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Elena Manferdini’s installation explores the intricacies of lace at a scale far beyond the intimate size commonly associated with the material. Made by the knotting and intertwining of multiple threads, the dynamic dance of lacemaking is brought to the scale of the SCI-Arc Gallery. The antique Venetian Merletti, the Italian term for lace, are the crenellations that create a complex interface at the top of defensive buildings. read more
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Material: seat & Backrest: high polished aluminum/ struts: silk polished aluminum
For gallery Barry Friedman Ltd new york & droog
If evolution could create a chair…
Trees have the ability to add material where strength it is needed. But bones also have the ability to take away material where it is not needed. With this knowledge the International Development Centre Adam Opel GmbH, a part of General Motors Engineering Europe created a dynamic digital tool to copy these ways of constructing used for optimizing car parts. read more
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Advertising gives visual cue to a passer-by, making them a consumer of visual information. What if we had the ability to create the same affect but in a more educational, informative way physically? By funneling people into the public domain of a building you are not forcing them to enter. You are simply suggesting it by ingulfing them with a system that interjects itself into the public realm of the sidewalk. I propose my library to engulf the sidewalk, providing shelter and easy access to its facilities from someone walking down Lafayette.
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When a piece of bristol is scored, there is a response. This response is true to the inherent structural properties within the material. Looking at the opportunities a filleted surface offers, I began to explore how a surface can be changed by its edge connection with an adjacent facet. Using a simple zig-zag molecular system, one which was found in titanium, read more
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From good guys & bad guys to tracking and erasing.
What do you use Sellotape for? Doctors use it to detect bacteria around the perineum, and to trap head lice. In fact, one doctor used Sellotape, along with brandy, a water bottle and a coat hanger, to save the life of a woman who suffered a collapsed lung on an international flight. read more
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A dominate focal point of Design and the Elastic Mind is the large wall relief ‘Rules of Six’ by architects Aranda/Lasch, commissioned for this exhibition. Using Rhino3D, high-density foam and a live algorithm, the piece is an experimentation which explories self-assembly and modularity across scales. Sound complex? Check out some of their previous studies here. via core77 read more
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update from london 01 _ media class… read more
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Damascus swords sharp enough to slice a falling piece of silk in half, strong enough to split stones without dulling — owe their legendary qualities to carbon nanotubes, says chemist and Nobel laureate Robert Curl.The blades used so-called wootz steel, smelted with a technique developed 2000 years ago in India, where craftsmen added wood and other organic debris to their furnaces. The resulting carbon-laced steel, hard but flexible, was soon celebrated across the ancient world. read more
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We have some updated images of the Myto chair.
Step 1:Get black scarf, Step 2:Get old man, Step 3:Pretend like you are talking, Step 4:Take picture, Step 5:Rake in the $$$ read more
