Jul 19
600-year-old bras and panties found in Austrian castle
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Archaeologists have unearthed four linen bras in an Austrian castle which are believed to be nearly ..(Read…)
Jul 19
Portrait Made of 3,621 Recycled Wine Corks!
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Michigan-based artist Scott Gundersen decided to combine this common challenge with his artwork and ..(Read…)
Jul 19
Ahye Baby’s Bed
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This creative baby’sbed is designed by Hyunjin Seo and Jaekyoung Kim. It is designed after curves of..(Read…)
Jul 19
Kinetic Rain by ART+COM
Posted in: UncategorizedGerman design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore’s Changi Airport (+ movie).
Kinetic Rain was commissioned as a calming centrepiece for the airport’s departure hall.
Suspended by steel wires, the raindrops are computer-controlled to move up and down in choreographed patterns.
The dancing installation is in two parts, each comprising 608 copper-covered aluminium raindrops.
We’ve featured a few designs inspired by meteorology recently, including a light installation that displays yesterday’s weather and a poster celebrating London’s rainy summer, which is available at the Dezeen Super Store in Covent Garden.
Photographs are by ART+COM.
Here’s some more from ART+COM:
In the course of refurbishment works ART+COM was commissioned by Changi Airport Group, Singapore, to create a signature art installation for the Departure Check-in hall of Terminal 1. The sculpture aims to be a source of identity for its location, and provides a moment for passengers to contemplate and reflect despite the busy travelling atmosphere.
Kinetic Rain is composed of two parts, each consisting of 608 rain droplets made of lightweight aluminum covered with copper. Suspended from thin steel ropes above the two opposing escalators, each droplet is moved precisely by a computer-controlled motor hidden in the hall’s ceiling. The entire installation spans an area of more than 75 square metres and spreads over 7.3 metres in height.
Kinetic Rain follows a 15-minute computationally designed choreography where the two parts move together in unison, sometimes mirroring, sometimes complementing, and sometimes responding to each other. In addition, several spotlight sources mounted below the installation create a play of shadows on the terminal’s ceiling as they illuminate the movement of the rain droplets. German media technology firm MKT did the mechatronic implementation of Kinetic Rain.
Client: Changi Airport Group, Singapore
Number of droplets: 1216
Number of motors: 1216
Material of droplet: aluminum covered with copper
Weight of droplet: 180 grams
Weight of overall installation: 2.4 tons
Droplets travel distance from ceiling to lowest point: 7.3 metres
Size: Each part covers 9.80 x 4 metres
Project duration: 20 months, from August 2010 till April 2012
Technology used: Custom industrial mechanical engineering parts and custom code, combined with a lot of creativity
About ART+COM
ART+COM was founded in 1988 in Berlin by a group of artists, designers and developers who were sparked by the belief that the computer was more than a tool. Back then they realised the technology’s potential to become a universal communication medium. The group set out to practically explore its artistic, scientific and technological aspects and to put these aspects to use. Their spectrum of works ranges from artistic and design projects through to technological innovations and inventions, which have as a whole pioneered media-based spatial communication design and art in the last 25 years.
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Jul 18
Zombie Head Popcorn Buckets
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These really Cool zombie head popcorn buckets made by the New York office of the Y&R ad agency s..(Read…)
Jul 18
Two large membrane vacuum presses for laminating the curved forms of the Iris Floor Light.
It is said that you are a product of your environment. In the case of MacMaster Design the environment is a product of well, the product. A look into Alex MacMaster and Limahl Asmall’s workspace over at their portfolio on Coroflot and you can see how the flowing and open forms of his lighting fixtures have created a spacious breathable setting. This is not to distract but only add to the rolling scenery of Worcestershire, Great Britain, where the company is located.
Today, MacMaster’s workshop resides in a formerly dusty swimming pool which has been transformed into a modern day production facility. The Old Pool has sliding doors and large luminous windows that open onto a sea of coniferous forest providing an idyllic setting for MacMaster’s natural and timber based lighting and furniture. Cast iron machinery has been meticulously sourced from within the United Kingdom and consists of 70’s Wadkin and Sedgwick precision equipment complete with British Racing Green lacquers. The Wadkin Burrsgreen Band-saw in particular being the equivalent Rolls Royce of its time.
The large sliding door works just as well in an industrial setting as it did illuminating pool-goers.
Precision and refinement are a necessity when dealing with the complex forms of their lighting fixtures. Check out after the jump to see the final product.
Jul 18
Dinner – Bird Box Studios
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