2011

Welcome to the world of Bang & Olufsen

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December 20, 2011

A autonomous robot that makes drawings in the sand only visible from the sky, mimicking the ancient Nazca lines.

Nazca City Robot

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December 19, 2011

Contour Crafting

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December 12, 2011




"Ferropolis, "the city of iron" is an open museum of old huge industrial machines in Gräfenhainichen, a city near Dessau, Germany. It's an open air museum which contains machines from the mid-twentieth century. They can measure to 30 meters high, 120 meters long and weigh up to 1980 tons. Moreover, the area is used for several events like opera or music festival like the Melt! festival or the "Ferropolis in Flammen"." - Wikipedia



Another video of the flying fabrication system developed by Gramazio and Kohler and Raffaello D'Andrea at ETH, with a further information available from the ETH website.

Some more interesting stuff coming out of Raffaello D'Andrea ETH research group

Flight Assembled Architecture 2

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December 4, 2011



So here is the first actual preview of Gramazio and Kohler's lastest project currently on exhibit at FRAC Orleans. A series of flying robots that pick up and place polystyrene bricks to form a tower.

Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.

Little Printer

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November 30, 2011

"20 Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. Generated directly by the sound, tangible and sculptural forms emerge suggestive of scientific visualisations. As different frequencies interact both visually and aurally, complex patterns emerge to create interference phenomena that probe the limits of our perception."

20 Hz from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

Semiconductor - 20Hz

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November 29, 2011



This is a film where the camera is constantly in motion, with sweeping balletic long takes, crane and hand held shots, tracking shots, including some over and down the side of buildings, through cane fields, into swimming pools, around packed night clubs, even hovering and moving along high over a street in the middle of a packed funeral procession - all without the usual cutting. I estimate the average length of a take in this film at about 2 - 3 minutes, a figure rare and astonishing these days, even with the benefit of steadicams - but jaw dropping given the still-unwieldy equipment they were surely using in 1964. In particular one or two large scale sequences must have taken days, if not weeks, to prepare, and presumably needed government marshaling to choreograph. (Ironically, whether or not the film makers intended it, the liberated camera work on display here reflects the notion of revolutionary freedom far more than the actual story vignettes.)

The film itself is shot in high contrast gleaming black and white, favouring wide angle lenses, and with a constant deep focus that reminded me of Greg Toland's work for Welles or some of James Wong Howes' work. Kalatozov's use of a handful of character 'types' throughout recalls Eisenstein's (and in fact there is a faint reference to his the Odessa Steps sequence in 'Battleship Potemkin' at one point when the revolutionary rioters march down some steps), but the effect here is far more sensual and lyrical. (Among the professional actors, Sergio Corrieri also appears in the better-known Memories of Underdevelopment). The film's 'artiness' is undeniably a distraction from the message of struggle, and to the original viewers the beautiful images must have been a long way from reality in the New Cuba.

(karagarga)

I Am Cuba

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November 25, 2011

Robotic Ostrich

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November 20, 2011

Haptica Intelligensia

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November 15, 2011

ISS Earth Time Lapse

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November 13, 2011

"Low Definition Control" Teaser from Michael Palm on Vimeo.

Low Definition Control

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November 12, 2011

Synthetic biology combined computational powers. 45 min of future lecture stuff

GoPano micro - 360 lens for iPhone 4

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November 10, 2011

Ex-Unit 23 students, Matt Shaw and Will Trossell's company Scanlab have scanned parts of the Arctic for Greenpeace.


Max de Esteban take's apart obsolete products photographs them and reconstructs them digitally with the photos
(Notcot.org)

An insight in to Douglas Trumbull's mind, inventions and techniques

Douglas Trumb

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November 9, 2011

Really interesting insight into 3D camera setup and also the hand drawing of 3D storyboards

Mekkanika typeface

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November 5, 2011

Circular motion

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November 1, 2011

Tony Hill Films

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October 27, 2011

Mind the commercials in the beginning.
A brief introduction to the 12 decades of film.

The Story Of Film

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October 25, 2011

Interactive Fabrication

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October 24, 2011

Jem Cohen films are attracting observations of the urban/city landscape[s].

Chain


Lost Book Found


find more in the tube....

Jem Cohen

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October 19, 2011

Digital Rube Goldberg Processor from The Product on Vimeo.

Quantum Levitation

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October 18, 2011



Ben Niles

Arthur Ganson makes moving sculpture | Video on TED.com



IMDB writes:
Everyone knows this was Natalie Wood's last film, and that some of her scenes were filmed after her death with a stand-in you only see from behind. Director Dondald Trumball, best known for his special effects work in Blade Runner, Close Enounters, a Star Trek, chose this time to build his story on plot and character development, a good choice given the enormous talent he had to work with.
Trumball's battle with studio execs to finish the film after Wood's death, rather than claim the insurance proceeds and call the film off, ended his career in Hollywood, but assured that this gem would not be lost. It is somewhat ironic that Natalie's swan song should be a sci-fi movie, since she was hardly known for work in the genre, but she brings a grace and charm, as well as depth and beauty, to the genre that is usually lacking.

Most sci-fi films based on technology don't age well, and there are times where this is no exception. The idea of recording on tape, let alone making tape loops, must seem like wax cylinder recordings to today's MP3 generation. The tapes themselves were props borrowed from a film being shot nearby, and that film was itself a dismal failure. But the concept is timeless, and so well done that, all in all, the film still works as well as it did in 1983.

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October 17, 2011

This place is an interesting resource in london that provides facilities and workshops on all kinds of topics about hacking machinery, electronics etc. They have their own laser cutters, electronics bays, and workshop.

London Hackspace

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October 14, 2011

"The Eternal Frame is an examination of the role that the media plays in the creation of (post) modern historical myths. For T.R. Uthco and Ant Farm, the iconic event that signified the ultimate collusion of historical spectacle and media image was the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. The work begins with an excerpt from the only filmed record of Kennedy's assassination: Super-8 footage shot by Abraham Zapruder, a bystander on the parade route."

also other really interesting film by same group + Alva Altos Doc is worth watching

ANT FARM

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October 13, 2011

Swiss architect exploring "image-made" architectures using Photoshop and photography.

http://www.tarynsimon.com/works_innocents.php

The Innocents documents the stories of individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. At issue is the question of photography's function as a credible eyewitness and arbiter of justice. 

Nice documentary about Kubrick's obsessive working methods, and the vast archive of research (and just pure eccentricities) he left behind stored in boxes on his estate.

Free plugin download for 3DS Max for 3D Scanning files.

An online archive of film of many various artist and architects. An archive of inspiration.
Ubu web has an extensive archive-database of film, sounds, writings, papers and lots more.

UBU-WEB
Wikipedia

Cities at Night

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September 25, 2011



"German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert"
Read more HERE and watch the video HERE

SOLAR SINTER

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July 12, 2011





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3D printed strandbeest

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May 2, 2011

New Lexus Carbon Fibre Loom

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March 21, 2011

Some essential viewing on BBC's iplayer, relating to sculpture.


romancing the stone: the golden ages of british sculpture

Thanks Eman!

sculpture on the iplayer

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February 23, 2011

For me, architecture gets really exciting when people start borrowing technologies from other disciplines, and incorporate them into projects. This japanese company has milled an aluminium motorbike helmet from a solid block of aluminium on their dynamic 5 axis machine- pretty sweet motion, and hopefully a flavour of things to come in the B... a lot of ally swarf left over though..

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February 18, 2011

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New journal edited by Shaun Murray - may already be available at the AA bookshop.

video from related conference here (inc. liquid factory...)

"Design Ecologies foregrounds the inextricable connection between human communication and ecological accountability in architectural design. This burgeoning field has the potential to become a far-reaching discipline, bonding a community that crosses over into and out of architecture, environment, interaction, urbanism, and performing arts and communication.

Through original design exploration ranging in scale, the journal will proffer a critical vision towards the built environment, and promote ecological transitions within local and global contexts. It will challenge the everyday emerging practices of architectural design by offering a transdisciplinary framework for design production."


here - thankyou alex



Forthcoming conference on Adaptive Architecture at the Building Centre, 3rd-5th March 2011. Featuring Chuck Hoberman keynote speech, plus much more. Coincides with their Living Form exhibition which sounds pretty essential.

adaptive architecture conference

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January 24, 2011

theransomprocess - Jose
projektion - Thias
variabledimensions - Emma
madhavkidao - Madhav
makedrawsleep - David
peakerpeaker - Peaker
michelleflam - Michelle
deepwrecks - Biggie
tmhrvy - Tom
jefffab5 - Jeff
danielgoodacre - Dan G
tekton2000 - Thomas
heathermacey - Heather

tumblr city

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January 13, 2011