Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. “Thermocompressed foam and fabric & double injected rubberband” more at kvadratclouds.com
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1500x1450x190 super size Fluid Earth 3D-Relief Model. Castle Stainz, Styria/Austria. by fluidforms
by Eva Schindling, 2009. A fluid dynamics simulation using sound as input. Using various soft- and hardware applications, a phyiscal three dimensional object results at the end of the transformation chain.
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“Critically acclaimed designer Marloes ten Bhömer produces shoes that are both provocative and otherworldly. Her work fuses artistic and technological experiment in order to discover shoes anew.” and other media.
via r-echos
an impressive collection of layered paper cut objects by Noriko Ambe. “When I am drawing or cutting lines, I am interested in observing the power of the changing growing shape. This dynamic shape becomes an entity in itself, “Another geography.” In a sense, the empty space is myself, and the materials represent the present world.”
via leonel cunha
by jana linke. A system that locks itself in. “A white latex balloon spins an ever-thickening web through the space using a hot glue gun and nylon thread until the balloon’s own threads bring it to stillstand.”
by pablo valbuena. projecting onto three dimensional objects in space. physical geometry + virtual layer = augmented space. find more examples of using small scale and large scale non-plane projection surfaces objects on valbuena’s website. my favorite, “the hague city hall”, an urban installation at the todaysart 08 festival in the netherlands. view the video.
by diephotodesigner. “Crystal City Mind is a multi-faceted design object made from high polished high grade steel and matte black surfaces.”
Machines that almost fall over
by Michael Kontopoulos. “A system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse. Michael Kontopoulos’ intention was to capture and sustain the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeat it.”
by joshua callaghan. cutting chairs, looks like a spaceship oran ufo. many more inspiring works over at www.joshuacallaghan.com. the graph works, another favorite.
2007 by Gerold Tagwerker. aluminized and white coated chipboards. check out his other works using mirrors, neon light, and space.
installation by sabrina raaf, 2000. Steel, Rubber, Aluminum, Glass, Custom Electronics.
Raaf’s “machines’ behaviors are based in generative algorithms. They rely on networks, reflexivity, and the interplay of randomness and pattern to initiate a genuine engagement with their environment and with visitors. Raaf views such artistic innovations as tools for creating new experiential frameworks that question the very nature (or location) of authorship.”
via raaf.org
robotic chair
by max dean, rafaello dandrea, matt donovan, 1984-2006.
Skylight Module Complexe
installation by Thomas Begin and Grant Collins, 2000.
