Central Place Theory
Examples from Carol Smith’s work in Western Guatemala
Gerard Caris
“In this image, one organic template produces the leafy structure in the top half of the image, while a second template induces the formation of a cube. “It looks like the bush is growing out of a cube,” says Joanna Aizenberg. Both are made of calcium carbonate. The structure resembles that of a mollusk shell—the outer part of the shell is made of calcite, like the cube in the bottom part of the image. The inner shell is made of aragonite, which has the same chemical formula as calcite but different properties, and resembles the leafy structure in the top of the image.”
Computational Drawings - David Lu
Well worth checking out this gentleman’s site.
Come and see some of my new work in the spectacular group show…..just two days left!
Photograph by Stuart Beesley.
http://stubees.tumblr.com/post/19976191965/irminsul-you-are-lost-exhibition-perrots-folly
Underwater photography by Alberto Seveso
Two jets colliding can form a chain-like fluid structure. With increasing flow rate, the rim of the chains becomes wavy and unstable, forming a fishbone structure where droplets extend outward from the fluid sheet via tiny ligaments. Eventually, the droplets break off in a pattern as beautiful as it is consistent. (Photo credits: A. Hasha and J. Bush)
Rising Table
Intricate yet minimal approach to table design, using only one flat piece of wood and cut latticework. By Robert Van Embricqs:
The Rising Table ignores the cliched notion that a table is little more than a flat surface that is held up by four separate legs. The result is a surprising mixture of fluid design that blends the multifaceted tabletop with the latticework of wooden beams that function as the center of the construct. From there, the table sprouts four wooden beams that hold up the entire construct.
Not only does this design approach rid itself of every single predictable feature when one imagines a table, it also emphasizes that the Rising Table is indeed made from a single piece of wood.
More information and images can be found at Robert Van Embricqs’ website here
(via prostheticknowledge:)
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inorganic flora by macoto murayama
50 cc of Paris Air by Marcel Duchamp, 1919. Ready-made. Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA.
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Examples of tilings constructed as projections of D-dimensional simple cubic lattices (for D = 3, 5, and 7) into d = 2-dimensional physical space.
From: Two-Dimensional Random Tilings of Large Codimension
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Could one cook it in that form?This is Egg at 40hertz - Visualising sound.
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Farah Bandookwala is a student at the Edinburgh College of Art. Farah uses 3D printing and haptic devices to create jewelry. You can see her work from the 12th to the 20th of June at the Edinburgh college of Art Degree Show and also at New Designers 2010 in London.
Farah is, “creating jewelery that will be made up of a series of unique units that fit together in different ways, allowing the wearer to create a constantly evolving piece of jewelery to express their changing sense of self over time. Using haptics has allowed me to create forms that are organic, unpredictable and unique. The forms drawn digitally while working with Anarkik 3D, use the haptic interface Cloud 9 to create objects for rapid manufacturing.”
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