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LKD Gravity Powered Bookshelf
Leo Kempf designed this shelf while studying at the University of Kansas. I wanted to design a useful piece of furniture to store things I find in my workspace including binders, papers, CDs, books,...
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LKD Bent Ply Time Shelf
Bent plywood design to explore the technique during study at University of Kansas. Red hardwood main beam and curved birch slotted together and require no hardware or fasteners. The simple angled form...
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Personal Floatation Device Concept
This Personal Floatation Device concept is a solution seeking to use forces already at work upon the jacket to inflate itself. This was a submission to the Innovations in Life Jacket Design competition...
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LKD License Plate Table
Stained pallet on 8" antique caster wheels. Top is made from arranged license plates. Glass top applied later.
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Cardboard Furniture Press
LKD cardboard furniture featured on www.core77.com and many other sites in 2007 after my KU Industrial Design Thesis show.
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LKD Cat House
Leo Kempf designed this cat house in 2008. Olive the cat enters through a door in the bottom side and then ascends a ramp, which boosts her to the upper level. The front wall is plexi-glass, the floor...
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LKD Chicken Tractor
We needed a home for our chickens, so I designed and built them this portable coop. Even the bottom is fenced. The side opens for easy clean/feed access. The door in the back is where you grab the...
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Gallery opening featuring LKD Conversation Table and Wall Shelf in Chicago, IL.More
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A Green Scheme House Built and Designed With the Planet In Mind Shows 'Eco' Can Be Beautiful By Jura Koncius Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, October 8, 2009 Yes, the exterior siding is made from...
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LKD Conversation Table
Leo Kempf designed and built the first iteration of this table in 2006. Since then it’s been reshaped, built from wood and cardboard, been seen in magazines, galleries, and design show houses. The...
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360SEE show 2010
In response to the success of last year’s show, “On the wall & On the floor”, 360SEE is returning with the annual design exhibition. Each artist and designer participating has created a free...
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LKD Tired Lounge Chair
The Tired Lounge was an experiment with the material: Hoosier sprint car tires. The shape is a simple curve with two recessed rockers to give the appearance of floating. The soft rubber was cleaned,...
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LKD Valley Shelf
A corrugate floating wall shelf with hardboard layer designed with a little valley to hold books at a 45 degree angle.
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Don't Drive Like my Brother
As a longtime Cartalk listener and father - I made some shirts for my boys featuring the famous sign-off from the show - "Don't drive like my brother".
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Grandpa Mayhem @ The 24 Hours of LeMons
After watching David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan take the Rotsun to the 24 Hours of LeMons on a 2015 Roadkill episode , I hatched a plan with 3 friends to build a car and compete, Rot Rocket Racing...
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Bathroom Functional Art
What a time to be alive! Even important people use their phones on the toilet. This original functional art by Leo Kempf adds a playful symbol of our time above the "user". Extra toilet paper rolls...
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LKD Cardboard Furniture
I'm interested in working with unexpected materials - and particularly recycled/found materials. In 2006, I designed the Conversation Table which was featured in several magazines, blogs, and...
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Kempf Family Christmas Cards Through the Years
This card in 2006 kicked off an 8 year tradition. It's a Wonderful Life. 2007: Nutcracker 2008: Chocolates Ad 2009: Action Figures Set 2010: A Christmas Carol 2011: Christmas Cookies...
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Super Beetle Parade Float
For the 2019 Christmas parade, I partnered with our favorite coffee shop to create a unique float. This 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle was my wife's first car. I'd recently finished some suspension and...
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Laser Bunnies Stringband Logo
My son Henry plays the fiddle in a local kid band. They have a different name, but I'm hoping with the introduction of this logo, they might come around. He is.
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