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Rhino Renderings

September 25, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Categories: CAD • Tags: 2D design, 3D, art, CAD, Digital Photography, iindustril design, material, render, rendering, rhino, texture, watercolor

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Cover Image

August 11, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Cover deisgn for advanced energy materials: Keywords: colloidal suspensions; conductivites; flow batteries; lithium ion cells; rheologies In article number 1500535, Kyle C. Smith, Gareth H. McKinley, Yet-Ming Chiang, Jennifer A. Lewis, and co-workers report the design of biphasic electrode suspensions for semi-solid flow cells that simultaneously exhibit high energy density, fast charge transport, and low-dissipation flow. Credit: W. Bai, T.S. Wei, and J. Lewis, Harvard University.

Categories: Freelance, Graphics • Tags: 2D design, colloidal suspensions; conductivites; flow batteries; lithium ion cells; rheologies, cover

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Two shoes (almost a pair)

May 2, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Process: I use black and white deer skin for this pair of shoes. Deer skin is very soft and stretchy, but it’s very hard to skive.Stitchting on the inside. No visible stitching from outside: Punch eyelets: Upper’s done! Secure the back by nailing it to the last with a piece of leather, so it won’t leave a huge whole on the upper. Pullback the upper onto the last tightly. Put the toe puff in and sand it nicely. Use contact […]

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: 2D design, bespoke, blackandwhite, cementconstruction, handmade, leather, leathershoe, leatherworking, shoedesign, shoemaking, shoes, whitneybai

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Two shoes (not a pair)

April 30, 2015 by Whitney Bai

For skill building I made my first two pumps using cement construction:

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: cement construction, fittting, handmade, last, leather, sewing, sewing machine, shoelast, shoemaking, shoes, vegetable tanned

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Design Intern at Voxel8

April 28, 2015 by Whitney Bai

In summer 2014 I worked at Voxel8 as an design intern with fellow RISD student Juan Carlos. Here are some highlights of my experience and our design work. Ideation Sketches (May 27 to June 9): At this stage I am doing sketches of different concept printers. I’m not concerning about the details at this point, just the overall shape and dimension, and come up with some material suggestions. I’m working with mechanical engineers, electronic engineers and software designers, and they […]

Categories: CAD, Freelance, ID Projects

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Handmade Watch Band with Veg Tanned Leather

April 27, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Process: cut 20mm wide leather stripes I wanted the leather side on both sides so I used contact cement to put two layers of leather together punched off the corner punched holesfiled edge and finished with mink oilfinished with stitches

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: accessory, awl, band, contact cement, hand tool, handmade, leather, leatherwork, punch, veg tanned, watch, whitneybai

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A series of leather trays

April 16, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bowl, feather, leather, pen holder, plates, round, trays, vegetable tanned

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Textured Leather Lunch Bag

April 16, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, handmade, hexagon, leather, lunch, texture

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The set

April 16, 2015 by Whitney Bai

I got some mint kangaroo leather from a shoe making store and I thought I’d make a black/mint set. The pencil case: The clutch/purse: The wallet: The set:

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, blue, green, handmade, kangaroo, leather, leatherpouch, leatherworking, mint, mintblue, mintgreen, pouch, purse, the set

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