Jacob Palmer · Industrial design · Calgary, Alberta

The backside of a fence is a fence.

I design objects that can be read from behind. Nothing hidden, no excess to explain away.

I trained in industrial design and have spent most of my time since in shops rather than in front of renders. The work below is ordered the way it was made, failures included, because the failures are usually the part worth showing.


Most projects begin with a material I do not fully understand and end with one I do. Mock-ups get sat on, ridden, left outside. Drawings come later, and only to record what already worked.


I work from Calgary, mostly alone, occasionally with fabricators who are better at their part than I will ever be. If something here overlaps with what you are making, write.

PLACEHOLDER — About portrait — at the bench, mid-work

At the bench, mid-work.

Practice

Independent, since 2021

Method

Mock-up first, drawing last

Making

Metal, wood, composite

Influences

Agricultural tooling, aviation

Clients

Municipal, studio, private

The work, and how it was made →

Index · Three Objects

Index · Three Objects