...my re-imagined pitch for the laser-cut emerald city formerly known as Solar City, got the green light from our sponsor. Jubilation. My slot car hell is no more.
Oh I know my boys are so curious about this, the way they linger when they walk by here. Me too, for that matter. I hope they learn to share and take turns better by the time you finish this project. I can see the excitement of play trumping their immature manners....again :-/
For the record: The original concept called for slot car tracks and over the past two years we got the car's reliability to within a hair's breath of acceptable....but always just shy. In desperation we flew in a bonafide slot car guru and he gave us every assurance we could get the reliability we require....said my custom water-jet cut tracks were phenomenal... until he thought about it some more and came to FULLY appreciate what we mean when we say that the exhibit would have to be "un-facilitated". Seems slot cars are just a little too fickle to be expected to go and go and go without the benefit of a human nudge or an electric jolt here and there. A long and painful lesson is finally behind me.
I've been a practicing Industrial Designer for 30+ years and, in addition to perpetual tinkering and toying, I've worked on biomedical components, private aircraft interiors, monumental sculpture, furniture, lighting, expos, landscape architecture, high steel, museum exhibits, playground equipment, and packaging design.
After six very fulfilling years as the Director of Exhibits at Children's Museum Tucson I've left to pursue similar endeavors in the 'adventure playground' space. I've connected with an international community of play advocates who are dedicated to supporting children by providing more robust play opportunities.
2019 Update:
I'm currently working again in the museum sector serving as an interactives/artifacts specialist.
Projects posted here include those recent, corporate, freelance, incomplete, back-yard, and those wholly ill-conceived. Posts, when not shorthand and jargo-cryptic, are long on images and short on descriptions. Inquiries are encouraged... especially those celebrating improbable uses of unlikely materials, my modus operandi.
2023 Update: I've been posting to Insta rather than here for the past few years. Find me there @milzeaze.
Oh I know my boys are so curious about this, the way they linger when they walk by here. Me too, for that matter. I hope they learn to share and take turns better by the time you finish this project. I can see the excitement of play trumping their immature manners....again :-/
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ReplyDeleteThe original concept called for slot car tracks and over the past two years we got the car's reliability to within a hair's breath of acceptable....but always just shy. In desperation we flew in a bonafide slot car guru and he gave us every assurance we could get the reliability we require....said my custom water-jet cut tracks were phenomenal... until he thought about it some more and came to FULLY appreciate what we mean when we say that the exhibit would have to be "un-facilitated". Seems slot cars are just a little too fickle to be expected to go and go and go without the benefit of a human nudge or an electric jolt here and there. A long and painful lesson is finally behind me.
Emerald City...so are you the wizard?
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