Index NYC is the physical manifestation of https://index-space.org. It's a mixed-use space for coworking, hosting events, courses, and lectures. I worked alongside Hugh Francis, Elie Andersen, and Jacob Heftmann to orchestrate the build-out. This included collaborating with architecture firm 31 and fabricating the stadium seating, kitchen island, work tables, and call-room furniture. Index NYC opened in June of 2023 and I continue to maintain and operate the space with Elie Andersen.

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Released in 2019, the Light Phone II is a minimalist cell phone designed to be used as little as possible.

While at Sanctuary Computer, I worked on the Light Phone II for a number of years, developing a number of foundational software layers: call/text activity feeds, bluetooth and wi-fi bindings, the UI kit, and initial pieces of the IoT cloud infrastructure.

The Light Phone II OS is built on top of an AOSP fork and the cloud infrastructure is built primarily with Elixir and Postgres.

The Light Phone II was featured as one of Time Magazine's best inventions of the year in 2019 and I'm attributed as inventor on Light Phone II U.S. patent US20210266394A1.

The Wall Street Journal's write up on The Light Phone serves as a case study for the revelatory positive effect the device can have on youth and the attention crisis at large.

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Founded in 2020, Gentle Guide is a platform for connecting healers with prospective customers. Think ZocDoc for alternative practitioners — Reiki masters, Jungian therapists, meditation coaches, et al. It serves as an educational resource as well as a listing platform where customers can schedule and book services directly with practitioners.

I served as co-founder and CTO—designing and developing www.gentle.guide. The technology in use is Next.js, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Redis, Stripe Connect, Mapbox, Twilio SMS, Twilio Video, and Sanity CMS.

Gentle Guide is currently on hiatus, but may spin up sometime in the future!

In collaboration with Rob Bonaparte, Mollie Pulte, and Devin Halladay.

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I've always been interested in the interplay of different materials. Here, wood, fabric and light create a design that is hard to place: somewhere between hard and soft, traditional and modern. These sconces were installed in the Index NYC studio and provide a warm atmosphere to the space.

White oak, nylon ripstop, stainless steel, LEDs.

In collaboration with Arghavan Taheri.

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Index is a spin-off project from the garden3d collective of studios (Sanctuary Computer, XXIX).

Founded in 2021, Index is an online community for artists, designers, engineers, writers, researchers and weirdos alike. The programming spans subjects like creative coding, architecture, animation, music production, collective readings, and group meditations. It also hosts a community radio station (Index FM) and a an archive of educational resources.

While at Sanctuary Computer, I've helped develop and maintain the www.index-space.org web property, and worked on new Index initiatives such as the Index studio space in NYC.

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This installation was built for Likeminds 4.0. Likeminds is a weekend of lectures, music, workshops, and food in upstate NY. The theme of Likeminds 4.0 was time. This installation served as a way for attendees to escape clock time.

Large illuminated balloons were stationed outside the two meetings area; the lecture and music hall. The balloons were raised into the sky, visible throughout the campgrounds, shortly before each event took place. This signaled to attendees where to go and when, allowing them to forego their watches and phones for the weekend.

Weather balloon, fishing reel, wire rope, steel, LEDs.

In collaboration with Zander Chanin.

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Loupe This is a custom-built, real-time auction engine and online community for luxury watch collectors.

I served as tech lead on this project while at Sanctuary Computer. This included consulting with the design partner Century Studio, architecting and developing the real-time auction engine and payment processing flows, as well as managing it's continuous development.

We published a full case study on the Loupe This project here.

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This camera concept explores what a pocketable video camera for professionals would look like that. While many professional and prosumer point-and-shoot still-cameras have cropped up over the years (with Fujifilm’s X compacts leading the charge) there doesn’t seem to be a video-focused camera with a similar treatment.

I believe that the best camera is the one that's with you, so a pocketable form-factor is an essential feature for a successful camera design.

This concept includes features found on professional video cameras such as dedicated shutter speed, gain, and white balance controls, a manual focus and aperture ring, viewfinder, zoom rocker, and audio inputs.

Modeled in Solidworks, rendered in KeyShot.

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Cocoon is a state-of-the-art childcare and family center in Manhattan. Their facility houses play-spaces, hosts private events and a wide array of educational courses and camps for children and parents.

I served as tech lead for this project while at Sanctuary Computer. This consisted of working alongside the design team, architecting and developing their back-end infrastructure, course booking and membership sign-up flows, and managing its ongoing development.

We published a full study on the Cocoon project here.

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A table and set of benches built for the Sanctuary Computer office rooftop on 110 Bowery (2015-2020). It was used for working outside in the sun and hosting some mean dinner parties!

Pine lumber and screws :)

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18 desks and partitions for Kamp Grizzly—a video production office in Portland, OR.

Fir lumber, plywood, simpson ties.

Built with Nick Musso, Sam Tucker and Cole Lendrum.

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When to Software is a short essay about the pros and cons of automation and how to make informed decisions about when to apply software solutions to business problems.

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Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all of the processes associated with the production of a material, from the mining and processing of natural resources to manufacturing, transport and product delivery. This infographic helps visualize and compare the embodied energy of different building materials. It was used as an at-a-glance reference in my industrial design program.

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A group exhibition in the LaVerne Krause gallery with Sam Tucker and Cole Lendrum.

PVA fiber-reinforced cement, wood, acrylic.

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Bolt is a design/build studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I designed and developed their new online portfolio that showcases their work.

It was a fun web project—a simple visual treatment that spoke to their brand and stayed out of the way of their high-res photography. It also includes animated SVG infographics that speak to the way their company operates. This was a must-have for them!

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Tomm experiments with mixed materials and proportion. A cedar cabinet with canvas doors. Snap closures allow for removal of fabric panels, to be washed or interchanged.

Red cedar, canvas fabric.

Made in collaboration with Cole Lendrum.

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Basement CSS is a CSS framework developed for web projects at Sanctuary Computer. It's based on the atomic CSS approach and is highly customizable, allowing developers to translate a UI design system into composable CSS classes.

This was developed in 2019, before the rise in popularity of Tailwind CSS. Tailwind is now our styling framework of choice!

In addition to developing the framework, I designed and developed a documentation site and graphic identity, allowing us to promote the project as an internal open-source project.

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LED task lamp adjusted via two conductive ball joints. This light was exhibited at the 2015 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York.

White Oak, Steel, Bronze, and LEDs.

Made in collaboration with Cole Lendrum.

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...what's not to love?

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Images from miscellaneous building projects, prototypes and concepts from over the years.

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