ballrun tower, but in a space that can't accommodate the size of the tower set-up. The large is clamped down to a table and participants draw back the spring-loaded dowel and release to launch the tennis ball down the short track and attempt to get it through a series of ring targets. 

Created as a similar project to the tennis ball launcher, the intention of this project was the opposite. Instead of launching the car off the track, students would cut and fold pieces of computer paper in an attempt to stop the car before it flew off the end. The challenge and constraints came from no tape or adhesive being allowed, and the car had to remain situated on its track and not fly off sideways either.

Cut and built to showcase the abilities of the CNC machine and the kinds of projects you would never want to try by hand. Mounted on a wooden universal joint, up to 4 people work cooperatively to navigate a marble from the center of the maze to the outer most edge.

Designed for a school classroom to be used outside on sand. The project involved two groups, one to wear the feet and tread out footprints that tell a story, and a second group to come and try to decipher what happened.

As part of a class on paleontology, students are brought to a dig site and go through the proper processes for excavating a fossil, from uncovering it, transporting it back to the lab safely, and removing the bones from the rocks they're encased in. To create this experience and make it somewhat believable, I took a halloween prop dinosaur skeleton, tore it apart into pieces, filled the hollow pieces with plaster to add realistic weight, weathered them with a wire wheel, stained them to add age, and cast them into chunks of plaster and concrete. Finally, I built a set of robust crates to safely transport the bones to and from the program.

Designed as part of a class on space exploration, this device was used to illustrate the difficulties of working with the large gloves of spacesuits. Combining mounted bolts with hammer-in receivers, students wear hockey gloves and attempt to fasten various pieces of hardware into place. An added challenge comes from throwing a towel over the whole set-up, so students have to try and complete the challenge without seeing their hands.

Created to be work spaces at a convention, these tables eventually found a home in a maker space. The original design with the logo proved hard to sit and work at, so a second iteration was created to allow students to put their feet underneath. The problem then became storage. While originally designed to disassemble and flat-pack, that was not the reality of how people interacted with them and as a result, they occupied a large footprint and were tricky to transport. The other issue was the amount of plywood sheets it took to build additional tables, so a third design was created. The final design featured legs that were removable and able to be stored on the table itself so as to not get lost in transport. v3 was also cut out of a single sheet of plywood, minimizing cost and material.