Brian Kelly Personal RSS Feed http://www.behance.net/Kellybrn This poster design was a response to the 2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art Collab Competition. The competition called for a mapping of design since the 1920's and it's relevance to culture. The following paragraph was submitted on the poster to describe the proposed gallery space and the relationship between the design and the user: We live in a culture that demands immediacy. Our access to relevant information needs to be communicated quickly and easily. This proposal transmits through a medium, which is one of the most simple and direct forms of communication available today, the Post-it note. This proposal is a gallery experience that is built around the inherent qualities of this communication method. The exhibition gives gallery viewers the opportunity to participate in the design of the show by posting their design comments directly on the objects.The Post-it notes are later collected and mapped to reveal patterns that emerge from the participant's comments. The result is a gallery that is rearranged monthly by design's most important attribute, the relationship between the object and it's users. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Living-Exhibit/135594 This poster design was a response to the 2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art Collab Competition. The competition called for a mapping of design since the 1920's and it's relevance to culture. The following paragraph was submitted on the poster to describe the proposed gallery space and the relationship between the design and the user: We live in a culture that demands immediacy. Our access to relevant information needs to be communicated quickly and easily. This proposal transmits through a medium, which is one of the most simple and direct forms of communication available today, the Post-it note. This proposal is a gallery experience that is built around the inherent qualities of this communication method. The exhibition gives gallery viewers the opportunity to participate in the design of the show by posting their design comments directly on the objects.The Post-it notes are later collected and mapped to reveal patterns that emerge from the participant's comments. The result is a gallery that is rearranged monthly by design's most important attribute, the relationship between the object and it's users. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Living-Exhibit/135594 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:48:36 -0500 "Some Kind of Wonder" was installed at the F.U.E.L Collection, in Philadelphia, following a preview at Design Within Reach, Philadelphia during the Design Philadelphia 2007. It was subsequently installed at the Euroluce Sales Centre in Melbourne, Austraila as part of the 2007 Melbourne Design Festival. "'Some Kind of Wonderful' comprises a trio of optical fiber nets, each holding a glass fish bowl and hung from a cloud, like an oversized raindrop. Light is emitted from the knots of the optical net. Fish swim in luminous raindrops falling from the clouds." My largest contribution to the project was the creation of the cloud environment, which was formed by joining 10,000 paper cup cake holders. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Some-Kind-of-Wonderful/135350 "Some Kind of Wonder" was installed at the F.U.E.L Collection, in Philadelphia, following a preview at Design Within Reach, Philadelphia during the Design Philadelphia 2007. It was subsequently installed at the Euroluce Sales Centre in Melbourne, Austraila as part of the 2007 Melbourne Design Festival. "'Some Kind of Wonderful' comprises a trio of optical fiber nets, each holding a glass fish bowl and hung from a cloud, like an oversized raindrop. Light is emitted from the knots of the optical net. Fish swim in luminous raindrops falling from the clouds." My largest contribution to the project was the creation of the cloud environment, which was formed by joining 10,000 paper cup cake holders. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Some-Kind-of-Wonderful/135350 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:08:52 -0500 These diaplay units are designed to display two dimensional work within the the Industrial Design studio at UArts. The displays are made from lightweight hollow core doors, and surfaced with a sheet of homasote for pinning into. The displays can be pushed around the studio with ease due to strips of HDPE that are fixed along the bottom of the doors. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/A-Frame-Displays/135346 These diaplay units are designed to display two dimensional work within the the Industrial Design studio at UArts. The displays are made from lightweight hollow core doors, and surfaced with a sheet of homasote for pinning into. The displays can be pushed around the studio with ease due to strips of HDPE that are fixed along the bottom of the doors. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/A-Frame-Displays/135346 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:45:14 -0500 This project is an exploration into the process of bending plywood. The laptop case is formed from two bend panels of plywood which slide along one another to encase the laptop computer.The case is lined with cork to provide additional heat resistance and protection. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Ply-Laptop-Case/135339 This project is an exploration into the process of bending plywood. The laptop case is formed from two bend panels of plywood which slide along one another to encase the laptop computer.The case is lined with cork to provide additional heat resistance and protection. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Ply-Laptop-Case/135339 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:11:16 -0500 This senior thesis project explores the relationship between humans and plants. Urine is used as a nutrient in this hydroponic gardening system for urban homes. While the gardener breathes in the oxygen and consumes the vitamins from the plants, the plants take in CO2 and nitrogen from the gardener's urine. Both the plant and the gardener are fed by one another creating a symbiotic relationship. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Grow-Cycle/135334 This senior thesis project explores the relationship between humans and plants. Urine is used as a nutrient in this hydroponic gardening system for urban homes. While the gardener breathes in the oxygen and consumes the vitamins from the plants, the plants take in CO2 and nitrogen from the gardener's urine. Both the plant and the gardener are fed by one another creating a symbiotic relationship. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Grow-Cycle/135334 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:01:18 -0500 Cork links is a wall organizing system that allows the user to create their own vertical landscapes. The cork material is perforated through a die-cut process allowing sections of cork to be extruded into three dimensional shapes. When the extrusions are pulled away from the wall, objects are able to be hung and gripped by the cork. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Cork-Links/134063 Cork links is a wall organizing system that allows the user to create their own vertical landscapes. The cork material is perforated through a die-cut process allowing sections of cork to be extruded into three dimensional shapes. When the extrusions are pulled away from the wall, objects are able to be hung and gripped by the cork. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Cork-Links/134063 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:24:23 -0500