so, i am excited to say that i received my Carolus Freitag Business Bag recently and would like to report on it in full here shortly. for some reason it seems to be on the freitag.ch site at $140 US /less/ expensive than when i bought it, but i have always found freitag bags to be of such super durability and super functionality that they were worth every penny.

the Carolus by the way is part of their “Reference” series which all look very slick indeed. it is evident that these bags are not just for bike messengers anymore.

anyway, looking forward to having some fun with some less technical posts moving forward. stay tuned.

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note that i am NOT tied to the nine bar kinematic assembly it is just that this seemed like the simplest and most reasonable place to start testing this.

.gh and .3dm files available on ftp here: > to be posted <

also make sure to see the post with the images of the nine bar assembly here: http://formpig.com/blog/2013/02/nine-bar-kinematic-images/

also see images of the exhibiton here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/formpig/sets/72157632469621911/] and here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/formpig/sets/72157632469789685/]

here is an official photo from the conference

we are also very excited to be working again with matt swinney and launch 787 so stop by and see us. i guarantee that at the very least you will be wowed by the two roof decks and the master bedroom. to purchase advanced tickets please go here: http://www.modernhometouraustin.com

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this work is the result of a decade of research that began by re-engineering a classical mathematical model collection originally made by hand in plaster in the 1800′s using contemporary modeling and fabrication processes.

for more on this project please see other portions of the blog or inquire at universal joint.

AAG12: http://aag12.architecturalgeometry.at

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http://www.universaljointdesign.com/content/formpig_kansai uploaded.zip

http://www.universaljointdesign.com/pdf/kansai structure photos.pdf.zip

http://www.universaljointdesign.com/universal rendering proposals.pdf or http://www.universaljointdesign.com/pdf/universal rendering proposals.pdf.zip

http://www.universaljointdesign.com/CONTENT/white over black.ini.zip

http://www.formpig.com/pdf/formpig_structural glass_GRAND SERRES_rice and dutton.pdf

http://geometrie.uibk.ac.at/institutsangehoerige/husty/dld/chapter16.pdf (see page 381)
http://geometrie.uibk.ac.at/institutsangehoerige/husty/dld/A681.pdf
http://geometrie.uibk.ac.at/institutsangehoerige/husty/dld/NaCoMM-2007-053.pdf

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next to the circle the reuleaux triangle (on which these are based) is the simplest object of constant width.

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Hi All, This should be a very worthwhile seminar for architects, engineers and industrial designers. If you are in Europe this would be an important one and I see there is very limited availability for this inaugural event.

Evolute is on the cutting edge of the contemporary built environment. In addition to consulting they have both a paid and a free plugin for Rhino.

[EvoluteTools PRO]
[evolute. blog]
[SimplyRhino UK]

Evolute GMBH has just released an upgraded and improved professional version of EvoluteTools called EvoluteTools PRO available from formpig.com. EvoluteTools PRO provides industrial strength, cutting edge tools at a very reasonable cost.

evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to buy EvoluteTools PRO

Evolute GMBH has released a FREE version of EvoluteTools called EvoluteTools LITE available on the food4rhino site. It is a really fantastic way to get familiarized with the industrial strength, cutting edge tools available in EvoluteToolsPRO.

[link to FREE download]

evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to buy EvoluteTools PRO

our recreation of the famous classical model of the clebsch diagonal surface and its complex configurations. we have numbered and colored the numbers on this model. as exhibited at the Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan and as available on Shapeways. [model on shapeways]

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it represents the beginning of rapid prototyping research we presented at siggraph in 2008.

[link to seier+ seier]

brochures

don’t forget to ask us about customized consulting services or the t-splines evolutetools bundle. also contact us regarding discounts on evolutetools professional and academic licenses.

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chertok@evolute.at or evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to buy EvoluteTools PRO

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here is a link for the webcast from evolute including florin and matthias on the work done on the yas island marina project. the team on the project included asymptote, gehry technologies and front.

also matthias and florin presented exciting news on ideal edge length and ideal panel work being done that will likely be included in future releases of the plugin evolutetools for rhino.

don’t forget to ask us about customized consulting services or the t-splines evolutetools bundle.

Take a look behind the scenes at current projects and what is under active development for both built work, in-house numerical algorithms and new tools for the evolutetools for rhino plugin at the new evolute blog.

evolute blog

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we animated it using the RhinoWorks plugin for Rhino. click [link to Vimeo] for full resolution animations.

[link to Vimeo]

a nice presentation on architecture. be sure to check out the animation at the end.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/9071481[/vimeo]

also a nice presentation on the role of architects.

and here is a pretty solid statement on the architect and architecture firm from REX and ramus. solid:

We challenge and advance typologies.

REX feels it’s time for Architecture to do things again, not just represent things.

We design collaborations rather than dictate solutions.

The media sells simple, catchy ideas; it reduces teams to individuals and their collaborative work to genius sketches. The proliferation of this false notion of “starchitecture” diminishes the real teamwork that drives celebrated architecture. REX believes architects should guide collaboration rather than impose solutions. We replace the traditional notion of authorship: “I created this object,” with a new one: “We nurtured this process.”

We embrace responsibility in order to implement vision.

The implementation of good ideas demands as much, if not more, creativity than their conceptualization. Increasingly reluctant to assume liability, architects have retreated from the accountability (and productivity) of Master Builders to the safety (and impotence) of stylists. To execute vision and retain the insight that facilitates architectural invention, REX re-engages responsibility. Processes, including contractual relationships, project schedules, and procurement strategies, are the things with which we design.

We don’t rush to architectural conclusions.

The largest obstacle facing clients and architects is their failure to speak a common language. By taking adequate time to think with our clients before commencing the traditional design process, it is our proven experience that we can provide solutions of greater clarity and quality. With our clients, we identify the core questions they face, and establish shared positions from which we collectively evaluate the architectural proposals that follow.

We side with neither form nor function.

REX believes that the struggle between form and function is superficial and unproductive. By emphasising performance instead—a hybrid that does not discriminate between program, organization, and form—we free architecture from the tired debate over whether it is an art or a tool. Art performs; tools perform. The measure of high performance is relative to each client’s aspirations and each project’s constraints.

We reach for the unexpected by exposing root problems.

We don’t innovate for innovation’s sake. Nor do we accept predigested solutions. We return to root problems and doggedly explore them with a critical naiveté. Unprejudiced by convention, we expose solutions that transcend those we could have initially or individually imagined. Sometimes we discover uncharted territory; sometimes we rediscover forgotten territory that has renewed usefulness; sometimes we reaffirm conventions with assured conviction.

We view constraints as opportunities.

Engaged intelligently, project challenges such as site conditions, budgets, schedules, codes, and politics are opportunities that can catalyze the most innovative solutions. Architectural concepts that capitalize on our clients’ constraints will surpass any vision that resists intractable realities. We produce specific designs that are highly effective, not universals diluted in application.

We advance new strategies for flexibility.

Despite an increased need to accommodate change, contemporary design still relies on an antiquated version of flexibility: one size fits all. The promise of a blank slate upon which any activity can occur has produced sterile, unresponsive architecture. REX advocates delimiting activities and addressing the possible evolutions of each on its own terms. With this strategy, one activity can evolve without sacrificing another, and collisions between activities unleash surprising potentials.

We love the banal.

REX dares to be dumb.

land art proposal for Los Angeles Nomadic Division [LAND] for a building “cutting” that registers the solar geometry for the latitude. also documented are series of developable “solar cut” stainless steel sculptures for cities at various latitudes.

[link to more videos on Vimeo]

we also provide a link to some backup technical documentation: [link to RIBA orientation of buildings]

image available for purchase from NY Times Shop.

“normally architects render a service. they implement what other people want. this is not what i do” – p. zumthor

[link to clebsch diagonal configuration animation]

contact us for more information.

unfoldable rooster sculpture laser cutting [est. 4 hours]: contact us for more information.

two excellent documents:

[link to rhino on the intel mac] [link to troubleshooting display problems]

feel free to share your settings and or links for running rhino using Parallels or other virtualization software.

i’m finding this particularly convenient on my macbookpro but would love to get others’ advice on tweaking the settings.

[link to site]

[two links on top right for paper and software respectively]

dickson uses terms such as “tactilization”, “corporeal synergy” and “synergetic experience” as it relates to rp models and mathematics.

[link to paper]

[link to website]

[link to kenneth snelson's site]

[link to food4rhino]

NEWS: EvoluteTools LITE is now available as a convenient and FREE download on foodforRhino.

[link to FREE download]

evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to buy EvoluteTools PRO

[link to ted talks]

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