Glass Bowl

Glass Bowl

The bowl I designed in 1991 which was originally turned in Elderwood by the Viennese Turner, Drefox,was just successfully cast in glass. This was a challenging mold problem that was worked out by Yuhao Jiang (Gordon) and a factory in China. Thank you Yuhao Jiang for...
KRIGA –aka K-ARTS–Keynote Lecture

KRIGA –aka K-ARTS–Keynote Lecture

KRIGA (Korea National University of Arts Korean National Research Institute for the Gifted in Arts) was established in 1993 by Ministry of Culture and Tourism as part of a ‘Ten-Year Project for the Cultural Development of Korea.” In the beginning of July...

Design by Field

My students this spring semester embarked on a journey. They essentially wrote the “brief” for the next generation of students who will approach the idea of world design in the coming Fall’s Studio. Human civilization’s impact the earth’s ecosystems is recognized as...

The Cooper Union Home Exam 1980

I was so excited when the home exam for admission into The Cooper Union School of Architecture arrived in February 1980. In addition to a portfolio, one had to present solutions to the following problems. Here are mine: A. Choose a tool and show, in a single drawing,...