tree share

here is the link for the Portland Fruit Tree Project

little worm steps

another iteration

designing for posterity

i really enjoy this very simple design element that has been in most of the apartments that i have lived in. The slot in the bathroom cabinet is designed for depositing razors after their usefulness is up. However, it only deposits them into the wall, somewhere. It makes you ponder exactly what our opinions are about our next generation.


while i'm on the topic of bathroom medicine cabinets, the doorcatch is an enjoyably simple, elegant solution.

worm bin!

So, i believe this is my first post about the worm bin as project grow. In an ideal world, it would be in this post that i discussed my thought process and reasoning for choosing this as a design problem, as the act of choosing a design problem is a design problem in itself. However, i want to devote an entire later post to this discussion, and will exclude it from the current post, which is focusing on the first three dimensional iteration of the the worm bin. The scale of the bin is about 11 1/2 inches square, and 20 inches tall. I want to work with a worm bin the scalable, and the scalability of this bin will come from differently sized middle sections, while keeping the top and the bottom the same. That way, I can focus on the complexity of the "working ends" and avoid unnecessary material waste while exploring issues of pure volume. I calculated the volume to be 6.5 gallons not accounting for the round corners, and found online that the minimum recommended size for a worm bin would be about 3-5 gallons. To increase volume, the middle section (where the worm reside) can be increased.

another round won by the bottle

In an attempt to improve the functionality of the last edition, I moved from cable to metal rod. Though the possibilities with detailing the joints becomes more interesting, the aluminum did not stand up to the bottle test. Steel might work, and I want to try it next, but I really liked the idea of the product being made of 1 metal that is highly recyclable. Here are some pictures:

a five hearted beast

if you want to learn about worms, and have information told to you like you are in grade school, check out this website: Worms. I actually kind of like the graphics.