Micachu and the Shapes
Micachu and the Shapes from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.
Tile Cowpet by Studio Note
Designed by Japan based Studio Note, the combination of materials is quite interesting to me as well as the combination of flooring materials to create something new.
Sid Mead on Future
2019: A Future Imagined from Flat-12 on Vimeo.
The content is a bit shallow, but I am a huge fan of Sid Mead, so will post anyway
Olympus BioScapes 2010 Winners Gallery
The result of the Olympus competition that awards the most beautiful scientific images.
VISUAL ACOUSTICS: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
I've just viewed this documentary and love the methodology in which Shulman works. He is able to take in the architecture and environment around him to create stunning pieces of photography. A very inspirational movie that for me made me rethink the way that I've been thinking about and seeing design.
Nasa Spheres Program
Known officially as Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, the droids have been on the station since 2006. Astronauts have conducted more than 20 experiment sessions with them, and are on tap to conduct many more. Each SPHERES droid is self-contained with power, propulsion, computing and navigation equipment. Together, they are testing techniques that could lead to advancements in automated dockings, satellite servicing, spacecraft assembly and emergency repairs.
Layers
Layers of colored wax work by Keetra Dean Dixon
Andrea Myers
Layered vinyl
Layered fabric (laser cut?)
Depth and pattern
Layers Reveal
Function separated by layers
Layers found in nature
Fashion Layers - Victor and Rolf
Floating details - Why Me Design
Layered Resin - Brooks Salzwedel
Layers creating an optical illusion - Studio Greenblue
Functional
Architectural
There are so many possibilities with the concept of layering. I've been intrigued with layers for quite some time and have used it as inspiration in various design projects.
132 5. by Issey Miyake
I just saw this mind blowing exhibit by Issey Miyake at the Barbican Museum and found it extremely inspirational from a textiles design standpoint. Here is a description via Dezeen:
The project was inspired by the work of computer scientist Jun Mitani who creates three-dimensional structures with smoothly curved surfaces by folding flat materials. The designers used a computer modelling program designed by Mitani to design the three dimensional forms of the garments, which are then modeled in paper adding cuts and fold lines until the forms can be flattened. The project was undertaken by Miyake’s Reality Lab, a research and development team formed by Miyake, textile engineer Manabu Kikuchi and pattern engineer Sachinko Yamamoto.
132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE” ― Born from a union between mathematics and clothes making .
In the autumn of 2010, ISSEY MIYAKE’s Reality Lab. will present “132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE”. Reality Lab. is a research and development team lead by Issey Miyake and two staff members, Manabu Kikuchi (textile engineer) and Sachiko Yamamoto (pattern engineer) and comprised of a group of designers, some of whom are young and relatively new to the Miyake Design Studio.The team was formed in 2007, and currently has 8 members. The Reality Lab. is a project based upon the principal of collaboration and teamwork . Their goal is, through research, to explore the future of making things from clothing to industrial products. The Reality Lab. always seeks to create products that reflect what people need and to find new ways to stimulate creative production in Japan.
Projections Prisms and Magic - Canon Neoreal 'prism liquid' by Akihisa Hirata and Kyota Takahashi
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