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Peter B. Thomsen

Peter is a multimedia craftsman who was raised on the rocky shores of Gloucester, Massachusetts, then hopped a hundred miles inland to study Design & Architecture at Hampshire College, and then leaped another thousand miles to Chicago, apparently to make spoons. Living and working surrounded by things he has made, Peter believes that the objects we use everyday really matter, and that there is no reason the simplest tool– like the spoon you use to stir a big ol' pot of spaghetti– shouldn't be as beautiful as it is useful.

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Solar Calendar This sculpture acts as a solar calendar, with two sets of holes aligning with the sun on certain dates and times. The holes have a color filter to indicate the date– red on the summer solstice and blue on the winter, with appropriate steps in between.	Solar Calendar This project (see prev image for desc) was made possible through precise modeling in Rhino.	Solar Calendar A fabricated prototype of the calendar (see prev two images for details).
LED Planter Derived from a material experiment, this planter functions as both sculpture and accent light.	Bike Storage Ramp Storing your bike vertically is space efficient, but can prove physically difficult for some users. This ramp allows momentum to do the heavy lifting!

Warhol Museum This conceptual design for a rooftop addition to the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, PA incorporates and abstracts his famous screenprint. The motif both dictates and is deconstructed in the structure’s form, articulation, and plan, amounting to an homage to and critique of the artist.	elevation see prev desc	Warhol Museum plan see prev desc
Ethiopian Preschool Working the NGO Imagine1Day, this design for a preschool melds environmental principles (solar positioning, passive cooling, etc) with built in play structure.	Antarctic Preschool As a challenge in environmental design, this is a rework of the Ethiopian Preschool concept (see prev image) for use in a very different climate: the Amundsen–Scott research base in Antarctica.	Antarctic Preschool As a challenge in environmental design, this is a rework of the Ethiopian Preschool concept (see prev images) for use in a very different climate: the Amundsen–Scott research base in Antarctica.
Solar Pavilion Designed for Hampshire College, this covered area is big enough host graduation and is designed with attention to solar position,

Final Pin Up The final pin up for my thesis, with six studies on the left and a cumulative final on the right.	Example Study: Light As a part of the project, I did a stand-alone graphic lay out for each study. This is a study that contrasted light source with program.	Example Study: Unused As a part of the project, I did a stand-alone graphic lay out for each study. This is a study meant to draw attention to an unused space created by the surrounding architecture.

Senior thesis

Industrial Design

Architectural Design

Graphic Design

Tea Guys Working with the company Tea Guys and their branding consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of graphics to advertise their sponsorship of a local festival (which prominently features hot air balloons).	Tea Guys Icons Working with the company Tea Guys and their branding consultants, Idea Collective, I created the soda and loose tea graphics to match the other three existing icons.	Bueno Y Sano Working with the restaurant Bueno Y Sano and their brand consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of advertisements and graphics designed for social media.
Barts Ice Cream Working with the ice cream company Barts and their brand consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of info graphics for a presentation on market identification.

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Peter B. Thomsen's

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Peter B. Thomsen

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Solar Calendar

This sculpture acts as a solar calendar, with two sets of holes aligning with the sun on certain dates and times. The holes have a color filter to indicate the date– red on the summer solstice and blue on the winter, with appropriate steps in between.

Solar Calendar

This project (see prev image for desc) was made possible through precise modeling in Rhino.

Solar Calendar

A fabricated prototype of the calendar (see prev two images for details).

LED Planter

Derived from a material experiment, this planter functions as both sculpture and accent light.

Bike Storage Ramp

Storing your bike vertically is space efficient, but can prove physically difficult for some users. This ramp allows momentum to do the heavy lifting!

Warhol Museum

￼￼This conceptual design for a rooftop addition to the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, PA incorporates and￼ abstracts his famous screenprint. The motif both dictates and is deconstructed in the structure’s form, articulation, and plan, amounting to an homage to and critique of the artist.

elevation

see prev desc

Warhol Museum plan

see prev desc

Ethiopian Preschool

Working the NGO Imagine1Day, this design for a preschool melds environmental principles (solar positioning, passive cooling, etc) with built in play structure.

Antarctic Preschool

As a challenge in environmental design, this is a rework of the Ethiopian Preschool concept (see prev image) for use in a very different climate: the Amundsen–Scott research base in Antarctica.

Antarctic Preschool

As a challenge in environmental design, this is a rework of the Ethiopian Preschool concept (see prev images) for use in a very different climate: the Amundsen–Scott research base in Antarctica.

Solar Pavilion

Designed for Hampshire College, this covered area is big enough host graduation and is designed with attention to solar position,

Final Pin Up

The final pin up for my thesis, with six studies on the left and a cumulative final on the right.

Example Study: Light

As a part of the project, I did a stand-alone graphic lay out for each study. This is a study that contrasted light source with program.

Example Study: Unused

As a part of the project, I did a stand-alone graphic lay out for each study. This is a study meant to draw attention to an unused space created by the surrounding architecture.

Senior thesis

Industrial Design

Architectural Design

Graphic Design

Tea Guys

Working with the company Tea Guys and their branding consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of graphics to advertise their sponsorship of a local festival (which prominently features hot air balloons).

Tea Guys Icons

Working with the company Tea Guys and their branding consultants, Idea Collective, I created the soda and loose tea graphics to match the other three existing icons.

Bueno Y Sano

Working with the restaurant Bueno Y Sano and their brand consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of advertisements and graphics designed for social media.

Barts Ice Cream

Working with the ice cream company Barts and their brand consultants, Idea Collective, I created a series of info graphics for a presentation on market identification.

Current Work

This conceptual design for a rooftop addition to the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, PA incorporates and abstracts his famous screenprint. The motif both dictates and is deconstructed in the structure’s form, articulation, and plan, amounting to an homage to and critique of the artist.