Panera Bread
February 18th, 2013 bobparti
Bob Partington directed this ad for Panera Bread. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
Panera Bread from 1stAveMachine on Vimeo.
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Google Fiber
July 26th, 2012 bobparti
Bob Partington was Production Designer on this ad for the launch of Google Fiber. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Champagne Super Mobile
June 25th, 2012 bobparti
Bob Partington built this mobile from Veuve Clicquot cages, mono filament, hardened steel wire, and a neodymium magnet.
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Google Maps
January 12th, 2012 bobparti
Bob Partington directed this ad for Google Maps. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Jelly Beans
August 13th, 2011 bobparti
Bob Partington built this clear refrigerator, and production designed the series for LG. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Robots!
November 23rd, 2010 bobparti
Bob Partington built the robot’s arm and puppeted it in this ad. The rest of the robot is CGI. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Wind Powered Sculpture
October 3rd, 2010 bobparti
Orange juice ad, from 1964 Look Magazine, driven by gears, chains, and whisper fans attached to vintage tennis racquets (Billie Jean King and Stan Smith).
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Google Chrome Speed
May 9th, 2010 bobparti
Bob Partington is credited as the Conceptual Fabricator on this spot which won a Golden Lion at Cannes. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Translator
April 22nd, 2010 bobparti
Bob Partington designed this sculpture to illustrate the Google translation feature. The finished piece was 35 feet long.
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Zeez
February 17th, 2010 bobparti
“Zeez”, by Bob Partington
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Google Chrome
December 10th, 2009 bobparti
Bob Partington is credited as Art Director on this project for Google. 1st Ave Machine produced it.
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Acid, Title, Bare
October 7th, 2009 bobparti
Modular word sculptures, made from wood, foam, fiberglass, and cocktail napkins.
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Word To Your Mother
October 6th, 2009 bobparti
Bob Partington’s show at the Department Gallery in Toronto, review by Derek Flack.
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Adidas
June 25th, 2009 bobparti
Bob Partington talks to Adidas head office, Portland OR.
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Brave Teardown
May 29th, 2009 bobparti
BRAVE lasted three days on the street in Brooklyn, then it disappeared.
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Diesel show, Miami
May 7th, 2009 bobparti
The Moore Building in Miami, Bob Partington’s 18 foot BRAVE sculpture in front of work by Zaha Hadid.
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Class
February 27th, 2009 bobparti
Modular word sculpture, made from foam, fiberglass, and cocktail napkins. Measures 8′ x 4′ x 4′.
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Square Foot of Gold
August 7th, 2008 bobparti
12″ x 12″ wall relief sculpture.
400 oz gold bar replicas in cast resin and 24 ct gold leaf, current est. ‘real’ value: $3.6 million.
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Polycarb-15
January 11th, 2008 bobparti
Carbine-15 rifle made of bullet-proof glass, 30 x 15 x 4 inches.
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Decoupable
September 13th, 2007 bobparti
decoupage on plywood, 54 x 23 x 6 inches.
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CAR15
August 13th, 2007 bobparti
Plywood rifle, 54 x 23 x 6 inches.
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B33
July 13th, 2007 bobparti
Carved styrofoam relief sculpture, 24 x 18 inches.
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Turkey Gun
December 13th, 2005 bobparti
Spray painting device uses centrifugal triggers, with readily adjustable line width and color. Created in Turkey for performance in Tokyo, made out of found material.
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BOB At Tree Line
September 8th, 2005 bobparti
Assembled with styrofoam, green strapping, and box, for Istanbul Biennial.
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Hypogun
April 13th, 2005 bobparti
Prototype for getting distance out of a spray paint can, design taken from hypodermic needle. Unfortunately there is a dispersing agent in the paint that prevents it from holding a stream.
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Paint Dart II
March 23rd, 2005 bobparti
Low-profile plastic version of the cardboard dart, in the molding process. Prototype was unfinished when Bob was exiled.
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The Minigun
February 13th, 2005 bobparti
Telescoping arms and centrifugal triggers, the Minigun can spray paint up to a seven foot circle. Light weight and portable.
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KITTY EX
January 13th, 2005 bobparti
Custom Hello Kitty ride featuring chrome spinners, Hello Kitty 30th anniversary exhibition, Japan.
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Paint Dart
January 8th, 2005 bobparti
18 x 24 inch sheet of cardboard, tape, rubber bands, pencil, zip tie, hex nuts, mouse trap glue, pocket can. Projectile with a pocket-can payload, sticks the can to any wall and triggers it to empty, giving very long drip(s). Can drops after 20 min.
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Paint Gun
December 13th, 2004 bobparti
Spray painting device holds eight cans, colors can be mixed and line width can be altered during use.
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Briefcase
January 13th, 2004 bobparti
Briefcase tagging device surreptitiously tags any surface upon which it rests.
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The Chicken Cooker
January 10th, 2003 bobparti
Bob Partington’s Chicken Cooker uses three tanks of propane to fuel the central fireball, which cooks a small chicken in under ten minutes. Inspired by the excesses of chinatown, nyc.
No meat was wasted during the performance of this piece.
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The Garlic Crusher
January 10th, 2002 bobparti
Bob Partington’s Garlic Crusher is a thirteen foot tall wood and steel structure. A shaft running vertically through structure is pulled upwards by a 150lb iron counter-weight, while the attached radial swing arm(containing the garlic clove at the radius end) is forced to travel along a stainless steel corkscrew of increasing pitch so that the arm travels at increasing angular velocity. the arm is stopped dead at the top of the corkscrew, and momentum carries a stainless steel plunger to crush the garlic through steel mesh. The product is caught in a cup at the end of another swing arm and presented to the user.
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The Tomato Slicer
January 9th, 2001 bobparti
Bob Partington’s Tomato Slicer uses sixty feet of shock cord to propel a tomato through three stationary blades, into hopper for presentation.
No tomatoes were wasted during performance of this piece.
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