About Us

3318138166_8c6f5f3a78_bphoto by kevin slavin in the unabomber’s cabin. Washington DC

CW&T creates multidisciplinary work that leverages technology and computing to reconsider the ways we keep time, construct and interact with space.  We are artists, architects, programmers, industrial designers, hackers, engineers in a small, efficient, and dedicated package. Each project calls for unique talents, so we assemble the best from our community of close collaborators that love working together. Our team rosters consist of specialists that understand the value of collaborative environments while keeping a disciplined use of best practices.

CW&T services include but are not limited to architectural design, product design, custom electronics, custom software, robotics, and web programming / design.

Some of the tools we use:
Arduino, Processing, Openframeworks, Java, Javascript, PHP, HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhinoceros, Rhinoscript, InDesign, Java, C, C++, OpenGL, MYSQL, Autocad, Rhinoscript, lasercutting, waterjet, wire EDM, CNC mill, CNC lathe, sewing, welding, resistors, ICs, SLS 3D printing.

Principals

Che-Wei Wang [pron. say-way] was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Taiwanese mother and a Japanese / Taiwanese father. He has over a decade of experience working in multidisciplinary design offices in New York creating work ranging from architecture, exhibitions, web design, interactive installations, and product design. He has taught design studios, parametric modeling, advanced media, structures, computational media and various scripting workshops at NYU, Pratt Institute, University at Buffalo, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania and City College of New York. He is currently a Visiting Instructor at Pratt Institute and an Adjunct at ITP. Che-Wei is the winner of the 2003 SOM fellowship and the Young Alumni Achievement Award from Pratt Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute and a MPS from ITP (TISCH NYU).

Taylor Levy is an artist and designer who works with various technologies. In her work, technology is broken apart and reconstructed to expose its otherwise opaque inner workings. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and a MPS from ITP (TISH NYU). Levy has experience teaching at Pratt Institute and University of Pennsylvania.

Subhadeep Sarker is an experienced management consultant and business manager. Subhadeep has more than 6 years of experience advising insurance and financial services companies on leveraging new media for marketing, sales and branding purposes. In The US and in Europe, Subhadeep has helped companies such as New York Life, Allstate, Chubb, The Guardian and Royal and Sun Alliance utilize the web to reach new customers and serve existing ones. Previously, Subhadeep has helped create and operate a party promotion company, a restaurant and his own management consulting firm.

Contact

Email: cwandt[at]cwandt[dot]com
Address: 1205 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222 [map]
Telephone: +1 347 987 0001

OBK is jewelery the Swiss Army wished they had.
July 20 10
FOR SALE
We are participating in a creative competition to get more people to ride bikes! Vote for Bike Pool as a way to encourage safety in numbers and also to meet new people!
July 16 10
Give your unused tripod a new life.
July 9 10
FOR SALE
Jack Lee is sailing 3,000 nautical miles around Great Britain and raising money for the Marine Conservation Society and the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Follow Jack's adventures and help him raise money for two extremely worth causes at SailBritain.org!
April 7 10
The Blockhead Stem IB is our Blockhead Stem with an integrated break lever.  The lever is tucked nicely into the stem and is just long enough for two fingers.  We designed it to be used with a front break so the cable can be cut really short and straight, eliminating friction within the brake cable.
March 29 10
FOR SALE
Chocolate Timepiece was commissioned by Migration of Senses for the Chocolate & I event.
March 28 10
Keira Alexandra once told us that her grandfather, Vladimir Ossipov kept a list of things he did for each day of the year in a book where each page was dedicated to one day. For example, on February 4th, he would weigh himself and record it on the same page year after year. We wanted to manufacture yearly rituals in a similar way. So here's onnoodles.
February 17 10
Some clocks are functional, some aren't not very practical. This is an ongoing series of clocks experiments.
December 30 09
mech_watch
Rotation Notation's hour hand moves on a 12 hour cycle, powered by movement of the wearer and is set by its orientation on the wrist.
December 23 09
P1030216
In an empty lobby, smoke-like swirls of light creep from the edges of undulating Corian furniture. When a visitor is present, the light retracts back into the furniture, emerging again once there is stillness.
December 19 09
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alsiodesign.com website launch.
October 24 09
light_small
A light fixture for a standard F40T12 fluorescent tube light. design schematic
October 7 09
waxwing
Crow's Flight is a simple app for the Android platform. Enter an address and the GPS compass will continuously update your position and point towards the destination. Distance to the point is displayed in meters or kilometers along with a visual distance gauge.
October 4 09
Blockhead Stem by cw&t
Material: 7075 Aluminum Length:40mm Clamp diameter: 26mm Rize: 0 degrees Steerer tube diameter: 1-1/8" Dimensions: 53mm x 53mm x 86.79mm Weight: 501.8 grams Includes: 6 stainless steel screws
August 11 09
FOR SALE
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BIG LIVE is a custom web-jockey live performance javascript framework that we built for the Huffington Post Obama inauguration pre-party at the Newseum in DC.
January 21 09
slowResolution0
A slow resolution display made out of standard lightbulbs and thermochromic paint. This display lives at the intersection of digital control and analog output. A matrix of lightbulbs painted with thermochromic paint allows for an image to appear and dissipate analogously to the temperature of each bulb.
December 23 08
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P.Life is a large scale interactive screen designed for the IAC’s 120′ wide video wall. In the world of P.Life, Ps run across the 120' screen frantically moving material from one house to another.
November 25 08
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cw&t leverages technology and computing to reconsider the ways we keep time and construct space.
November 7 07