squintroduction Posted on September 11th
My name is Gabriel Blue Cira and I’m an architecture student at MIT. I’ve become increasingly interested in furniture design and general object design over the past few years. I like to find old chair skeletons and refit them with interesting materials. I’m a monitor in the N51 woodshop, and I’ve made tables and chairs there, mostly of wood and steel. I use the CNC router here and there, either to cut furniture components or molds for vacuum-forming parts. I have a (healthy) obsession with contours. This past summer I worked for Howëler + Yoon Architecture, and my main project was more object design than architecture. I designed and prototyped a solar-powered, floating, glowing, tiling ‘pillow’ for a large exhibit for display (hopefully) in the Boston harbor next to the ICA.
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Commented \')/* on November 14th, 2007.Hello Gabriel,
What type of CNC Router do you use? I am trying to figure out the most popular ones.
Thanks
Commented CNC Information on December 11th, 2007.Ivan Irons
ergonomic chair…
you forgot the ‘no guarantee’ rule, but hey….
Commented ergonomic chair on February 11th, 2008.i like your 6 degrees from yuppie to hippie. and yes, cradle to cradle is awesome.
Commented dani b on April 17th, 2008.Hi Gabriel. Good luck to you!
Commented social on April 21st, 2008.