Hero Design http://www.hero-design.com Hero - Custom Design Build Modern Contemporary Furniture Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Giant LED light Boards for Adobe http://www.hero-design.com/2013/06/20/giant-led-light-boards-adobe/ http://www.hero-design.com/2013/06/20/giant-led-light-boards-adobe/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:06:06 +0000 Hero http://www.hero-design.com/?p=1654

Vine Video!

A few weeks ago we built a giant (16′x8′x5″) LED light board for Adobe. The boards feature hundreds of RGB LEDs in a 2″x2″ grid, behind a snazzy diffusing acrylic. We built a 4′x8′ prototype before hand to be sure to get everything right. Adobe is going to outfit the boards with pressure sensors and do some coding  to make the boards interactive and responsive. They will be mounted in The Children Creativity Museum this summer!

Here are some photos of the the prototype

The Grid Big Grid The two halves of the prototype LEDS Mario The full prototype

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Now I have my very own makerspace: Hero Design, and we are going to help the teen makers at the Palo Alto Art Center and the Palo Alto City Library design the furniture for their new Maker Space.

Working with the Palo Alto Art Center and the Palo Alto City Library and at Noll and Tam we’ve guided the teens as they embark on their design process. Based on the designs they imagine, Hero will produce a set of Makerspace furniture that will then tour Bay Area public spaces.

Several weeks ago the teens toured our studio and we introduced them to world of CNC fabrication. And yesterday the teens presented their final prototypes for the type of furniture they want. The concepts were fantastic, creative, and practical.

The concepts included:

  • A showcase/shelving unit spelling out the word MAKE
  • A seat, with a small cubby underneath, with a bouncy ball top
  • Configurable, collapsible tables on wheels
  • A two part  mobile tool chest
  • A mobile parts-bin wall

We are going to have a lot of fun designing and building these.

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Light Board Prototype for Adobe#herodesign
The Back. Lots of LEDs! #herodesign
The Back. Lots of LEDs!

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Clamp that box down

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