Ryan Habbyshaw

The next time your in Austin

ryan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:53:13 +0000

You have to visit the Corner Shoppe. I went to Austin with one goal… To go home with a set of antlers. As soon as I arrived I found a set at a local thrift store but decided to hold off and do some more searching. I found my self in a mens wear shop on South Congress called STAG and there I saw it… A stuffed fox on the counter.

I asked… where can one get a fine animal like this? They shared a secret! “The Corner Shoppe, they buy and sell taxidermy from museums and their collection is on display for purchase in a dirt lot under tents and in shipping containers”. They weren’t kidding, this place is a gold mine. I left with a set of deer antlers and a Cow hide rug but I wanted everything! Next time your in Austin you have visit. Photos can’t capture the glory of this place.

Corner Shoppe
5900 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX
taxidermyking.com

Zimmans

ryan — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:03:20 +0000

Zimmans in Lynn Ma
By far the best fabric store north of NYC.

Tulip Table Top

ryan — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:42:28 +0000

1 piece of 4×8 Laminate from Home Depot - $40
Laminate glue Home Depot $12
1 4×8 piece of 3/4 baltic birch 13 ply – $120
Grizzly C10033 Bull Nose Bit Circle routing jig

I decided to make my table 40 inches but 48 was a possibility.

General Motors

ryan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:45:01 +0000

September 2011

Licorice Root Tea

ryan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:03:33 +0000

I was cleaning the shelves at home and found a jar of Licorice Root Tea. The jar was given to me by a friend at Indiana University. It has an unexplainable sweetness, surly worth a try. The jar was a little gritty so I decided to make a little baggy and information sheet before sharing it with IDEO.

Learning The Mill

ryan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:50:29 +0000

I’d been looking for a reason to use the mill at work and finally found one: My CB550 triple tree. I decided on a set of clip on handle bars so I no longer needed the stock bar mounts. Rather then buying a new triple tree for $300+ I figured Id try and mill the original down. I embrace the holes from the stock clamps and milled those strange bumps off the front. Looks pretty good.

Pixel Lobster T

ryan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:33:26 +0000

IDEO Summer Outing T-shirt spray painted prototype to get the size and spacing right.

Einstein Poster

ryan — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:08:42 +0000

I could tell you how I made this but then it might not be as creative.

Poster
68′” x 80″

Gestalten – A Touch Of Code

ryan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:03:06 +0000

Gestalten books was nice enough to contact Todd and I for a few projects for their new book “A Touch Of Code”

This book is full of great projects! Congratulations to everyone who participated.

Design Guide

ryan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:03:13 +0000

I recently finished an industrial design guide which I worked on with two extremely talented industrial designers: Dirk Ahlgrim and Gen Suzuki.Throughout the project we did our best to capture and illustrate our thoughts on form, color, materials, finishes, interaction, branding and packaging.

The book is 98 Pages, 7 3/4″ x 9 3/4″ outfitted in a satin blind embossed front and back cover.

The layout was inspired by Joseph Muller Brockmann’s book, Grid Systems.

The headline text is set in Otl Aicher’s “Rotis” and the long(body?) copy is set in “Garamond”.

Red pages help visually separate each section and the attached ribbon bookmark built into the the spine allows the reader mark subsections.

Due to the confidential nature of the content I am unable to publicly share full resolution photos of the cover or inside spreads. If interested in hearing more about this project, please contact me directly.