Steve Turbek

A slightly bonkers project to create powerpoint-style presentations entirely in a SVG file. This proof of concept demonstrates how powerful SVGs can be. Created for the Make It Go! presentation. Open sourced for brave souls.

An Arduino-based motor controller and software for a rescued 1990's robot arm. Open Sourced code, fairly well documented for future explorers.

Students teams design the entire personal submarine experience: vehicle exterior, brand identity, physical cockpit. Their hardware controls and dashboard instruments interface with my submarine simulator video game to enable real user tests.

A senior design studio focused on designing with tactile and sensory components to build interactive user experiences embodied in physical products. Introduces basic electronics using the BBC Microbit. No previous experience of UX or electronics expected.
Photos of student work used with permission

An open source kit and software to monitor residential solar electric data, to support the hundreds of thousands of customers abandoned when SunPower went bankrupt. Open Sourced at Github.com

A museum exhibit to introduce students to Mechanical Engineering using motorized physical models. A connected website explains how they work and where they appear using videos and 3D models. The cabinets are designed to travel to schools and museums to support STEM education.

As head of User Experience Design at Goldman Sachs, my favorite project was the Goldman Sachs Design System. I had the wonderful experience of working with dozens of amazing designers and engineers to build an exceptional design system in Figma and code.
The GS Design system is freely available on Figma community.

A poster-sized calendar with a bubble to pop every day! (Now discontinued, was sold through MOMA, Uncommon Goods, & Amazon).

Using leftover flooring to make hexagon tables.

Reclaimed American mahogany with Japanese-inspired joinery. Seat plates angle inward for comfort.

Felt is soft, but surprisingly stiff when folded! Tied with string, this is a functional stool weighing just 8 pounds.

A 2D metal curve repeated in three dimensions defines a form with interesting positive and negative spaces. Paint color came from a happy accident at the paint shop.

A table for classic 80's arcade games that fits into a stylish living room. The joysticks fold under the screen of the mirrored glass.

This completely hand-made and hand-coded arcade device was written in BASIC for the PIC 877 microchip to play simple games like PONG and snake.

This coffee table system can make tables with leg patterns composed from 3 to 10 legs.

The 2018 Apple TV remote has many design flaws, including not being obvious which way to hold it and being hard to pick up. This prototype grip clips onto the remote, giving a clear front and back and raising it off the surface.
3D printing file is free to download

Submission to solvingsol.com, the Sol LeWitt tribute in code.

Submission to solvingsol.com, the Sol LeWitt tribute in code.

Inspired by a cyclist friend who wears white jeans, this prototype chain guard for single speed bikes keeps your pants clean. The pattern of circles enables the attachment brackets to fit any sprocket.

Experiment to generate amoeba-like creatures using bezier curves in javascript / HTML canvas.

A fun little puzzle iPhone game (now works in Safari/Chrome). Swipe to steer, (or use the arrow keys) Some notes on development

Interactive charts to analyze the New York Marathon overall runner population and look up an individual runner.

by Ben Kleinman, Stephen Turbek — Timezone dataviz to highlight the best times to call global offices.

(Shown at Art Bots 2003) Happy Feet is an installation of 5 pairs of elegant footwear. Each shoe is mechanically articulated, enabling it to tap. The shoes dance, create chorus line patterns, and interact with the audience — copying the steps of anyone who steps on the foot pads.

Conferencing tables designed for the Razorfish conference rooms. With rollerblade wheel feet, they are easily reconfigured into multiple shapes. An aircraft fuel tank stopper can be opened to run laptop cables neatly through the leg.

Inspired by occasional large dinner parties with friends, this flat pack bench can be assembled without tools. The sitter's weight locks the wooden rods in place.

Non-parallel metal tubes keep the shelves in place without screws. The organic forms were derived from the stresses on the supports.

An organic-form chair from carved layers of sheet plywood. Seat hollowed out for comfort.

Custom designed and built, the curved plywood front dramatically swings open to show contents.

A traditional Shaker sideboard-table updated with organic forms.

Springy and strong, the plywood forms can be used for home or public seating. The single repeated element can create concave or convex curves by altering the spacing of the aluminum connectors.

Prototype of injection molded frame over aluminum core, with neoprene cuff, adjustable along molded ribs.

Concept for a Pepto Bismol bottle. The evocative shape also served a purpose — the goose neck top delivers a measured dose when tipped back and forth.

Competition-winning entry for Pratt Architecture student mailboxes. Hand made polypropylene.

Designed and built in the summer of 1992–3, this structure combines traditional timberframe joints with unusual geometry.