1960 : Anonima

“The American artist collaborative, Anonima Group, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960 by Ernst Benkert, Francis Hewitt and Ed Mieczkowski. Propelled by their rejection of the cult of the individual ego and automatic style of the Abstract Expressionists, the artists worked collaboratively on grid-based, spatially fluctuating drawings and paintings that were precise investigations of the scientific phenomena and psychology of optical perception. The work was accompanied by writings: proposals, projects and manifestos - socialist in nature - which the artists considered essential to the experience and understanding of their work.” anonimagroup


new territories

Francois Roche, Stephanie Lavaux. much to explore in the new territories.


new books

Modular Structures by Asterios Agkathidis.  ”this book examines morphogenetic processes based on a combination of digital and analogue modelling and manufacturing techniques. The introduction of the module, as the main instrument of geometric and structural determination, becomes crucial.”

Bio-structural. Analogues in architecture by Joseph Lim. “This book seeks to discover the architectural potential of biological structures as they can be found in nature. The structures that give biological forms strength, movement, firmness, and flexibility are studied, illustrated, and used as an inspiration for a huge number of design experiments of which the thinking, working, and final prototyping process are shown.”


cocoon

by [hu] Man vs Machine, 2009. material: strings, trees, moss. via colectiva.tv


interim camp

by field.io, marcus wendt and vera-maria glahn. an experimental short film, 12mins. generative strategies have been used to create a surreal and supernatural landscape.

via www.field.io


designing processes rather than art

a workshop conducted by bruce sterling, 25-28 November 2008 at fabrica.it. Found via the spectre mailinglist, a post by Marco Mancuso who posted his critical essay Generative Nature - Aesthetics, repetitiveness, selection and adaptation.

via spectre


moistscape Installation

“a three-dimensional steel matrix inset with panels of living mosses and enclosed within by translucent volume. Moistscape allows visitors to experience the play in scale from the miniature of the floating mossy landscape to the actual one of the installation as a whole.” Design and Fabrication by Lauren Crahan, John Hartmann, Corey Yurkovich.

via frcll


Raycounting, Subterrain, Monocoque

by Neri Oxman presented at the “Design and the Elastic Mind”, MoMA Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2008. Materials used, Resin SLA, Nylon SLS, Laminated wood composites, liquid plastic.

“Raycounting is a method for originating form by registering the intensity and orientation of light rays. 3-D surfaces of double curvature are the result of assigning light parameters to flat planes. The algorithm calculates the intensity”

read more over at materialecology under design research.


The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson

i could have posted any of eliasson’s work here, i admire them all. simple but purely effective how he plays with space, light, color, illusion and natural phenomenas.


Let’s face it, it’s not about saving the planet. The planet is going to be just fine without us. The bigger question is will we be able to live on it for a while, and will we be able to do so without a whole lot of pain? This is definitely a Save Ourselves situation.

quasi objects

by lorenzo oggiano, combined natural and virtual 3d renderings.

“Quasi objects {..} process its synthetic-combinatory genesis as operative advantage within a practice of organic re-design intended as a whole to stimulate thought and dialogue about the progressive relativisation of natural forms of life as a result of techno-biological evolution.”

via www.lorenzooggiano.net


spidron systems

A spidron is a plane figure consisting of an alternating sequence of equilateral and isosceles (30°, 30°, 120°) triangles.

via www.szinhaz.hu


pollen

from the blog post “sound field” over at bldgblog. september 2, 2007. i guess i like the aesthetics in the image. but would i like thewir sounds?


erosion control

a prototype of an erosion control installation. the work of Daniel McCormick, a sculpture artist who uses native materials to construct watershed restoration installations.


overgrown
by chrissie macdonald