Friday, December 5, 2008

Tis the season.

Inspired by a Crunchgear.com article on etching a design on a Moleskine notebook Balance Product Development pressed their mark into a Moleskine journal cover as a gift for the Holidays. With time fleeting, they created their own die to press two journals at a time in a shop vise and adhered seasonal belly bands to get them ready for delivery.

Hopefully the beloved journal will capture inspired ideas.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Shredder puzzle...

'Chagrin' 1/1 (item #sp0001)

Test your CSI skills with the advanced SHREDDERpuzzle. We can take any photo and send it through our magic puzzle making machine to create the most advanced puzzle out there. Available puzzles can be had for $14.99 shipped and comes in a transparent carry case with a sticker showing its previous state. If 'Bones' can put a shattered skull back together in less than an hour you better be able to do this...

Check back for available puzzles or send us one of your photos for a custom creation.

Created by Dream Construct and Balance Product Development.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Urban Scrawl

Dave, one of Cleveland's finest graffiti artists, is featured at Vision Art Gallery for their latest show titled Urban Scrawl. His work, alongside 8 other local artists, will be on display up until the closing reception on November 15th where you can meet the artist and see his work to scale. Here is a shot of Dave putting up his 10' x 12' wall. Final photos will be posted after the closing.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Little instruments for little men...

This tenor ukulele is made almost entirely of donated resawn reclaimed mahogany deck material and upon completion is destined to be played by a good friend's 4 year old son back in Boston. Another similar ukulele is also in process to be gifted to Mike's 4 year old nephew. Hopefully these instruments will inspire the little men to create. To view progress visit his thread on Ukulele Cosmos Forum.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Eggplant's mighty misfortune.

'Last Call' - hand drawn, digitally rendered

'Last Call' is a part of a series in progress recalling Eggplant's experiences and misfortunes through the eyes of the artist Dave Pehar.

Explore the rest of the series at Dave's Flickr site.

Trash Can Music

A collection of instruments created by Mike Tracz. From left to right, a cigar box lap-steel guitar with altoids resonator, a lunch box lap-steel guitar with bundt pan resonator, and a cookie tin banjo. Most all the wood is reclaimed with exception to fingerboards and headplates. Oh and they all play too.

view more images at Mike's flickr site

Dream Construct Begins

Dream Construct is a creative outlet and collaboration of two Cleveland designers Dave Pehar and Mike Tracz, both are Cleveland Institute of Art graduates and practicing industrial designers at Balance Product Development. This virtual gallery is meant to be just that, a gallery and showcase of interests, ideas, and creations outside our professional lives.

Welcome. Enjoy. Stay.