From the Studio
California Table: Office Edition
Here's a quick glimpse at the making of a new version of our California Series of tables made from sun tanned poplar. This version is 7ft long and has plenty of room for most home or small office needs.
Here goes...
Library Drawer Cab Conversion
Check out this crazy conversion of our severely mis-used vintage library cabinet. With no labels, things just got stuffed (and lost) within it cavernous drawers. As we are fixing up our home office/studio we wanted this thing to do what it was born to do: organize (and look good doin it).
As many good ideas begin, this one started over a heated argument on how to bring this thing back to life. I was ready to...
Coffee Table Makeover
Been working on some cool projects over at Found Vintage Rentals in Fullerton, CA. The owner, Jeni, is known for seeing hope in the hopeless, as far as furniture goes.
So with the help of my new HVLP sprayer and some salvaged tin from a burned down night club, we flipped this boring brown table into a really cool centerpiece for a little drinks and conversation;)
Here's how it went...
Why I Make Tables
Early this year I made a decision to focus my creative time and energy into designing one particular thing: tables. Why tables? Out of all the crazy, cool more interesting things one can make? Here's 3 reasons why...
Tables are simple.
Tables are communal.
Tables are timeless.
Yes, there are many exceptions to these 3 rules, but those aren't the kind of tables I'm interested in making. I love building...
How to Build and Anti-gravity // Inception-style Skate Ramp
My boy Jacob from Think Tank Gallery in LA called me about their upcoming show "Dude, Monsters!" and said they needed an 'out of the ordinary' installation related to skating. We soon came up with the simple question to guide the design..."What if Savador Dalí and MC Escher decided to go skating together in a dream? What ramp would they use?" Here's what we came up with...
After making skate-able gallery ramps for the RIDE show last year...