Kinetic Sculpture - BMW Museum, Munich

by art+com. “The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the form-finding process in design. The installation consists of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors.” dont miss the making of, explained by Jussi Ängeslevä. my favorites are the story development diagram and the 2d elevation maps to drive the 3d motion of the metal spheres. Art directed by Patrick Kochlik.

Expanding Geodesic Dome

by hoberman, transformable design, 1991, New Jersey, USA. “The Expanding Geodesic Dome blossoms open from a 1.5-meter cluster to a 6-meter structural dome when pulled open from its base. When deployed it has the same shape and triangulated pattern as Buckminster Fuller’s static, geodesic dome, taking this seminal historic structure into the 21st century.”

via Mr.Watson, Designing transformations