1. Alexia Chimenti
Portfolio

2. Shadow Boxes: A PLAYFUL LIGHTING EXPERIENCE

4. INSPIRATION
Image Map

5. MARKET RESEARCH
The Link Lamp has fifteen high-powered LEDs, . The LED’s
output has a lifespan of 50,000 hours, or 15 to 20 years if
used day to day, and there is no internal wiring as the electric-
ity is charged through the aluminum.
.
The Tolomeo mega lamp is made of aluminum and steel,
and swivels 360 degrees. Extruded die cast aluminum with
high-polished finished, steel tension cables, parchment shade.
It uses an incandescent 150W/E26/G40 bulb. Height 58” –
131.5” Base Diameter 13”
Studioilse’s desk lamp uses a combination of beech wood,
cast iron, a glass and chalk shade, and a rope chord. The
lamp uses a low-heat halogen IRC bulb, and is dimmable.

6. IDEATION

7. 1/4 SCALE SKETCH MODELS AND PROTOTYPES

8. CAD DRAWINGS
Materials List
- 1/4” Appleply Maple
- 1/4” Lighting White Acrylic
- 1/8” Steel Rods
- 4 x screws and hex bolts
- 8 x 1/8” rare earth magnets
doR lateM ”8/1
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TOP VIEW Front Panel in birch wood
1/4”
6 3/8” 3 1/2”
2 5/8 “
70 “
SIDE VIEW Front Panel
1/4 “
TOP VIEW Back Panel in Photo Lense Acrylic
1/2”
3 5/8”
1/2 “
1/2 “
SIDE VIEW Back Panel in Acrylic
1/4 “
SIDE VIEW Object with Acrylic Boxes and Acrylic Dowels
2 1/2 “
4 1/2 “
4 x Acrylic Dowels 3”
3/16 “
4‘
THE LIGHT BOX DAI 460 CAD DRAWINGS ALEXIA CHIMENTI

9. SOLIDWORKS
Transparent Acrylic Box
1/4” Lighting White Acrylic
1/4” Appleply Maple

11. CNC ROUTER

12. CNC LASER

15. Shadow Boxes: A PLAYFUL LIGHTING EXPERIENCE

16. “healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy people”

17. A Compost Story
Alemany Farm is a San Francisco-based urban farming co-op that empowers San
Francisco residents to grow their own food, and through that process, to become more
engaged as citizens of their community. Alemany supports a variety of public programs
that encourage ecological-economic development, a green job market, food security,
environmental education, and a “share economy”
community model.
Project H partnered with Alemany farm to apply design thinking in an effort to expand
their scope, increase public awareness, and improve the farm’s facilities through
physical, structural, and object-based design interventions. In April 2009, the San
Francisco team volunteered at the farm to better understand their processes, tools,
and points of opportunity. Through this hands-on experience, they have begun to
shape a framework for a multi-faceted project that will improve the organization and
facilities through creative problem solving.
The collaboration continued to include the development and prototyping of a composter
to be used on site at Alemany Farm by employees and community members.
(http://projecthdesign.org/projects/alemany.html)

18. 1. Alemany Farm welcomes Project H. 2. Project H members experience building 3. Co-managers at Alemany Farm teach
compost first hand. members the importance of fertile soil.
4. Project H members prepare a bed for 5. Project H members water in the starts that 6. Project H member harvests vegetables by
planting using hand tools provided by they just planted using a watering can. hand with hand tools provided by Alemany
Alemany Farm. Farm.

19. Directive:
Improve & revised process of composting on farm
PROCESS
Market Research
Issues & Observations: A. $150
- Poor efficiency
Composting is higher priority than irrigation - Difficult process
Length of composting process management
Compost 2x year, plant in 2 seasons - Laborous loading
1 pile takes 4 months and unloading
Rotating bins every few weeks - very labor
intensive
Transferring/dumping can be more efficient B. $215
- Awkward
Breaking down farm “waste”
rotational interface
No power tools are allowed on the farm at hard to use
this time - Unaccesible by
Increase yield if possible kids
Opportunities:
C. $438
- Poor cost to
Obtain old cement mixer/barrel to modify/use
output ratio
Redesign the space of the process to be - Very small door
more efficient for loading and
Look at existing products that can be made/ unloading
repurposed - Too short for
unloading dirictly
Action: into wheelbarrow
Research composting systems – Tim D. $550
Measure existing compost volume – Alexia - Too expensive
Asses location/use of space for composting - Adult shoulder
process on farm (site/user flow analysis) on a level loading height
Saturday visit – Kelly, Tim, Musette makes it impractical
for flarge loads and
unloading
- Unaccesible by
kids

20. IDEATION

21. BUILD DAY 1
BUILD DAY 2
BUILD DAY 3

22. FINAL INSTALLATION
USER TESTING
TUMBLEweed is currently being tested at
Alemany Farm. Further results will follow.
All photos taken by the Project H team

23. twoinone releases the chef in you
twoinone is a salt and pepper dish for the passionate cook.
The efficient, deep and spacious salt and pepper dish requires less refills,
so gives the cook more time to focus on his or her favorite pastime. The lid
doubles as a base, so saves precious real estate on the counter top.
Intended to rest in easy access from the stove top, it is a convenient and
attractive alternative that will add elegance to any kitchen.
materials: stainless steel and domestic walnut
manufacturing process: carved on CNC router

24. twoinone

25. twoinone
IDEATION

26. twoinone releases the chef in you

27. twoinone
SOLIDWORKS

28. MODELS twoinone releases the chef in you
Foam Models
Walnut lid on CNC Cast resin cellar and walnut lid

29. The Late Bloomers Guide:
Growing Food in the City
SCHOOL BUS

30. A Quick Guide to growing food in the city. The Late Bloomers
Guide is a simple, low-cost booklet. It describes how to
access vacant land and gives the basics on urban food
production.
It speaks to a growing public interest in reconnecting with our
food source and the relationship between its production and
sustainability. It inspires and empowers individuals and
communities to grow food in the city.

31. The Late Bloomers Guide: RESEARCH
Office of the Mayor Gavin Newsom
City & County of San Francisco
Executive Directive 09-03
Healthy and Sustainable Food for San Francisco
July 9, 2009
By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by Section 3.100 of the San Francisco Charter
to provide administration and oversight of all departments and governmental units in the
executive branch of the City and County of San Francisco, I do hereby issue this Executive
Directive to become effective immediately:
1. The City declares its commitment to increasing the amount of healthy and sustainable food.
Access to safe, nutritious, and culturally acceptable food is a basic human right and is
essential to both human health and ecological sustainability. The City and County of San
Francisco recognizes that hunger, food insecurity, and poor nutrition are pressing health
ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES:
issues that require immediate action. Further we recognize that sustainable agricultural
ecosystems serve long-term economic prosperity and ability of future generations to be food
self-sufficient. In our vision, sustainable food systems ensure nutritious food for all people,
-1,058 privately owned between food consumers and producers, protect workers health and
shorten the distance lots amount to about 127 acres,
or 5.5 million minimize environment impacts, and strengthen connections between urban and rural
welfare, square feet, a fairly significant amount of
communities. The long-term provision of sufficient nutritious, affordable, culturally
unused land
appropriate, and delicious food for all San Franciscans requires the City to consider the food
production, distribution, consumption and recycling system holistically and to take actions to
# of potential sites:
preserve and promote the health of the food system. This includes setting a high standard for
food quality and ensuring city funds are spent in a manner consistent with our social,
environmental and economic values.
Backyards 60,000
2. The following principles guide this Directive on Healthy and Sustainable Food:
Street Parks 500
Private vacant lots quality of life, as well as environmental and economic health in San
a. To ensure 952
Sidewalk landscapingthe food system must promote public health, environmental sustainability
Francisco, 20,000
and social responsibility.
School Gardens 150
Rec & Parkb. Eliminating hunger and ensuring access to healthy and nutritious food for all
3,466 (acres)
residents, regardless of economic means, is a concern of all city departments.
Investments should be allocated to ensure no San Franciscan goes hungry.
c. San Francisco’s neighborhood food environments must allow residents the
opportunity to make healthy food choices and reduce environmental causes of diet
related illnesses.
d. To reduce the environmental impacts associated with food production, distribution,
consumption, and disposal, whenever possible, city resources will be used to purchase
and promote regionally produced and sustainably certified food.
A map showing the 1,058 vacant lots in
San Francisco

32. The Late Bloomers Guide: IDEATION
Site Options
Recreation and Park Department
Recreation and Park Department
Pros & Cons Notes The Facts
Space available Funding Space available
Basic amenities may Can take time Basic amenities may be provided
be provided Layout must conform Site may already be unpaved
Site may already be to RPD Design Site may have a water meter
unpaved Produce cannot be Water is often provided
Site may have a water sold Property is easily accessible
meter Must pay for construc- Must pay for construction costs
Water is often tion costs through
Sites
Obtain funding through fund -raising and grants
Alemany Farm,
provided fund -raising and grant Can take time 992 Ellsworth St. 94110
Property is easily applications Layout must conform to RPD Design Howard Langton
10 Langton St. 94103
accessible Produce cannot be sold unless land is leased
Treat Commons
23rd St. & Treat Ave. 94110
Notes
Site Examples
Alemany Farm, 992 Ellsworth St. 94110
Howard Langton Community Garden, 10 Langton St. 94103
Koshland Park Community Learning Garden, Page & Buchanan 94102
Treat Commons Community Garden, 23rd St. & Treat Ave. 94110
The Late Bloomers Guide to Growing Food in the City The Late Bloomers Guide to Growing Food in the City
The Late Bloomers Guide:
Growing Food in the City
SCHOOL BUS

33. The Late Bloomers Guide: Growing Food in the City
The Late Bloomers guide uses design as a communication
tool to empower San Franciscan residents to grow food.

36. 2009 - 2010
Student Director
iDo provides high school students with experiences that foster curiosity,
promote creativity, and build self-confidence. We introduce students to
product design, graphic design, information design, and technology.
Our success relies upon a mentorship education model that unites
university student mentors with high school students.
manage meetings
design creative
experiences
build self-
confidence

37. iDo’s Design Academy injects creativity back into the public educational system
that links science, history, and literature with design. It is a two-year program that
focuses on teaching students to be designers through relevant, experiential learning
methods. iDo’s Design Academy also provides a pathway to higher education.
Key Learning Outcomes
• Students will learn design principles and design language
• Students will be introduced to design methodology, including research,
brainstorming, and prototyping
• Students will research, analyze, and reengineer competitive products on
the market
• Students will learn about structure, form, and function
• Students will enhance their analytical and problem solving skills
Manage a team of 40 Students to
DESIGN CREATIVE LEARNING
EXPERIENCES for students in
high school.
Take results from user testing
to feedback into design

38. iDo’s Quarterly e-Journal
This issue focuses on our role as designers to ask questions and build community through example...
iDo's Design Academy
by Martin Linder
Martin Linder started iDo eight years ago in response to the
lack of experiential learning methods being taught in high
schools. Today, he is proud to announce a partnership with
the San Francisco Unified School District to create a
two-year Design Academy in San Francisco High Schools.
This issue focuses on our role as designers to ask questions and build community through example...
A Special Welcome to our Guest Author:
Questions as Answers
iDo's Design Academy by Leslie Becker, Ph.D
by Martin Linder
How do we learn to ask questions that are relevant at all
scales and to all audiences of a design project? What
Martin Linder started iDo eight years ago in response to the questions are valuable to the design process?
lack of experiential learning methods being taught in high
schools. Today, he is proud to announce a partnership with
HowSan Francisco Unified School District to create a the
the do we increase awareness about value of
creativity andAcademy in education? Schools.
two-year Design design San Francisco High
Paying it Forward
by Clarissa Charles
If you had it to do all over again, what would you wish you’d
learned in high school? iDo is making sure that future
design students have the skills we only wish we’d learned
before entering college.
As Executive Editor and designer of the iDo Journal, I
A Special Welcome to our Guest Author:
collaborate with writers, and communicate with software
Questions as Answers
engineers.
by Leslie Becker, Ph.D My First Semester with iDo
by Kristi Gravano
How do we learn to ask questions that are relevant at all Kristi discusses what drew her to join the Industrial Design
scales and to all audiences of a design project? What
iDo’s e-Journal is a platform for designers and educators Outreach Institute, and shares a brief description about her
experience in developing curriculum for the design
to share their insights and used to teach, and inspire
questions are valuable to the design process? academy launching Fall 2010 at Thurgood Marshall High
School.
creativity in schools and industry.
iDo’s e-Journal is a communication tool that educates
and inspires others to use creative methods in their
teachings and workplace. Encouraging Involvement Through Example
by Ryan Pugh
Paying it Forward
Since graduating and becoming an iDo Alumni, Ryan Pugh
by Clarissa Charles (’08) has continually returned to SF State to give talks in the
DAI department about his experiences while involved in
If you had it to do all over again, what would you wish you’d iDo. His talks emphasize the importance of being involved
in community organizations.
learned in high school? iDo is making sure that future
design students have the skills we only wish we’d learned
before entering college.
Contributors to this Shortcuts to Articles
issue
iDo's Design Academy
Martin Linder
Questions As Answers
Leslie Becker
Clarissa Charles Paying it Forward
Kristi Gravano
My First Semester with IDO
My First Semester with iDo Ryan Pugh
Donate Online
by Kristi Gravano Encouraging Involvement
Executive Director Through Example
Hot Off the Press
Kristi discusses what drew her to join the Industrial Design Martin Linder
iDo Gallery iDo Events
Outreach Institute, and shares a brief description about her Assistant Director iDo Meeting every Thursday,
experience in developing curriculum for the design 12:15pm at San Francisco State
Phillip La University, Fine Arts, Rm. 151
academy launching Fall 2010 at Thurgood Marshall High
School. Student Director & Managing
Editor
Alexia Chimenti