Infinitum is an arduino-powered table that turns on when items are placed on it, and which turns off when they are removed. This infinity mirror table is designed for people who never tidy up, but leave their belongings everywhere. Lou decided to design a table that would light up when objects were placed on it, giving people a beautiful backdrop for their objects and the illusion of an infinitely deep hole in the floor. The table is a set of plexiglass mirrors, set up so that the LEDs between them reflect an image back onto the fully reflective mirror.

Louise-Anne van ‘t Riet is currently doing an MFA in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture & Furniture Design at C.A.D (Belgium – Brussels) in 2014. Lou is design and product oriented and is used to making 1/1 scale models of her projects. She has extensive experience working in international settings, including a year she spent abroad exploring Australia and her time spent running an internship as an interior designer in Beijing. These international experiences provided valuable exposure to different cultures and values. Her goal is to design everyday objects in as simple and as elegant a way as possible, using perfect functionality to enhance the relationship between user and product. Lou hopes to expand her experience to the design and reinterpretation of systems as well as objects.

The MFA program in Products of Design prepares exceptional practitioners for the shifting terrain of design. The program pushes the particular fluencies that are critical to forming successful designers: Graphic design, product, service, interaction, experience, and speculative design. Students learn the languages of business, leadership, sustainability, branding, supply chain, labor practices, intellectual property, and team building. When they leave, they are capable and powerful liaisons—able to speak to and translate between multiple stakeholders and expert groups. Products of Design transforms designers, educating head, heart and hands to reinvent systems, create new types of value and catalyze positive change through the business of making.