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Toyota’s Wood Car Captures Material Beauty Over Time

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

This week, Toyota is presenting for the first time Setsuna, a new roadster concept crafted in wood. It will be on show throughout Milan Design Week (12 – 17 April). Why Wood? The concept behind ...

Serial Plane Cut Paper Olympic Figures

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Trained as an architect, Barcelona based paper artist Raya Sader Bujana of Little Ray of Sunflower brings paper to life with her serial plane cut works. In advance of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio, ...

Iridescent Fiber Pattern Lamps inspired by Dragonfly wings

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Atelier Robotiq uses an Aerospace fiber weaving technology to make lightweight Fiber Pattern Lamps. With an industrial robot the thin fibers are precisely woven into geometrical structures. At Salone del Mobile in Milan, Atelier Robotiq ...

Learning from Chocolate Coatings to Predict the Thickness of Shell Structures

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Initially inspired by videos of chocolatiers making bonbons and other sweets, Professor Pedro Reis and his MIT team wondered if there was a way to precisely predict the final thickness of a shell, as well ...

Shape-Shifting Material Could Inspire a New ‘Origami Architecture’

Published 8 years ago by Allie | 2 responses

Inspired by an origami technique called ‘snapology’, engineers at Harvard University have developed a type of foldable material that can change its size, shape and volume on demand. The structure comprises extruded cubes with a ...

Coming Soon: Transparent Wood

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

See-through wood sounds like a fiction, but researchers in Sweden claim they have in fact developed a transparent timber that could replace glass panes in the future. “Transparent wood is a good material for solar cells, ...