Art x Arc is a quarterly event highlighting the creative process within the architectural mind. Eric Jacoby was honored to present the concepts and process behind his modern furniture and sculptural toys at the premier of Art x Arc. . .

A simple and sustainable approach for designing and making modern wooden toys To avoid waste, we utilize what we call “the sushi technique” for our furniture.  The technique is based on our observation of how a sushi chef separates the different cuts of fish by quality, then distributes them into different types of sushi:  the highest quality cut, sashimi, is served as a simple bite-sized slab of fish - alone and beautiful.  The second quality cut goes into nigiri; a nice cut of fish on a bed of rice.  The lowest quality cut is smaller and more irregular in shape so it...