Category: Class Introductions

Hello,

My name is Oscar. I am from Wellington, New Zealand. I studied Industrial Design and Management at Victoria University of Wellington. My hobbies include sport (most), travel and photography. I look forward to learning in this class.

Thank you for reading.

Oscar

 

 

Hey all!

My name is Arjun Kalyanpur and I come from just across the river in Edison, New Jersey. I got my BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in California before attending Duke University to get my MS in Biomedical Engineering and Master of Engineering Management degrees. From there, I moved back to NJ, where I did product development and packaging for cosmetics company La Prairie Switzerland over the last 2.5 years. You can check out some of my work at http://ArjunAKalyanpur.prosite.com.

One of my main reasons for choosing SVA was Making Studio, where we get to combine the physical and digital into our own connected, smart objects. In my free time, I enjoy reading, swimming, running, travel, photography, and film.

Can’t wait to get started and break my computer while coding!

Hi I am Xumeng, It’s a Chinese name, and this is me!

And that is me with long hair, but now I have short hair! I am so excited to take this class and I am fond of the sensors! In my previous works my partner made kits of measuring the status of plants and I found that’s cool, so I want to try things that are cooler!

My bobby is to make Sci-Fi things, Although I am no good at math, I will to try and take effort for the cool things!

Hello, I am Doug!

I grew up in New Jersey and studied Fine Arts and Ceramics at Alfred University and SUNY New Paltz.  After school I moved to NYC and have worked as a ceramic artist and teacher.  I like to cook, but I enjoy eating more.  I used to have quite the sweet tooth, however a less than favorable dental history has made me gravitate towards the savory foods.

Hello, World! It’s me, Michael Kenney 🙂

Whaaat?!? I love cheese, but I hate wine. Beer is my thing, if I’m thirsty. Recently I left my abundantly green homeland of Cascadia to vision-quest my way through the concrete jungle of Manhattan. I’m glad to be here with lots of cool new peeps and learning some bad new skills.

Hello everyone,

My name is Josh Corn and I am super excited for this making studio. I grew up in Sarasota, FL and went to school in Philadelphia. My background is in architecture and theatre design and I worked as an architectural consultant in Chicago for about 3 years. Most recently, I started a publication and traveled for a year collecting and producing online stories. My hobbies used to include woodcarving, rock climbing and paragliding but now that I am in the city I am trying to just ride my bike as much as possible. Check out my instagram at joshcorn2!

Hi guys! I’m Alexa. This is what I look like:

Note the semi-permanent glasses glare and dopey grin. Tidy ascot optional.

I am a stress cleaner, ugly knitter, and hobby cook, and spend a few weekends every summer dressing up like it’s 1863 and getting drunk with old Irish guys. We call it Civil War reenacting. I graduated from the first Product Design class at Drexel University, and I’ve also taught high school science, been a librarian, and sold fortune readings and oxygen bar tickets at the New Jersey boardwalk.

My whole life story is an episode of “Well, I Guess I Never Tried It Before,” and I’m excited to learn some things I’ve never tried before in Making Lab!

Greetings Class and Becky!

I am an east coast native currently living in Brooklyn. I studied architecture as an undergrad at Barnard College here in NYC and having been working in the field for the last 15 years. I spent years (and years and years) thinking about going back to grad school and am excited to be finally doing it with you all.

I love the challenge of designing small spaces so if you need help getting everything to fit efficiently in a teeny-tiny apartment, let me know! The smaller the better!

Speaking of small, I have a mini dachshund named Lulu that I hope will  get to visit the studio soon.