Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts

2011-05-09

Curved Origami Sculpture

Demaine’s artwork selected for Smithsonian exhibit

"Natural Cycles," part of a series of curved origami structures created by Erik and Martin Demaine.


For more information on the exhibit, visit http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/renwick40/, and for more on the Demaines' artwork, visit http://erikdemaine.org/.

Curved-Crease Sculpture by Erik and Martin Demaine

Paper folds itself into a natural equilibrium form depending on its creases. These equilibria are poorly understood, especially for curved creases. We are exploring what shapes are possible in this genre of self-folding origami, with applications to deployable structures, manufacturing, and self-assembly. This transformation of flat paper into swirling surfaces creates sculpture that feels alive.
 
Computational Origami (2008)

 

Pushing Curves to the Limit (2009)


Waves in Glass (2010)



YouTube - Curved origami

This is what paper rings do when you impose concentric mountain and valley folds onto them. Inspired by the work of Erik and Marty Demaine.


Collected from: YouTube - Curved origami

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2010-09-06

Drzach & Suchy -- Magic Shadows

DrzachSuchy.ch




*Drzach
architect, works in Basel
studied at ETH Zurich and at GSD Harvard University
worked in New York, Berlin, Zurich and Basel
combines art and design
creates furniture and portable display spaces
*Suchy
cryptographer, software engineer, works in Zurich
studied at ETH Zurich and at Carnegie Mellon University,
worked in Zurich, Pittsburgh PA, and New Brunswick NJ
experiments with holograms and Fourier transforms
Collected from: DrzachSuchy.ch

YouTube - shadow clouds

An introduction to shadow clouds.
For more info see http://DrzachSuchy.ch/shadow-cloud


Collected from: YouTube - shadow clouds

YouTube - thru religion


A spatial object by Drzach & Suchy, based on shadow clouds.
For more info see http://DrzachSuchy.ch/shadow-cloud


Collected from: YouTube - thru religion

The new materiality of shadows

Picture puzzles were used by artists as early as the middle ages, in order for example to convey a hidden message which is only revealed to the observer from a specific perspective – in other words the observer's position determines the nature of the perception.

Drzach & Suchy's artistic work is based on a further fundamental observation, which is independent of the point of vision of the observer: the shadow which is cast by a physical object is dependent on the intensity and location of the light source and the shape of the object.
A shadow casting panel by Drzach & Suchy: depending on the incidence of light we see either Le Corbusier or Mies van der Rohe.


Shadow cloud: how it works

[...]

The idea of shadow clouds can be summarized as follows: the shadow cast by flat, thin elements depends on their relation to the direction of illumination: elements perpendicular to illumination cast clear shadows, while the shadows of elements parallel to illumination are practically invisible. Moreover, the elements perpendicular to the illumination can be arbitrary shifted along the illumination without changing the overall shadow cast by all the elements. This allows for a random, cloud-like placement of elements in space.


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2010-04-30

SUPERBIEN 2D/3D Animated Graphic Designs

Envision: Step Into The Sensory Box
An experience-based video mapping designed by the agency and the Department Superbien New Media Agency / Auditorium. The public was invited into a cube and discover an artistic vision of the tagline of the event: Transforming the Mobile Experience.
clipped from vimeo.com
Lighting Design and Light Art Magazine Image Patachromo by Superbien patachromo6
PATACHROMO™ is a light installation whose animated content is based on the concepts of CHROMOtherapy which is seen through PATAphysics prism. This program is presented through a sequence of 2 minute-long light animation slots. It enables you to tackle the wintry greyness with serenity thanks to the exposure of your chakras to a healing light given out by a 6.65 sq meter LED support.
clipped from vimeo.com

Street Art

The Cloud by SuperBien

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Friends of SuperBien collective send us some pics and a video of "The cloud", a nice atmospheric installation they just did in Paris during the Nuit Blanche 2009.
clipped from vimeo.com
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Sources:
  1. Envision: Step Into The Sensory Box - Simplicity in form with dimensional color to create the sublime.. | CreativeApplications.Net
  2. ENVISION : Step into the sensory box on Vimeo
  3. Patachromo by Superbien | Enlighter Magazine
  4. PATACHROMO™ on Vimeo
  5. Everyone is an art director *Art *Photography *Design *Music *Cinema tchi tcha *Fashion *Street art: Street Art
  6. SUPERBIEN présente « LE NUAGE » on Vimeo
Related:
  1. SUPERBIEN Alex Mestrot & Tom Chosson
  2. SUPERBIEN on Vimeo
  3. Mobile World Congress | Global Conference for Mobile Technology and Business
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2010-04-02

Socolar and Taylor’s Aperiodic Tiling With A Single Shape

clipped from www.tilings.org.uk

How do Shapes Fill Space?

HyperbolicTiling
What happens when you put seven triangles round every corner?
Tiling from Vakil Mosque Shiraz
What are the secrets of Islamic master craftsmen?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
First Aperiodic Tiling With A Single Shape
Mathematicians discover how to tile a plane in a nonrepeating pattern using a single shape.
Today, Joshua Socolar and Joan Taylor at Duke University announce that they have solved the einstein problem and in the process they've discovered an entirely new way to approach the problem.
"The tile presented here is the only known example of an aperiodic tile," they say.
clipped from maxwelldemon.com
Almost the 3d monotile...
Socolar and Taylor's Aperiodic monotile
Patch of tiling, the red lines show a little of the structure of the tiling. The single grey tile shows how the different pieces of the tile fit together with its neighbours.
Patch of tiling with the 3d monotile. Note how the tiles fit together at different levels.
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Sources:
  1. How do Shapes Fill Space?
  2. Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: First Aperiodic Tiling With A Single Shape
  3. Socolar and Taylor’s aperiodic tile. « Maxwell’s Demon
Related:
  1. Make: Online : World's first aperiodic tiling with a single shape
  2. Make: Online : Socolar-Taylor aperiodic tile models on Thingiverse
  3. Aperiodic tiling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. [1003.4279] An aperiodic hexagonal tile
  5. Edmund Harriss
  6. A-single-tile | Products & Tech News
  7. Socolar-Taylor Aperiodic Tile by Gelada - Thingiverse
  8. First Aperiodic Tiling With A Single Shape | www.onu.ro
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2009-11-15

The Mandelbulb a 3D Mandelbrot Set

clipped from en.wikipedia.org
Fractal
A fractal is "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,"[1] a property called self-similarity.

The Mandelbrot set is a famous example of a fractal

clipped from en.wikipedia.org
Mandelbrot set
The Mandelbrot set is self-similar under magnification [...]
Zoom animation
Regardless of the extent to which one zooms in on a Mandelbrot set, there is always additional detail to see.
Mandelbrot color zoom.gif
clipped from www.youtube.com

Exterminate - Mandelbrot Fractal Zoom Music Video

clipped from www.skytopia.com


The Real 3D Mandelbulb

It's found by following a relatively simple math formula. But in the end, it's still only 2D and flat - there's no depth, shadows, perspective, or light sourcing. What we have featured in this article is a potential 3D version of the same fractal.

Resulting renders

But it wasn't until I incorporated proper shadowing that the subtleties of this incredible object became apparent. For the renders below and exploration afterwards,

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clipped from www.skytopia.com
Further exploration of the 3D Mandelbulb

What does it look like on the inside?

Any interesting analogues to the 2D Mandelbrot set?


A 3D Mandelbrot stalk (a deep zoom inside the Bulb)

A 2D Mandelbrot stalk

A 3D Mandelbulb spiral (found at a deeper zoom inside the "Ice Cream from Uranus" picture). Click to enlarge, and see this page of the thread for how it was found.

A 2D Mandelbrot spiral

Are gorgeous flyovers and parallax zooms now possible?

clipped from www.youtube.com

Mandelbulb zoom

A zoom into the 3D mandelbulb (split in half), with full light sourcing. Enjoy.

clipped from www.youtube.com

3D Mandelbulb mountain cross sections

Over 1000 cross sections of a zoomed in section from the 3D Mandelbulb. Observe the absurdly ornate detail within. This took around a couple of days to render.


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Sources:
  1. Fractal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  2. Mandelbrot set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  3. YouTube - Exterminate - Mandelbrot Fractal Zoom Music Video
  4. Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
  5. The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
  6. YouTube - mandelbulb zoom
  7. YouTube - 3D Mandelbulb mountain cross sections
Related:
  1. Welcome - True 3D mandelbrot type fractal
  2. Patterns of Visual Math - Mandelbrot Set
  3. Skytopia - Mystery of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal
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