Monday, March 10, 2008

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.

Monday, February 25, 2008

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.

sita at design and the elastic mind

"Design and the Elastic Mind" Press Preview

SMIT partners in front of GROW

GROW wall label at MoMA

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

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:

Installing GROW at MoMA

Installing GROW at MoMA

Sam on the ladder at MoMA:
Installing GROW at MoMA

SMIT putting GROW into MoMA gallery space:
SMIT installing GROW at MoMA

Just outside the gallery space:
installing GROW at MoMA

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

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.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Making panel for MoMA

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

Testing the print-out of the leaves:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Testing the laminating of the leaves:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Old design vs. new design:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Possible grommets, rivets, stand-offs:
making GROW panel for MoMA

making GROW panel for MoMA

making GROW panel for MoMA

Possible copper rivet:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Wiping down the leaves:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Attaching the panels, using plastic rivets:
making GROW panel for MoMA

First 5 rows of GROW:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Getting set up to roll the panel onto a cardboard tube:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Coop and Kevin help start the panel on the tube:
making GROW panel for MoMA

making GROW panel for MoMA

Attaching the screws and grommets:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Moving along quickly now: (R to L) Sam, Kevin, Coop and Ben
making GROW panel for MoMA

Almost done:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Done. Ready to be packed up for MoMA:
making GROW panel for MoMA

Boxed up:
installing GROW at MoMA

So there it is. Ready to take to MoMA.

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

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

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:
Investment Readiness Quiz: AI2V in Amherst, MA
AI2V in Amherst, MA
AI2V in Amherst, MA
AI2V in Amherst, MA
AI2V in Amherst, MA

Friday, January 04, 2008

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.