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Moiré Patterns
Dutch Invertuals – ‘Cohesion’ Moiré patterns are superimposed secondary patterns created when two static surface patterns are overlaid one on top of the other. By displacing or rotating one or both...
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spirograph
the Spirograph is a geometric drawing toy that produces a variety of mathematical roulette curves. it was invented and developed by the English engineer Denys Fisher. in 1960, Fisher set up his own...
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Design tips from Philippe Starck
Hello everyone! Just in case you’ve missed it, I thought I’d share Philippe Starck’s lecture at the D&AD last month in London which is now available online for free....
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19th October 2015 Tutorials
Hello Everyone – Back in our studio studying mathematical, biological and made-made systems using parametric tools and digital fabrication for our BRIEF01: EXPLORE. Here are couple highlights from...
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Polylinks Catalogue + Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user’s view of the real world, thus providing a composite view. For architects and designers, AR enables them to...
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Scherk’s Minimal Surface
In mathematics, a Scherk surface (named after Heinrich Scherk in 1834) is an example of a minimal surface. A minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area (or having a mean curvature of...
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Auxetics
Auxetics are materials that have a negative Poisson’s Ratio. When stretched they become thicker perpendicular to the applied force, from our own experiences when a material is stretched we expect the...
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Human Scale Origami Paraboloids
A hyperbolic paraboloid is an infinite surface in three dimensions with both hyperbolic and parabolic cross-sections. A playful and intuitive way of visualising and parameterising this concept can be...
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Deployable structures
A deployable structure includes an enclosed mechanical linkage capable of transformation between expanded and collapsed configurations while maintaining its shape. These types of structures have the...
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Elastic Bending Systems
In physics, elasticity (from Greek ἐλαστός “ductible”) is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is removed. This...
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Adaptable Hypars
An exploration of the simplest Hyperbolic Paraboloidic ‘saddle’ form has lead to the development of a modular system that combines the principles of the hypar (Hyperbolic Paraboloid) and elastic...
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Hexagonal Patterned Spacial Definitions
The inspiration for this research came from the Asian artist Ren Ri, who uses bees in order to generate his sculptural work. He predefines the space for the bees to work with, and allows for a time...
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The Butterfly Egg
Geometry can be found on the smallest of scales, as is proven by the beautiful work of the butterfly in creating her eggs. The butterflies’ metamorphosis is a recognised story, but few know about the...
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Candyfloss from Venus
Imagine the solar system as our universe’s gigantic candyfloss maker. Candyfloss from Venus is recreating a mystic phenomenon of the solar system in a human scale and in the most fun approach. The...
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Bending Lattice System
My initial studies stemmed from researching into Stellation. This, in simple terms, is the process of extending polygon in two dimensions, polyhedron in three dimensions, or, in general, a polytope in...
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Thousand Line Construction
Thousand Line Construction : Hamish Macpherson A spatial exploration into the interplay of materials, construction techniques, and delicate and precise design. Inspired by Hanakago; the craft of...
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PNEU + PACK
All living organisms are composed of cells, and cells are fluid-filled spaces surrounded by an envelope of little material- cell membrane. Frei Otto described this kind of structure as pneus. From...
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The Stellation of the Icosahedron
In three-dimensional space, a Platonic solid is a regular, convex polyhedron. It is constructed by congruent regular polygonal faces with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. Only five...
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Sine Curve Orderly Tangle
In the 1970s and 1980s Alan Holden described symmetric arrangements of linked polygons which he called regular polylinks or orderly tangle. The fundamental geometric idea of symmetrically rotating and...
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