Allie Looney

I am currently enrolled as a senior at Tyler School of Art in the Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM department, and after having studied jewelry design and computer modeling in Rhinoceros 3D, my work has developed into an investigation of wearable and interactive toy design. I am incredibly passionate about toys, and I am constantly seeking to develop the most inspiring and imaginative play set. At intervals, I seek wearability in my toy designs, due in part to my jewelry design background and also because I feel that it is something that has not been adequately explored in the modern toy market. I am excited to learn new processes to augment the element of interactivity in my models - from learning how to wire LED's in the past to currently learning how to write a program in Python that will allow an array of lights to blink in a specified manner - and I strive to create the most intuitive toy and jewelry designs available for 3D printing.