Since MoMA opening...

Well, things have really kicked up since the MoMA opening. We have been blogged about in a number of different places. I met the co-founder of Ecolect, Joe Gebbia, back in early Feb at the Greener Gadgets conference and he ended up wanting to post about me on
his website.

Then that got picked up by Inhabitat and Treehugger and then that went all around the world it seemed in only a few days. We have been getting lots of calls and people have been asking to order GROW.

Things are picking up and we are just getting started with our AI2V coaching with Sharon Ballard. Hopefully this will prove to be a very productive time to have her coaching and we will be able to use it to our best advantage.

-Sita.

Opening Week at MoMA

What a week!
The MoMA sure does know how to throw a party. We attended the opening of Design and the Elastic Mind which GROW is a part of, and met a lot of the designers for other pieces in the show as well as well-known artists and designers from varied backgrounds. It is such an honor to be a part of what is already an amazing show.

Installing GROW at MoMA

We are the first piece being installed in the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit...so it's hard to tell what the other pieces will be. We only know of one piece that is supposed to be in the show and it's a vacuum cleaner, so it'll be a surprise to see what else is in the show.

Here are some pics of us installing at MoMA:

GROW going up in the Design and the Elastic Mind gallery:





Sam on the ladder at MoMA:


SMIT putting GROW into MoMA gallery space:


Just outside the gallery space:


It's up and dusted and there are now some other pieces installed in the space as we are leaving:


We can't wait for the opening at the end of the month!
The Members' opening is Feb 19th and the public opening is Feb 24th, 2008.
Stay tuned!
-Sita.

Making panel for MoMA

Here is what we have been doing since I returned from Amherst...

Testing the print-out of the leaves:


Testing the laminating of the leaves:


Old design vs. new design:


Possible grommets, rivets, stand-offs:






Possible copper rivet:


Wiping down the leaves:


Attaching the panels, using plastic rivets:


First 5 rows of GROW:


Getting set up to roll the panel onto a cardboard tube:


Coop and Kevin help start the panel on the tube:




Attaching the screws and grommets:


Moving along quickly now: (R to L) Sam, Kevin, Coop and Ben


Almost done:


Done. Ready to be packed up for MoMA:


Boxed up:


So there it is. Ready to take to MoMA.

We'll post more pics when it's installed!
-Sita.

original GROW panel redesign

Sam has redesigned GROW from his original thesis design. These are a few options that he has been playing with for the redesign.

AI2V in Amherst, MA

While Sam is redesigning the GROW panel for the MoMA exhibit, I am in Amherst, MA at an Advanced Invention to Venture (AI2V) with Sharon Ballard. Sharon is a Supercoach, and an entrepreneurial rockstar in general. I feel very fortunate to be able to attend this workshop while Sam and Ben are feverishly working away back in Brooklyn.

Some pics from the workshop:

MoMA responds to our images of GROW

So, we sent in a few images of our working prototype of GROW to the curator and asst curator at the MoMA. Their feedback is that it doesn't look like the original design which they prefer. We are going to re-make a version of the original GROW for them to put in the Design and the Elastic Mind show. It's a bit of a setback, but luckily we have the time to make another version of the panel so we can still be in the show.