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Project Phase I Debrief

 

 

With the exception of the Cambridge knOwhere Store (now a CGEY ASE), the VCBH Innovation Center involved the fastest design-to-use cycle we have ever accomplished. In addition, this project required the highest introduction of new product design,including lighting innovations, of any prior AI work .

 

This was largely accomplished without any major stress to the design/build system. It did require some long hours on the part of the shop over about a 90 day period. The typical time between the concept development of a new piece and the instillation of it was 10 to 20 days. This provided a very fast feedback loop between idea and the doing of it. The advances in refinement that several pieces underwent as a result are fairly large leaps. Because the project involved a broad range of our WorkFurniture, is was possible for improvements in one piece to quickly become refinements in several other pieces. A greater integration of the overall system took place than would have been possible possible under other circumstances.

 

The big item with this project, of course, was the creation of a new Armature. This established an entirely new context in which the rest of the AI products now fit. Issues of scale were dealt with (the “jump” between the WorkFurniture and the the building “box” scale), as well as, a more flexible delivery of wiring and lighting assets. The WorkFurniture and the Armature together create - for the first time - flexible “architectural-scale” furniture. An accomplishment that, for us, was 12 years in the making from idea to full demonstration.

 

 

Matt Taylor
May 21, 2002
Palo Alto

 

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posted: August 28, 2002

revised: September 3, 2002

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Matt Taylor 650 814 1192

me@matttaylor.com

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