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Walter D. Teague Exhibition in Vermont

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The exhibit was curated by granddaughter Allison Teague.  I was privileged to be able to attend and speak at the Walter Dorwin Teague exhibition opening in Waitsfield Vermont on June 1st.  The show "His Life, Work and Influence" was curated by his granddaughter Allison Teague and runs through August 31st, 2012. The Madsonian museum is a year old now and was founded by architect David Sellers. A drafting desk of Walter's son, R. Lewis Teague, from the original WDTA New York office.  I was excited to find some items that I've never seen and some that I didn't know existed anymore.  Such as this beautiful drafting desk from the WDTA office in New York.  It's likely from the 1930's and was kept by son R. Lewis Teague. The stylish Kodak Bantam Special (1936-48) was on display. A large assortment of Teague designed cameras with their packaging. Glassware, illustrations, photos, historical timeline and W. D. Teague's teenage diary! ...

Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition 2012

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Plywood toolkit for the Spark Museum by Leon Wolfendale Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition Winner’s Announcement Theme: Furniture Design for the Local Community Western Washington University Industrial Design June 13th, 2012 Five judges have reviewed and selected their favorites among 19 designs. The project was part of the sophomore course, Sophomore ID studio 2, led by Associate Professor Jason Morris. The objective was to design and construct a unique furniture solution for an organization, either the Spark Museum or Make.Shift art space, for their current needs. The material constraint was a 4' x 4' piece of 3/4 inch FSC certified hardwood plywood. The furniture will be then given to that organization as a gift. Mount Baker Products has generously donated all of the high quality plywood for the project and has also donated $6000 for scholarships for the winners. Here are the winners Designs for Make.Shift Project , Bellingham 3rd pl...

Concept Vehicle Designs

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by Gary Liljebeck This is a one week design assignment for my industrial design sophomore course at Western Washington.  The objective is to learn NURBS modelling in Rhinoceros and rendering in KeyShot and Bunkspeed.  The goal is to create a creative and fantastic vehicle using those tools.  These are some examples from the past couple of years... by Christie Brashers by Sean Braaten by Daniel Galan by Kevin Courtney by Kirk Turner by Hunter Frerich by Mauricio Romano