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Extra planar textiles
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
Posted in 3d textile, Architecture, engineering, structure, Textiles, woven
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Spiders Under the Influence
There’s been a lot of talk lately about spider silk. Shawls made from spider silk. Genetically modified goats that produce spider silk milk. Its super strong stuff and incredibly interesting for the future of high performance textiles. Great stuff, but … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, design, NASA, pattern, structure, Textiles
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Le Laboratoire
Le Laboratoire is a playground of ideas where science meets art or art meets science.
Posted in 3d textile, Architecture, Art, constructed surface, engineering, information, structure, Textiles
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Medina Haram Piazza
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
Posted in Architecture, design, engineering, structure, Textiles
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Akiko Ikeuchi
Akiko Ikeuchi creates vast delicate geometric volumes out of knotted thread.
Posted in 3d textile, Art, Landscape, site specific, structure
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Magnetic Curtain
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
Posted in Architecture, Curtains, Customization, design, engineering, Magnets, pattern, screen, structure
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Warren Seelig: University of Lexington
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.
Posted in Architecture, Art, engineering, site specific, structure
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Noiz Architects: Honeycomb!
I want to play with this honeycomb furniture/art/textile/construction by Noiz Architects. This was designed and constructed for the lobby of Le Méridien Taipei in Taiwan. It is the corporate mandate of Le Méridien to attract the ‘creative guest’ and this … Continue reading
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Tara Donovan: Constructed Surfaces Volumes and Landscapes
Tara Donovan manipulates mundane materials into massive constructions, landscapes and volumes that transcend the material they are created from. Paper plates, plastic cups, pencils and the like become the individual motifs of a larger naturalistic pattern.
Posted in Art, constructed surface, Landscape, pattern, structure
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Lanny Bergner
My guess is that Lanny Bergner has thick fingertips after all his years of cutting, twisting and bending wire screen. I’ve worked with wire screen and its a bloody affair. So I’m imagining that ‘aha’ moment where he thought “this … Continue reading