Archive for the ‘digital’ Category

Flight Assembled Architecture

Flight Assembled Architecture
Flight Assembled Architecture is a demonstration project that exhibits research conducted on flying machine enabled construction by ETH Zürich professor Raffaello D’Andrea and architects Gramazio & Kohler. The first installation to be built by flying machines, Flight Assembled Architecture...
January 20th, 2012 | feature, interactive | Read More

Liquid Display

Liquid Display
The Liquid Display is an ambient display comprised by a screen filled with liquid and programmed air bubbles. Developed by Nicolas Büchi, the interface consists of multiple water or water-based emulsion filled cubes. The Liquid Display is intended to convey information discretely—approaching the limits...
September 30th, 2011 | feature, interactive | Read More

Dukta

Dukta
Dukta is a timber forming system that uses precise incisions to impart flexibility. Developed by Christian Kuhn and Serge Lunin, the method allows stiff wood panels to be easily shaped in three dimensions. The near rubbery flexibility is achieved with staggered, regularly arranged incisions. Different...
September 9th, 2011 | digifab, feature | Read More

Dynamic Performance of Nature

Dynamic Performance of Nature
Situated sensing technologies have created unprecedented ways with which to achieve a new synchronous relationship with the world. According to Portland-based design practice SoftRigid, the ability to observe the behavior of our environment through an orchestration of high-tech sensing devices displayed...
August 26th, 2011 | feature, interactive | Read More

3D-Printed Wellboard

3D-Printed Wellboard
Wellboard is a lightweight, cellulose-based material pressed into a variety of profiles for use in exhibition, shop and furniture design applications. 3D-Printed Wellboard employs an image-transfer process developed by Okalux entitled Okacolor. This innovative printing method allows digital images to...
May 27th, 2011 | digifab, feature | Read More

Raycounting

Raycounting
Raycounting is a method for generating form by registering the intensity and orientation of light rays. 3D surfaces of double curvature are the result of assigning light parameters to flat planes. Developed by Neri Oxman, the algorithm calculates the intensity, position and direction of one, or multiple,...
February 18th, 2011 | digifab, feature | Read More

Wind 3.0

Wind 3.0
Wind 3.0 is an interactive wall feature comprised by hundreds of fibers which respond to a viewer’s presence based on a connection between electronic sensors and ventilators. Wind 3.0 moves with the viewer—when there is a lot of activity the wall makes large fluid motions, while in other circumstances...
February 11th, 2011 | feature, interactive | Read More

Unrepeatable Carpets

Unrepeatable Carpets
A collaboration between visual artist Marcel Kronenburg and software engineer Marten Teitsma, Unrepeatable Carpets are the result of a process designed to create unique carpet patterns throughout buildings. A reaction against the repetitive monotony of standard carpet tiles, Unrepeatable Carpets apply...
September 5th, 2010 | digifab, feature | Read More

Media Cubes

Media Cubes
Media Cubes invite tangible interaction to control media. Unlike conventional remote devices, this system consists of two cubes made out of wood. The system can track the orientation and rotation of the objects in order to relay particular commands. The user controls a particular function by orienting...
July 23rd, 2010 | feature, interactive | Read More

Laser-Sintered Textiles

Laser-Sintered Textiles
Laser-Sintered Textiles, based on a concept by designer Jiri Evenhuis, have opened a new frontier of possibilities for the production of future textiles. Instead of creating textiles by the meter, then cutting and sewing them together into final products, Laser-Sintered Textiles could one day make needle...
June 4th, 2010 | digifab, feature | Read More
Page 1 of 512345