Composée d’une matrice de 256 ballons gonflés à l’hélium et équipés de LEDs, Cyclique est une superbe installation imaginée par le Collectif Coin ainsi que Nohista réagissant à la musique, le tout dans le cadre de la Nuit Blanche 2013 à Amiens en France. A découvrir en vidéo et détails dans la suite de l’article.
London architect Daniel Widrig is presenting a collection of 3D-printed wearable sculptures during Design Miami this week, including one that looks like an exoskeleton.
Widrig‘s Kinesis collection explores the possibility of creating customised 3D-printed products based on a scan of the wearer’s body so they fit perfectly.
“We have been working with body related objects for a while now,” Widrig told Dezeen. “We originally worked with mannequins which we sculpted ourselves based on standard model sizes. Nevertheless we wanted to go a step further this time and create customised objects that literally merge with the human body.”
“Every body is unique and has its individual oddities, so 3D scanning is the only way to manage a total blending between a specific body’s topography and the designed geometry,” he added.
Using a digital model produced by the 3D scan as a starting point, Widrig analysed the parts of the body where the products would be worn and developed forms that are designed to “emphasise and exaggerate them.”
Two of the pieces are designed to be worn around the neck, with one of them intended to resemble “an inflated skin wrapping around the model’s breast and neck area.”
The other neckpiece is inspired by the expansions and contraction of muscular systems. These two objects take the form of a dense amalgamation of curving sections that resemble sinews or tendons.
The third object comprises a series of connected forms resembling vertebrae, which narrow into ribs that fit over the shoulder blades. “It resembles an exoskeleton growing out of the model’s spine,” said Widrig.
All of the wearable products were manufactured by Belgian 3D printing specialist Materialise from a polyamide/nylon powder using a selective laser sintering process.
Widrig explained that the process is ideal for fashion applications as it can be used to create flexible shapes with high levels of detailing and durability.
“Since our first fashion experiments in 2009, we tried to push the limits of SLS by reducing material thicknesses to a minimum where we wanted objects to be flexible, and gradually thickening up where we required more rigid zones,” he said.
The Kinesis collection is on show at design brand Luminaire’s Design+World event in Miami today.
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There’s a lot of hope for displays made from organic light-emitting diodes, a.k.a. OLEDs. They provide better color, higher contrast and are more energy-efficient than the LCDs that currently provide displays for pretty much every television and computer. Many think OLED displays could supplant LCDs within the next five years. But there’s a problem: OLEDs are challenging to make, so mass production has been a distant dream.
…until now. The engineers at the equipment company Kateeva have recently launched with what they think is the solution to significantly push OLEDs ahead. And they are doing it with an old technology: ink-jet printers.
Spanish artist/designer Javier Lloret has created what is possibly the nerdiest (and coolest, in our books) interactive façade ever. Puzzle Façade, a 3D-printed interface cube that’s connected to a digital wall by Bluetooth, lets passersby try their hand at solving a larger-than-life Rubik’s Cube.
The tools and pieces behind the interface cube
The handheld cube is made up of 3D-printed exterior pieces (the twistable cubes we’ve all grown to love and hate) and a digital core that connected wirelessly to a laptop that controls the projection on the façade. As the challenger twists and turns the physical cube, the LED lights transform accordingly. The actual cube is a pristine white, making it harder for those who have memorized their puzzle-breaking pattern. Check out the video to see it in action:
The Samsung YOUM Smartwatch concept features a flexible AMOLED screen and looks very sexy. Hosting the latest software features like Google Now, which is always listening for the ‘Ok Google’ command, is quite an added bonus. The interface seems to display Google Glass like information cards with important notifications visible readily on the home screen of the device. Kinda reminds me of the Sony concept here.
Designer: Ian Nott
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Last night on the American news program 60 Minutes, Amazon skipper Jeff Bezos unveiled the company’s plans to have packages delivered not by strapping UPS men, but by autonomous drones that it is impossible for your girlfriend to develop a crush on. It turns out that 86% of Amazon packages are under five pounds, a very do-able payload capacity for our little octo-rotor friends. With well-placed distribution centers, Amazon reckons that “Prime Air Delivery,” as they’re calling it, will get package delivery times down to just 30 minutes for those living in the right zones.
Here’s what it would look like in action, using footage purportedly from an actual test flight:
News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry.
“This is truly the first architectural application of the 3D nylon sintered technology,” Priestman told Dezeen, referring to a decorative sheath he developed for a canopy on the roof of the refurbished 6 Bevis Marks office building in central London. “It’s architectural in so far as it’s been through an approval process and tried and tested, and actually installed in a building. It’s an approved product for use in the construction industry.”
Asked whether there are any other 3D printed building components currently approved for use in the construction industry, Priestman said: “Not that I am aware of. If you go to the offices of a major architect like Foster + Partners, they’ve got their own 3D-printing machine, but they’re not actually using the material to perform a function within a building; they’re using it as a modelling tool.”
While many studios have been experimenting with 3D-printing architectural structures and even working towards printing whole houses, Priestman believes his is the first real architectural application of 3D-printing because it has been approved for use by a major construction firm. “There may be someone who has done an installation, but this is a building component that has to stand for fifteen or twenty years; as long as everything that has been warrantied on the building,” he said.
The 3D-printed sheaths were designed to surround a series of complex joints between columns and a web of arms that support the canopy’s EFTE plastic roof. The components were subjected to rigorous environmental testing before being included in the warranty for the roof by EFTE specialist Vector Foiltec, which was responsible for the installation of the canopy.
The architect became involved in the project as a consultant after Vector Foiltec decided that cast steel nodes normally used in this scenario would not fulfil the practical or aesthetic requirements of this project. “They’re not a hundred percent accurate and you can see the process left on the face of the steel,” explained Priestman.
The casings he designed respond to the individual nature of each intersection and were modelled using 3D computer software. They were then printed in sections using a selective laser sintering process and applied to cover the unsightly joints. “It is a purely decorative finish which makes the steel look like it is a cast node but in effect it’s not,” said Priestman. “So if the shroud fell off the steelwork would still stay standing.”
To prove to the client and the building contractor, Skanska, that the parts were suitable for this application, Priestman took samples to an accelerated testing facility. “We got it tested in 1000-mile-per-hour winds, extreme weather tested,” he said. “Once I had done that, the product was approved by the big contractors for the building.”
The architect says he is now working with Skanska’s innovation team on other potential uses for 3D printing within the building industry. “I’m pushing now to find places to use [3D printing]. It’s going to be driven from an engineering point of view,” added Priestman. “How big can we go? How much of a structural element is it? Let’s start putting it in the built environment.”
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Say Apple and you usually expect an iPhone concept, however this time around designer Martin Hajek surprises us with two unique Apple iTV concepts. The Unboxed and Ahead of the Curve are conjured only to ask some relevant questions like will there be an upgraded AppleTV box; will it be in white and gold or will it be curved? What do you guys think?
Designer: Martin Hajek
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