Farm Philly

Farm Philly is a urban gardening project that my classmates and I are currently working on in our studio. Check it out! Farm Philly

I Blew It.

I’ve been in a glassblowing class since the beginning of this semester and have wanted to share some of my work, but haven’t had the content to post, no photos. Thanks to my glass partner and good friend Wes, I have some photos. I went into this Introduction to glassblowing class already knowing how to work with it a little bit by learning from Owen Pach at East Falls Glassworks. I feel lucky having had some experience because now, with input and instruction from my professor Jess Julius, I’m able to express my ideas more clearly in this medium without having to worry about still learning the basics. My beginner skills have immense room for improvement, but I’m happy with what I’m able to produce at the moment.

Flatware

This is a project I’ve been working on for a little while now and it’s almost finished. Our assignment was to design a set of flatware including a fork, spoon, and knife. They were to be designed using Rhino OSX (3-D modeling software) and then outsourced to a laser cutting facility in New Zealand called Ponoko. The flatware is then formed by using a heat gun and different molds I made to form the flatware into their desired shapes. The result is a set of utensils that can be placed anywhere, without worry of staining a surface or contaminating the utensils.

A Day in the Life

I recently had an assignment in one of my classes to make a video document of a day in my life as a design student, and it had to be under one minute. I really enjoyed making and editing this video, the one minute limitation was hard to meet, but it forced me to show only what was needed. I would like to thank Tom Reynolds for giving me some pointers in Final Cut Pro. Click the link below to take a thrilling ride through a day in my glorious life!

A Day in the Life from Chris Mufalli on Vimeo.

Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Light

Today, with some help from my friend Paul, the 1st prototype of the Card Catalog Lamps are complete. We used small 40w incandescent bulbs which give it a great glow, but they get really hot. Paper burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit, and I left these on for a good four hours as a test, and no signs of fire, so that’s a relief. Next we’re going to try to make these bigger, either by using more pieces, or making the pieces themselves bigger. I’ve had, and received, some good ideas on how to do this, hopefully they turn out even better.

Card Catalog Balls

I made these paper balls today from a template i got online called the IQ light.  In my Human Factors course in Industrial Design at University of the Arts we are working with the University Library to help them get up with the times.  Known as a keystone in libraries since FOREVER the card catalog has finally gone the way of the dodo bird.  One of my objectives was to upcycle the cards into new lighting fixtures for the outdated library.  I like the way these turned out, although I would like to go waayyy bigger.

Instructables

I posted an instructable on how to build a speaker cabinet from basically trashed speakers and scrap materials.