Geometric Structure Cushions are porous skeletal structures that can be flattened and return to their original form. Developed by London-based Lauren Moriarty using digital-fabrication techniques, each structure is designed virtually before it is laser cut and hand finished. The cushions are made from ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and are fabricated [...]
Wood.e is essentially electrified wood. Furniture made of Wood.e, with an electrical current of 12V, permits one to easily plug in different applications (plug and play). Wood.e is a built-up composite comprised by plywood and two integrated conducting layers. These layers allow for unprecedented possibilities for sound, light, and motion [...]
Meejin Yoon’s White Noise White Light is an interactive light-and-sound installation. The project consists of a field of fiber-optic strands and under-mounted electronics units that respond to the movement of pedestrians through the field by transmitting white light from white LEDs and white noise from speakers below a raised platform. [...]
Rapidly renewable timber is used to create Architectural Systems’s Ecotextures, architectural panels crafted from environmentally friendly oriented strand board (OSB). Durable and shrink resistant, Ecotextures panels have a distinctive grain and are appropriate for millwork, feature walls, column covers, fixtures, and furniture. No urea-formaldehydes are used, and component lumber is [...]
Researchers at Keio University’s Information Design Laboratory developed clothing designed to signal changing individual conditions. Their conceptual model was based on the analog synthesizer, which can generate an infinite variety of original sounds by connecting and tuning three modules, the VCA, VCO, and VCF. Wearable Synthesis, likewise, connects and tunes [...]
Gagecast is a cast metal surfacing appropriate for vertical applications consisting of metal patterns that feature high luster, pattern depth, durability, and cost effective installation. Gagecast is composed of metal particles dispersed throughout the casting rather than an applied topical application. Gagecast’s patented process allows the casting to be manufactured [...]
Ribbon Glass surfacing is made from new and post industrial recycled glass. Glass strips are fused together, creating undulating color streams. The uniqueness of each collection of glazed strips makes every glass slab one-of-a-kind. Ribbon Glass is available in nine standard color blends, with custom color blends available. The material [...]
Parabeam 3D glass fabric is woven out of a 100% e-glass yarn and consists of two deck layers bonded together by vertical piles in a sandwich structure. These piles are woven into the deck layers in order to form an integral sandwich structure. When Parabeam is impregnated with a thermoset [...]
Solar Ivy is a solar energy generation and delivery system inspired by ivy. Attached to a building façade, its “leaves” are flexible photovoltaic panels that flutter in the wind, creating a kinetic experience. Solar Ivy’s visual appeal and flexible hardware system bring a technology traditionally restricted to the roof to [...]
Hardcoded Memory is a device that projects low-resolution photographs with LEDs through Swarovski crystal lenses. Designed by Troika, the motorized projector casts circular lights from each crystalline optic, creating intentionally blurred and pixelated images. According to the designers, “Experiencing the dream-like imagery on the gallery wall, the visitor is immersed [...]
Mirror Duct System05/24/2013
Kiln Glass Textures05/17/2013
Catalyst05/10/2013
EVA Collection05/03/2013
Tropical Veneer Collection04/26/2013
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