Education
John Rosenbaum graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering physics in 1957.
John Rosenbaum graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering physics in 1957.
He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1960s. He contributed to the Harvard Project Physics textbooks. He designed the Xylopipes xylophone children"s toy for Creative Playthings.
Rosenbaum created "Light Boxes", kinetic sculptures using polarized light and layers of cellophane laminated between pairs of rotating glass disks, producing changing patterns and colors similar to, and on a smaller scale than, light shows projected at rock concerts in the 1960s.
He was exhibited by the Landau Gallery in Beverly Hills, among others He designed the original logo for Herbie Mann"s Embryo Records.
He died in Alameda, California of complications from Parkinson"s disease in 2003. 1969 Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 Walnut Creek, California (with Arthur Okamura).