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Welcome Home Stand

December 17, 2015 by Whitney Bai

A special piece of furniture I designed inspired by my own experience. This is a welcome home stand where you can put away the things you don’t need at home into handmade leather bowls, and hang the keys or umbrella on the metal frame. Both leather and metal will document the daily usage and age beautifully.

Categories: ID Projects, Softgoods • Tags: bai, brass, coldrolledsteel, crs, furniture, handmade, home, id, industrialdesign, leather, leatherbowl, stand, welcome, whitney, whitneybai

Leather Keychains

November 2, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Wanted to tested the new set of stamps I got. Vegetable tanned leather takes stamps really well. I wet the surface and waited for it to return it’s dry color. Placed the stamp and hit it with a hammer several times. Then I lightly painted the indent to make it more visible. For this I dyed the leather first and finished the edges. Then I wet the surface, stamped the leather and attached the hardware. A teabag inspired tea bag […]

Categories: Freelance, Softgoods • Tags: bai, color, feather, hammer, indent, key ring, leather, paint, stamps

Leopard Gecko Carrier

May 2, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Design Goal: a portable tank for leopard gecko owners that allow them to engage in daylong activities while providing proper care for their leopard geckos. Visiting RISD Nature Lab and interview staff member to study the behavior of leopard gecko. Interviewee: Evan Fredriksen—an employee in RISD Natural Lab who is specialized in reptile. Work shift Thursdays 1:00-10:00 Lizard in question: Mowgli, Leopard Gekko/Gecko, also known as the spotted fat-tail gecko. (Eublepharis macularius). Native to desert areas in S. Central Asia […]

Categories: ID Projects, Sketches • Tags: 3D, bai, carrier, crystalball, gecko, id, ideation, industrial design, leopard, lizard, pet, petappreciation, process, risd, showandtell, sketch, whitneybai, whitneyyubai