An engineer can make you smile.
Best ice fishing in the Black Rock City desert!
Head past the temple and find this oasis welcoming you to fish for what Burning Man has to offer. Climb a-top our wonderous ice and say Yes to dropping a line.
Built and maintained by the House of Yes, a Black Rock City theme camp bringing you education and inspiration on what it means to Say Yes to new adventures in life and creating adventures for others.
Built by the House of Yes.
Ideation and leadership by Danika Patrick.
Funded by our camp and community.
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Richie Pang, House of Yes, finishes soldering the wires for the lights.
Self expression: to be unbridled in sharing what is important to me.
Each year I find a dress that needs love and attention, that has been abandoned as it is from a year that's style has come and gone, and will (hoepfully) not come back.
Then I save it.
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Ropes courses, team retreats and facilitation can only take a team so far. When I approached the problem of collaboration I treated team process as a design problem. I joined every team I could, documented failure modes and listened to their stories. Then I prototyped tools and exercises to get teams through process and relationship problems.
I studied expert teams; restaurants, improv groups and volunteer groups, and designed tools based on what I learned. Outcomes included Scrabble-Storming, which rewarded individuals for listening and building on the ideas of others. Extended eye-contact was a tool used to get people to break the ice and be more willing to share. Addressing the problem of teammates being afraid to step on others toes, I used an impov exercise called “It’s Tuesday” that gets teammates to act out a made-up scenes where they show strong feelings and gets the emotions out in the open.
The Founders of Collaboration is a collaborative game that a team would play together during a meeting with improved results being the outcome.
1. It provided a map to follow of how a good team functions and a language to talk about teams as a tool for a project.
2. Danger indicator cards detailed poor team process and dynamics and specific tools to get through them.
3. Space for writing-in your own tools and best-practices reminds teams to be pro-active about addressing team issues.
PRODUCT
These modular planters were designed for use by the Loft community. Though individual, the planters are designed to fit together and work as a collective piece.
Like a community, they are stronger, more beautiful and more functional together.
PROCESS
The design came from inspiration from previous projects volunteering at community gardens and designing gardens on different levels.
They are made of Pine.
DESIGN & FEATURES
Personal statements is an assignement that is a reflective piece
expressing a very individual message.
For me, building communities is a passion and I care for them with energy and a willingness to work to keep them functioning.
Today's ties aren't for everyone. They belong in a certain situation, are for a certain type of person and haven't been only incrementally modified since they were invented.
Pros of Ties:
Show Respect
Give you Confidence
Show you Care
Cons of Ties:
Expensive
Can Appear Pretentious
Not for Every Occasion
PRODUCT & FEATURES
Using the tie for it's pros required re-framing the tie to remove its negative connotations.
Changing the material was a great way to change the tie and remove a lot of the stigmas attached to it. Denim, courderoy, car-hart were materials that allowed the user to get them dirty, utilize recycled materials to make them and also show that "I got dressed today to look nice for you" without feeling uncomfortable or out of place.
My ties were made or recycled clothing. I turned people's favorite jeans (saving their careful patchwork) into ties that let them keep that soft material close to them.
"I wish I could wear a tie everyday and feel like a professional, it just doesn't go with the hands on nature of my job."
With ties made from a pair of car-harts, that was no longer an issue.
Rock The Tie
PRODUCT
Designed for small living spaces to allow the user to have their feet up, put their wine glass down and enjoy their couch.
The table, at a foot wide, is all the table you need and slides over your existing ottoman.
PROCESS
Sketching, cardboard prototyping, Solidworks 3D modeling, drafting, sheet metal construction, welding, assembly.
DESIGN & FEATURES
Aesthetic was chosen in order to learn how to weld and use sheet metal forming. The table is made from 16 gauge steel and TIG welded.
Includes a drawer, adjustable feet and an inset for personalization.
