Stripes

This quick Processing Sketch was strongly inspired by the current Gerhard Richter exhibition "Stripes and Glass" at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland.

float stepSize = 20;
int r,g,b;
int opacity = 50;

void setup () {
background(240);
size(1440 , 720);
smooth();
}

void draw(){

for (int i = 0; i <= height; i++) {
float red = map(r+i, 1, 260, 1, 255);
float green = map((g+i), 1, 260, 1, 255);
float blue = map(b+i, 1, 260, 1, 255);
stroke(random(red), random(green), random(blue), opacity);
strokeWeight(stepSize);
strokeCap(SQUARE);
line(0, i+stepSize/2, width, i+stepSize/2);
}

Lecture DESIGN = PRODUCTION at KISD, Cologne

Hans Sachs of responsive design talks, together with Sebastian Bächer of CNC Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, about the the potential merge of design and production with the upcoming and intensifying integration of digital tools in both processes. 

The talk "design = production" takes place at the KISD on Tuesday April 1st 2014. Please see more details about this series of lectures on KISD news /calendar..

abstract

Similar to the 18th and 19th century industrial revolution, we are, today, in a process of societal change driven by the 'digital revolution', that, among other factors, significantly influences architecture and design. While information technology and digital, rule-based, robotic processes already dominate large parts of our private and business live, industrial processes still primarily govern the production of (consumer) goods.

But although industrial production still dominates the building and design industry, digital techniques have helped in reinstating basic principles of craft production in which material and form are naturally intertwined into a tradition of making. Hereby digital manufacturing processes are rather related to the principals of crafts than industrial production as they emphasize the qualities of the materials used and provide higher flexibility during the development and production process.

Thus the methodology of the object development process changes: the design development process reaches up to the last produced model in a product series. In the same time the production cycle starts with the first prototype object. In this lecture Sebastian Bächer and Hans Sachs present various personal and cooperative mostly experimental works and projects, which focus on the increasingly blurring boundaries between design, development and production.

Oooglow

Oooglow is a lampshade made from phosphorescent polyester resin.
It's shape is generatively designed based on the same principles as the Tong-Zi-Dan series.

Defined by certain preferences an unlimited amount of forms can thus be produced.



In the present case, the dimensions of the shape and amount of faces were determined by the bed-size of the available laser cutter and foldability of the polypropylene sheet which was used for the mold.








The production is based on a rotational molding technique, also similar to the Tong-Zi-Dan gypsum vases.
However the polyester plastic makes for a much more durable and solid object. The procedure involves mixing 700ml of polyester resin with 100g of phosphorescent pigments. When the pigments are fully dispersed 28ml (4%) of hardener are added and the solution poured into the mold. The mold has to be continuously rotated for about 20 minutes until the resin has solidified. The mold can be removed after 12 hours of curing. It takes another few days until the object is completely hard.




The lamp is equipped with a LED light which doesn't heat up the plastic but sufficiently charges the luminescent pigments.



Once the light is turned off the lamp emits a greenish glow over a period of several hours.



Big Thanks to Achilleas Xydis!

KISD Open Factory

Together with Marcel Odenbach, Hans Sachs from responsive design studio runs a workshop 2D>3D at the KISD Open Factory at the Köln International School of Design.

The 2-day event with various workshops and panel discussions on Nov 29th and 30th addresses the open scource and maker movement and brings people from different professional fields together to experiment, develop and fabricate. Students can still register for several workshops on the conference's webpage (above).

Cardboard Lounge at National Museum of Denmark

For our client WHITE LABEL EVENTS GmbH we provided furniture and accessoires for a "Cardboard Lounge" in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

 

The event took place in the spacious entrance hall of the museum on October 23rd. The Cardboard Lounge was part of an exciting event with live acts and gala dinner hold by a German cardboard producer to invite international clients.

Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics in Berlin

Hans Sachs of responsive design studio has presented his paper "bended - material and process informed design computation" at Transmaterial Aesthetics Symposium in Berlin at the Aedes Network Campus Berlin, on October 2nd, 2013(see programm below). We especially thank Prof. Matthias Ludwig (Hochschule Wismar, Fakultät Gestaltung) and AA Dipl. Sandra Loschke (Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney) for the organisation of the event. The symposium abstracts can be downloaded here.

In the Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics various lectures of architects, designers and producers have been presented and discussed experiments with timber in architecture and technology.
































flyer with programm :

Final Presentation of "Folds & Spaces" at CIAD

Students of the the Folds & Spaces bachelor module present their conceptual and experimental works on a folded architectural structure which they developed during the summer semester 2013. 

 


One of the concepts will be chosen by a jury to be realized as "CIAD pavillon" in the courtyard of the faculty of architecture at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.
Special guests will be Dipl. Ing. (FH) Klaus Wetzstein from 3A Composites AG , Gregory Epps - founder of Robofold Ltd., Prof. Andreas Muxel - chair of interface design at KISD and more...
The event starts at 16:00 Uhr (4 pm) in Room 323 at CIAD - Cologne Institute for Architectural Design (IWZ Altbau, Köln-Deutz)

The modul was kindly supported by 3A Composites AG

CurveCube

CurveCube is a very spontaneous proposal for a walk-through, human-scale pavilion made from corrugated cardboard.



The design connected two geometrical forms. Towards the outside it represented a closed cubic shape but merged into an organically appearing surface on the inside.

From the original project description (in german) "Architektonisch entsteht ein Spannungsfeld zwischen der Komplexität der Innenform im Kontrast zur formalen äusseren Kubatur in einem sich gegenseitig beeinflussenden und durchdringenden Formenspiel zwischen Klarheit und Vielschichtigkeit."

Quarter Iso Grid Cardboard Surfboard Study

Inspired and led by Mike Sheldrake's cardboard surfboards we created a fully parametric grasshopper definition, that generates a cardboard connector system as 3D model. With this tool, which we created in a "spare time project" , you can load in and process almost any surfboard shape you want...
































The Grasshopper definition unrolls, numbers and layouts all edge curves to be cut by a laser cutter.
After having cut and assembled all parts we followed Mike's great glassing instructions on his webpage. This is the result of our study so far.. further pics are coming when finished and tested in the North Sea..

our Team: Till Hartmann, Maik Holtiegl , Hans Sachs
Supporters: CNC Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, Denise, Andreas Naumann
very special Thanks to Mike Sheldrake for his advice and kind support