product

Self-Structured Sliding Doors

Dec 01, 2009Comments off

Self-supporting paper screens Traditional Japanese shoji are sliding doors made of washi paper supported by wood crosspieces. The paper offers privacy and protection from wind

River Glow

Nov 27, 2009Comments off

Network of floating pods with public interface to water quality Developed by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang, River Glow is a system of floating pods

White Noise White Light

Nov 24, 2009Comments off

Interactive fiber-optic field Meejin Yoon’s White Noise White Light was a temporary interactive light-and-sound installation commissioned and installed for the Athens 2004 Olympics. The project

Superabsorber

Nov 16, 2009Comments off

Sound-, light-, and air-pollution-absorbing highway barrier system In the United States there are over 46,800 miles (75,317 kilometers) of highways with sound-barrier walls being erected

Hanabi

Nov 11, 2009Comments off

Shape-transforming lighting fixture Like the Lotus flower, which opens its petals in the presence of the sun and closes them in its absence, Hanabi opens

Softseating

Nov 02, 2009Comments off

Expandable and stackable paper seating Softseating is made entirely from kraft paper, utilizing a flexible honeycomb structure to fan open into stools, benches, and loungers.

Sonomorph

Oct 29, 2009Comments off

Sound-responsive wall Inspired by the natural phenomenon of tropism—in which a plant actively responds to external stimuli—designer Natasa Sljivancanin constructed an intelligent kinetic building system

Low Rez LED Net

Oct 18, 2009Comments off

Interactive double-sided LED media net Low Rez LED Net is part of a custom-built interactive public art installation consisting of a series of double-sided LED

Mirror Duct System

Oct 10, 2009Comments off

High-efficiency daylighting system A significant portion of building construction is made of opaque or light-reducing materials that require artificial lighting. Not only does artificial lighting

Tonecoon

Sep 07, 2009Comments off

Woven water-hyacinth daybed According to the University of Florida Center for Aquatic Plants, water hyacinth is one of the most invasive plants. Water hyacinth was