Nucharin Wangphongsawasd is a graduate student in the Woodworking and Furniture Design at Rochester Institute of Technology. We’ve featured her XYLO table and Screw rings before – fantastic work from someone who hasn’t even graduated yet! Ike is an ash Hallway table inspired by repetitive pattern construct by using the mixing between hardwood and wooden strips to represent a progression in form start from solid close space to open space which provide light and airy feeling for the overall table. Stella is an ash and wanut side table inspired by repetitive pattern construct by using the mixing between hardwood and wooden strips with technique using wedge to create tension between each strip for creating a structure which start from solid close space to open space. Contact Nucharin via Facebook or at nucharinww@gmail.com.

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Sculptural Tables Named Ike and Stella

Plate Tissue is a minimal design created by New York-based designer Liu Kejia . Liu Kejia is a recent graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Masters Industrial Design program. She is mainly passionate about furniture and product design, and has already manufactured a number of pieces

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Plate Tissue by Liu Kejia

In this edition of The Tools That Make It Happen , I headed up to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for two days of touring the campus, checking out student projects and learning what being an RIT student is all about. Since I’ve never been a design student myself, it was pretty eye-opening! My wonderful host, Josh Owen , who is a designer  but also Associate Professor and Chair of the Industrial Design Program  at the School of Design, took me around to all the different design departments and he, alongside design professor Alex Lobos, even gave me a tour of the brand new (not yet opened) Golisano Institute for Sustainability (I got to wear a hard hat, safety glasses, and reflective vest!). RIT ceramics studio Instead of focusing on tools and technology this time, I wanted to come at it this time from the angle of the student and teaching culture.

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The Tools That Make It Happen: Rochester Institute of Technology