Category Archives: engineering

We Can Weave You A Donor Organ

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Seth Winner

I recently did a talk at TEDx Nashville about how textiles can be used to save and improve lives. Check it out!

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Extra planar textiles

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Seth Winner

It’s been a while, I know. Its not that I don’t have anything to say on this blog, it’s that I have so much to do. I know, it sounds like excuses, and it is, i know. However, it has … Continue reading →

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Playing with Toys to Make Machines that Make Fabric

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Seth Winner

  This is inspired play. Never in my years of childhood mastery of Tinkertoys, Legos, Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets, had I ever risen to this level of engineering.

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Le Laboratoire

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Seth Winner

Le Laboratoire is a playground of ideas where science meets art or art meets science.

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Medina Haram Piazza

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Seth Winner

In the city of Medina, the lunar cycles have been slowly advancing the time of the pilgrimage to Al-Masjid al-Nabawi from autumn to summer. In anticipation of that change, this stunning umbrella system was crafted to protect the pilgrims from the … Continue reading →

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Joseph Kittinger

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Seth Winner

51 years ago today, Captain Joseph Kittinger stepped out of a baloon at 102,800 feet above sea level. Wearing only a space suit and a parachute, he fell for 84,800 feet before his parachute deployed. He unceremoniously set multiple records … Continue reading →

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Textile Book Club: Spacesuit:Fashioning Apollo

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Seth Winner

Over at TXCHNOLOGIST is a great interview with Nicholas de Monchaux, author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. This book has been my summer reading material and it is a fascinating look into the science, engineering and politics behind not just the Spacesuit … Continue reading →

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Wind Powered Vessels

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Seth Winner

Its been a satisfyingly productive and active summer. Last night was an enjoyable lakeside wedding at a yacht club. Yacht clubs always seem to have pictures from the days before big petroleum consuming private watercraft. So today for your pleasure, … Continue reading →

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Magnetic Curtain

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Seth Winner

This magnetic curtain captured my imagination today. The geometric structure with a grid of magnets enables you to place, form and bunch up the curtain as you see fit. Functional object meets origami meets amazingly fun toy. From Designer Florian … Continue reading →

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Warren Seelig: University of Lexington

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Seth Winner

Warren Seelig sent these images of the work he and Sherrie Gibson installed at the University of Lexington just last week. This was too good not to share.

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