jerome arul

isotropic vector matrix #6, 2019
poplar, abs
47 x 36 x 60in
shown at the wurks gallery, providence ri

snub cube, 2022
steel, mixed media
108 x 108 x 108in

shown at artist's for humanity, boston ma
supported by MIT idm
lighting: z. sternberg
support: a. crease,
d. jacobs-luengo, g. agosto.

toroid, 2022
cardboard
30 x 30 x 10in

octet spaceframe, 2021
steel
84 x 84 x 60in

in progress, subject of my thesis
with digital structures group @ mit

how to make almost anything, 2022
open-source fab lab
chaos with n. gershenfeld
center for bits and atoms
@ mit media lab


architecture section
htmaa site.

drawing machine #2, 2020
mixed media, maslow
48 x 96 x 12in

shown at risd id lobby, providence ri
drawings uploaded by students
assemblage built on open-source maslow

tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, 2020

w. reeves and i started teaching our metals shop
class online. a series of tutorials on how to make
some aluminum triangular solids ensued

balance, structure and electricity, 2019
group show w/ k. dell'aquila and a. horowitz
copper, brass, poplar, abs
20 x 20 x 17in;
47 x 36 x 60in;
7 x 7 x 46in

show at wurks gallery, providence ri

including a live demo of corona from
k. dell'aquila

a demo of balance from
a. horowitz

periodical knot, 2018
pex tubing
72 x 72 x 33in

shown at wurks gallery, providence ri
inspired by the work of mathematician
dmitri kozlov

in industry we trust, 2021
plywood, steel, arduino
22 x 18 x 40in

shown in the basement
of mit building 4
tribute to pvd's superman building

like a buoy, like a barrel, 2019
artist: steven siegel
72 x 72 x 33in

provided engineering support
to the avenue concept.
the fate of the sculpture was covered
by the boston globe

24ft fly's eye dome, 2011

buckminster fuller made only one prototype of the 24ft fly's eye dome.
the dome was recovered from a barn and restored by goetz composites, bristol ri.
w/ d. reiser and y. thorne, i helped with it's reassembly.
the dome was featured at art basel/design miami.

right: illustrations from fuller and kuromiya's "Critical Path"
depicting the dome's intended use.

irrational bowls, 2021
oak, maple, walnut
12 x 12 x 2in

parametrically generated and cnc-machined
each bowl has an irrational slice of pi missing
edition of 50, sold at mit holiday sale @ media lab

equatorial sundial, 2020
aluminum, brass rod
6 x 4 x 4in

machined from block of aluminum
plots an analemma when scribed at same time each day
family collection

szasz solids, 2008
cast concrete
4 x 4 x 4in

a fractured tetrahedron produces 4 more tetrahedrons of 1/2 dimension
plus 4 equal fractions of the octahedral nucleus, revealing the edges of the cuboctahedron

voronoi discs, 2016
walnut; plywood
12 x 12 x 3/4in

using a voronoi script to generate 2.5D toolpaths,
and then cnc routed.

geometry studies, 2009
a steel collapsible cube (left), fly's eye icosahedron (right),
and a compound of platonic solids when inscribed in a sphere (left).

about


jerome arul is a designer from singapore,
at risd id and mit idm.

ecozoom, 2015
charcoal cookstove
10 x 10 x 8in

ecozoom is a B Corp that makes portable stoves powered by wood and charcoal.
improved cookstoves significantly reduce indoor air pollution and use fuel efficiently.
ecozoom cookstoves have been deployed by the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Relief International, through programs with UNICEF and UNFCCC.

design: d. sierra
mfg engneer: myself
mfg: shengzhou stove manufacturers

creative mapping, 2012
balloon, helium, digital camera


a risd digital + media class
taught by c.d’ignazio.
we balloon mapped over Save the Bay with the help of grassroots mapping (now public lab).

mobius #2, 2013

an affordable and durable off-road vehicle for the east african market.
worked on the pilot production vehicle for mobius motors;
the first of 50 production vehicles in nairobi kenya.

i was an automotive designer on a small team
of design engineers and mechanics