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The following pages contain examples of my drawing for graphic and built works. Included are concept sketches, 3D rendering, architectural drafting, model building, and graphic design, as well as photographic documentation.
These projects are the collaborative work of groups of talented people and are beyond the scope of one person, or one portfolio. The selections include portions of projects I have significant authorship of, but my work is only possible thanks to brilliant creative partners including: Keith Greco, Peter & Electra Lang, Alberto Miyares, Stephen Mar, Patrick Shearn, Joscha Ramhorst, David Luckenbill, Leo Ramos, Jochen Ziems, Somerset Waters, Jimmy Lizama, Orchid Velasquez, and my son, Bucky.
TRON E3 - 2010 (master control) Los Angeles Convention Center disney
Concept sketch
Disney E3 - 2009 (expo-nential) Los Angeles Convention Center
3D Rendering
General elevation
Tabletop model
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The Electronic En-
tertainment Expo is a hypercompetitive video game trade show saturated with towering video displays and sound.
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Disney’s re-emer-
gence into this market was a comforting sanctuary from chaos, while still winning the game of attraction.
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First-of-it’s-kind
giant kinetic installation with dynamic fluidity of form reflecting the customizable play-style of a new type of Disney game.
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The printed fa-
cades mounted to motorized scrollers transform the look along with colorchanging backlighting in-
Toy Story 3 - Game Press day
side every printed wooden plank.
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Hundreds of Pix-
ar’s creative force came
(frontierism) Pixar Studios, 2010 disney
to witness the ‘installation performance’.
Concept Sketch
Pixar Atrium Installation
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This historic location where Marilyn Monroe’s curves were first pho-
tographed for Playboy was transformed into the rectilinear digs of Pictures in a Row: an advertising and film production house in Hollywood. Every window, door, floor, ceiling, wall and fixture was newly created from scratch.
New picture window connects past and present
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Note the fish
scaled ceiling surrounding an automated sky-
pictures in a row (production haus)
light, from which hang twin fixtures lighting an internally wired glu-lam table, encircled by 200
736 Seward Street Los Angeles, 2008
book shelves – all hand made to the proportions PIAR - BOOKSHELVES
1 of the triple rectangle A2
REV 25
Scale: 1:100
Pictures in a Row logo. Conference room
18 3/4
Conference room wall elevations
3/4
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restoration of hm #420 (beaux & arrows) 3340 Country Club SHELBURN SHELVES
Drive, 2009
revision III
Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"
Peter & Electra Lang
3'-10"
Built-in china cabs
10 1/2"
5'-4"
7 1/2"
Built-in shelves
New kitchen tiles 9
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This Beaux-Arts mansion built in 1914
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12'-0 3/4" 1'-1 1/4"
12'-4 3/4"
2'-2" 1 1/4"
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be under the stewardship of Peter and Electra
11'-0"
7"
at the now center of Los Angeles, is lucky to
1'-11 3/4"
SALVIA
2"
MOUTARDE
1 1/8"
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3" 1'-1 1/4"
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Lang. A mature specimen of historic crafts-
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manship and building technology, the 3 story
1'-5 3/8"
6"
1"
10'-0"
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Servant's Hall - China Case revision IX Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0"
building includes a sweeping glass marquee,
RESIDENCE FOR Mr. & Mrs. PETER LANG
ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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a grand mirrored-staircase entry, 27 rooms,
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an enormous roof-fed cistern, and more.
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Drawings were painstakingly created
for multiple new built-in cabinets, book cases, total kitchen remodeling, and secret garden as part of a loving and exacting complete building restoration.
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KITCHEN FLOOR TILE BORDER B RESIDENCE @ Õ & N PETER LANG on country club drive, los angeles, cal.
propose
LACBC Bikeable Bike VALET Rack
1 1/4"
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91
/8"
5 3/4"
" 1/8 3'-9
3'-4"
1'-0 1/4"
/8"
(free parking)
Both Sides
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3'-6 3/4"
1 1/2"
One Side Only 1'-8 3/8" 2'-1 3/8"
8'- Steel Stud
Mobile, 2008 2'-11"
los angeles
3'-2"
6 1/2"
PLYWOOD LAYOUT FOR (12) HORSES
6 1/2"
shop drawing
6 1/2"
Bike rack horses
LA Street Summit bicycle valet parking
1'-8 3/8" 2'-1 3/8"
8'-0"
4'-0"
8 1/2" 8 1/2"
coalition
5 3/4"
8 1/2"
county bicycle
1'-0 1/4"
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Co-operative me-
chanical learning space where volunteers help you build and maintain
Bicycle KitcHen Bicicocina
your own custom ride, the Bicycle Kitchen is a heaven-sent community hub where the energy of the urban center is assembling and lubricating
(retro-dynamo) Eco Village / Bicycle District, 2005 bicycle kitchen not for profit cooperative
and getting true.
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Capturing such
Logotype
a constructive vortex in a graphic identity, when a project is still nascent, is an opportunity to put a message to the future in the courier’s bag.
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Today, the Bicycle
Kitchen and bicycle community of LA have grown exponentially together. Their location at Heliotrope and Melrose is now the Bicycle District, and the Bike Oven, and Bicrowave are radial spokes.
Cooks wrenching at mobile workshop
Red bull bar (drinks with wings) Mobile, 2009
Road-case bar 3Drendered in open configuration
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Concept and prototype portable bar contained in a standard road-case for transport.
All over the world right now, there are needy drinkers thirsty for a Red Bull with Vodka.
Road-case bar 3Drendered in traveling configuration
Road-case bar specs TOP 54 18
BACK DROP-IN SHELVES
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WINGS HINGE OUT TO FORM OPENED BASE
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FRONT HINGED
3X DRAWERS
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DECORATIVE TRIM
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FRONT
ALL CONTAINED IN MIDDLE THIRD OF BASE
CABINET DOOR
WHEELS (NOT SHOWN)
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SIDE
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This vintage Route-
Red bull BUS
master double-decker bus was completely gutted and
(double-decked out)
transformed into a mobile VIP club for Red Bull. Fea-
Mobile, 2006
tures include:
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New rear doors
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Complete wet bar
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Ice cooler
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Downstairs lounge
Custom double decker Routemaster w/ bar, DJ booth, AV system, bathroom, & upper lounge Add-on rear doors
w/ cut-away ceiling Upstairs lounge
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DJ booth
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AV system
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Skylights
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Rest room
KG
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RED BULL BUS - REAR DOOR Scale: 1" = 1'-0"
1'-11 1/8"
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21"
2'-1 3/4"
15"
Tinted windows
1'-8"
2'-0"
Red Bull paint-job Silver vinyl graphics
77 3/8"
4'-1 3/4" 6"
21 1/2"
1'-7 7/8"
9 3/4"
6 1/4"
1'-11 3/4"
3'-3 3/8"
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6"
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22 5/8"
Custom built-in bar
Silver cut-vinyl Red Bull side graphics installed in sections
atmosphere 88’ GEO dome
88’ DOME WITH PARTIAL SKIN OPTIONS
(synergetic) Mobile, 2007 1
poetic kinetics
88’ DOME WITH PARTIAL SKIN OPTIONS
88’ DOME WITH PARTIAL SKIN OPTIONS
/ dome guys Dome-based aerial theater proposal 1
88’ DOME WITH PARTIAL SKIN OPTIONS
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Alternative partial skin elevations
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The Geodesic Dome is the strongest, lightest, and
most efficient means of enclosing space yet known to man, it Dome at Coachella
also looks really cool, making it ideal for event construction. Working with domes, however, requires 3D planning, with sloping walls and ceilings, strut length variation, and a 5-sided layout. What’s your frequency?
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The world’s
largest marionettes and an aerialist butterfly perform
Terracotta Warrior & Girl
suspended from mobile cranes for throngs of Olympic Spectators
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This Roy-
al de Luxe inspired street theater was designed in California, and construct-
(monu-mental)
Beijing Olympics 2008 johnson & johnson Daily outdoor marionette performances during Olympics
ed in China, where it is now on display in the Terra-cotta Warrior Museum.
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Pictures
are the only universal language making international art like this possible.
Custom aerial rigging apparatus
Gear CNC file
the new garde (multi-modal)
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Runway shows are fertile
ground for theatrical performance experiment.
MOCA Temporary Contemporary Los Angeles, 2005 gen art
1"
6 1/4"
1 1/4"
2"
3 5/8"
4'-0"
4'-0"
6'-0"
Aerial ring
2'-0"
5'-7 1/2"
Gears as fashion accessory
1/2"
2" Tubing
1'-4"
Logotype
Orchid violet (hyper-natural)
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Pioneering independent
craft commerce in Los Angeles since
Silverlake, 2004 orquidia violeta
2000, Orquidia Violeta Velasquez sews unique wearable art for women.
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The flower logo and custom
typeface are synthetic approximations of the chaotic patterns responsible for an orchid’s allure.
Outfitted in Orquidia Violeta top & bottom, descending into LA’s art underground
memoirs of a geisha premiere (western eastern) Central Park Boathouse New York, 2005 columbia pictures / dreamworks
32 person tatami seating - 3D render
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The exquisite beauty of this period-film was delicately captured in simple seating ar-
rangements and shoji screen walls, totally transforming New York’s Central Park Boathouse Seating becomes environment
into 1929 Kyoto.
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4x4
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val, Queens, 2007
112'
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cunningly placed
Tribeca Film Festi-
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food buffets are
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SpiderMan 3 Premiere
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arrivals
Chuppah dome waterjet CNC file with 2500 crystal mounting holes
jennifer Lustig Wedding (faithful)
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Marriage is a heavy
proposition, but thousands of Swarovski crystals are heavier. You don’t want to take chances with this much hanging over
Los Angeles, 2008
your head. Careful planning and quality fabrication could save your marriage.
Chuppah covered in swarovski crystals, orchids & roses
Princess lulwa Al-Thani Wedding (arabesque) Amiri Palace Doha, Qatar, 2009 emirate of qatar Dance floor & bridal arch construction Printed graphics to bridge video dancefloor, floral surround, and chandelier columns Seating & floral plan
The white hori-
lows those who struggle. Don’t sweat it,
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FLORALS: (11) #1, (12) #2, (6) #Tall
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rage. Quicksand swal-
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elusive oasis is a mi-
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MIRIAM'S CHILDREN'S AREA
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DRAWING TITLE:
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QATAR WEDDING 2009
FLORAL STUDY
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KA Premiere (tribal) Las Vegas, 2005 cirque du soleil
After-party performance rehearsal is partly cloudy
Cloud installation diagram plan and elevation
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A giant cloud conceals the enormous MGM
Grand Garden Arena’s ceiling, the event’s vast array of lighting, sound, and the 360° video projection system. The could also act as a vertical backstage apron for aerial performers to bungee jump through costumed as rain drops. Each cloudlet is simply constructed from a single PVC pole, a piece of fabric and some fishing line. Simple, affordable, enormous, and effective.
13'
5' 8' 4'
The Beatles LOVE Premiere (pepperlanding)
1'
2'
11'
2'
3'
1'
4'
24'
Los Vegas, 2006 Cirque Apple Creation Partnership
Aluminum frame & skin CAD model
Sea of holes dance floor revealed
Gala guests with LOVE & PEACE
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Cirque du Soleil’s all-night premiere parties
are packed with tricks and treats and thousands of guests. The LOVE Premiere Gala surprised everyone in pepperland when the technicolor walls fell away revealing a blistering ‘sea of holes’ dance floor. Leading the procession through the portal was a life-size plush yellow submarine.
Photography
4. Kristen Erickson 6. flickr: Mulling It Over 9. Aaron Kuehn; CNET 10. Peter Lang 11. Peter Lang 12. Gary Kavanagh 13. Emma Ceddia 15. Aaron Kuehn 16. Dome Guys 17. flickr: Bankai 18. Aaron Kuehn 19: Melanie Gordon; Reyes Rodriguez, 20. Benarroch Productions 21. Benarroch Productions 22. Preston Bailey 23. Aaron Kuehn 24. Aaron Kuehn 25. CĂŠline Courchesne; flickr: guru.metal
Software
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Google Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite
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