x-crib
As a practicing designer and artist, my studio work changes and evolves alongside the ones that life presents me. Since Jenn and I are expecting our first baby in May, I’ve been thinking alot about our first newborn, environmental design, and design’s influence on all of us- beginning the moment we are born. As an expecting father, and now a potential consumer of many baby products, I have become keenly aware of limited options for expecting parents to find good creative design.
In response, I have developed a new concept called: x-crib.
Inspired by the many man-made boundaries that limit and restrain us in life, x-crib takes a humorous approach to confining and protecting our children from harm. Taking visual cues from livestock, and barbed wire fences, the x-shaped motif visually encourages our young to stay in the crib. Using sex-neutral colors, the design is intended for girls and boys.