Heirloom: Jacob's Ladder

Industrial Design

Based on a traditional Jacob’s Ladder, this one comes with rice paper fans that seem to vanish with every other turn. In a time of fast fashion and planned obsolescence, this Jacob’s Ladder is designed to incite delight and form emotional durability with the user, as well as quality materials that will last for generations.

Initial Prototypes

to understand and get the fan + jacob's ladder mechanism down

Fabrication

used the table saw and router to create long planks that were glued together and chopped

Final Jacob's Ladders

fabricated 3: one to keep, one to give away, and one to sell to an auction (sold for $90!)

NICOLE YU

2024