This Kickstarter campaign is an attempt to raise the money Tony needs to create a new collection of original TEMPT1 artwork and merchandise using the EyeWriter 2.0 software, robotic technology, traditional print-making techniques, as well as his community of friends, fans and peers. Supporting this campaign will not only allow TEMPT1 to continue to make art and express his ideas, but it will give him a chance to again become a professional artist, independently support himself and his family, pay for his medical bills, and make a contribution to the contemporary art world.

This campaign is offering lots of great rewards for its supporters like: screensavers , Custom eye-drawn fonts ,T-shirt designed by TEMPT1 ,A Kanye West edition of the original EyeWriter glasses design made by the EyeWriter development team and some other cool stuff!!

Tempt1 Eyewriter: SE2 EP1 from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

Tempt1: SE2 EP2 from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

Material Intelligence was a one-week intensive design and prototyping workshop held in New York City during the week of August 16-20.

The workshop brief
The relationship between the designed object and the forces surrounding that object are always present, perceivable, and tactile. These forces span, among others, material, fabrication, economic, cultural, as well as political domains. In this manner, the object can be thought of as simultaneously existing within a charged field of pressures while adding its own charge back into the field. Contemporary tools (digital fabrication) and technology (associative environments) provide a strategic means for navigating the multitude of forces at play, while the prototype serves as the activating link between material research and design innovation.

The methodology of the workshop progressed through a series of focused strategies beginning with material testing, followed by the development of prototypes, and arriving at aggregations of a single topological type. Each prototype was created by simple operations, undertaken through a specific disposition, and evaluated for performative potentials. All assemblies were designed in an associative environment (Grasshopper) and iteratively tested utilizing digital fabrication equipment (CNC 3-Axis Mill and CNC High-Force Cutter). The workshop concluded with a reception that exhibited design prototypes and full scale assemblies built by participants over the course of five days.

Material Intelligence was conceived through a collaboration between Studio Mode/modeLab and Tietz-Baccon.

More details and images of the final prototypes can be found at the following flick sets:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiomode/sets/72157624650009405/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiomode/sets/72157624757336064/

This project was fully founded by the on-line community by creating an interesting project at the kickstarter website were they offered a small ownership of the installation by engraving your name or a message in exchange of a small donation so when the installation is eventually disassembled, they will be shipped to their respective donor’s home. You can check out a map of some of the contributors to this project here.

The digital part of this project was mainly done in grasshopper if your interested in taking a look at the definition you can download it here.

Design Team: Michael Szivos, Jose Gonzalez, Carrie McKnelly, Elliot White, Tyler O’Rielley, Troy Zezula, Sean Madigan, Corey Kingston

Installation: Julia Schleppe, Andrew Manart, Simon Kristak, David Gonzalez, Andrew Chen, Anthony Buccellato, Laura Vincent, Michael House, Brandt Graves, Austin Smith, Andrew Sutton, Alan Tansey, Mac Glovinsky, Robin Jones

Photos: Andrew Manart

CHROMAtex.me Install from SOFTlab on Vimeo.

NEW IMAGES FROM ALAN TANSEY

Two pavilions were integrated into the project with objective of providing shelter for open-air classrooms .The structures were inspired in thethe tortoise shell, consisting of a series of pre-fabricated pods inter-connected to give global curvature to the surface.

In this link you can see a film shared by @dezeen created by Spirit of Space showing the construction of the pavilion.

The task for the student was to construct a 1:1 scale summer pavilion using digital design and fabrication tools.The pavilion was designed using a parametric design software to populate and control the position of the boxes in relation to the overall surface afterwards the design was simulated and optimized using fem-software for structural purposes.

‘boxel’ was led by professor marco hemmerling and visiting professors Matthias Michl, David Lemberski, Guido Brand and Claus Deis.

via – @designboom

Sniff from karolina sobecka on Vimeo.

Project Description (from the site)

SNIFF: public interactive projection
As you walk down the street you are approached by a dog. He is on his guard trying to discern your intentions. He will follow you and interpret your gestures as friendly or aggressive. He will try to engage you in a relationship and get you to pay attention to him.
Sniff is an interactive projection in a storefront window. As the viewer walks by the projection, her movements and gestures are tracked by a computer vision system. A CG dog dynamically responds to these gestures and changes his behavior based on the state of engagement with the viewer.

Sniff system from karolina sobecka on Vimeo.

How it works:
SNIFF is composed of two main components,the first one is a video tracking system which was built in openFrameworks and the second one is a game engine for real time graphics using Unity3d.

People on the sidewalk are monitored by an IR camera in openFrameworks. In oF each individual person is isolated and assigned a unique id for the duration of their interaction. Each persons’ position and gesture information is continually sent to Unity3d via OSC networking protocol. In Unity, an artificial intelligence system representing the dog forms relationships with the individuals. He chooses which person to pay attention to, is able to move towards them or back away, responds to their gestures and initiates gestures of his own. Based on the interaction he gets excited or bored, friendly or aggressive, which is reflected in his behavior.

I Am Display is a light installation facade that has the intention of playing the audience perceptions plays with the perceptions of its audience, created by Valentin Heun , Sagarika Sundaram and Gijs Burgmeijer this installation explores the equilibrium between our senses, our bodies and our surroundings.

Description form the site

There is a sense of inverted communication between man and this man-made machine. It is bigger than our huge screens. It is higher then us and longer than our cars. And instead of doing what we tell it to do, this display does something with us. The viewer experiences a confrontation with a light display. If the display could speak, every word it says would be shouted.

A hand-made object with hand-made electronics, I Am Display measures 2,5 m x 13 m and consists of 182 fluorescent tube lights, delivering 10.000 watts of pure experience.

Interview Gijs from Your Neighbours on Vimeo.

This guys have been kind enough of sharing a Processing demo application of the installation so you can play with it I have personally tried it , and I have to say it is a nice reference if  you´re interested in creating a similar project.

Soxels is an acustic media facade created by by Simon Schiessl and Felix Hardmood Beck , it was developed and prototyped with a matrix of approx. 1000 speakers and presented at the DMY International Design Festival 2010.

The faced is composed of a collection of “sound pixels” or Soxels and a feed in point to provide each speaker with an individual sound stream. DSP technology opens the spectrum from processing natural sounds, transforming them, or generating complex artificial sounds. The developed software is able to mix all integrated sound layers on any speaker anywhere on the wall and do individual sound manipulation.

The Soxels hardware works seamless together with softwares like MaxMSP, Processing, VVVV and many more, it can also be easily be used for interactive installations by feeding in live pictures.

Soxels at Berlins International Design Festival 2010 from Felix Hardmood Beck on Vimeo.

Proto Beanstalk workshop was conceived as an  “An architectural fairytale” and with the objective of introducing participants to the real of parametric design by creating processes which are capable of collect data and respond according to it.

Workshop took place at Taskisla Campus in Istanbul Turkey from 5th -12 May , tutors were  Frederik De Smedt, Alper Derinbogaz, Salih kucuktuna and kamil Kaptan with participants students from the SESAM010.

The workshop made an emphasis in using associative modelling techniques to discover innovative ways to bring solutions  to  design problems as well of who to materialize  them by using digital fabrication techniques.

Sesam Proto Beanstalk workshop from Miguel Zapatero Coomonte on Vimeo.

Another interesting project from the guys of PROJECTiONE , myLight is a DIY lamp shade available for sale, I think this is a great example of how creative people can create their own business models and sell their own products skipping all intermediaries in the process an at the same time create more compelling products for customers .

My light is based in the Lightforms project. The profile curve of the shade is first generated in Rhinoceros and can be customized to any shape. A Grasshopper script interprets this curve, determines the number of components needed, and lays out each simple component with its necessary intersections. The “Teardrop” is their first model  available for sale but they have announced more will come in the future.

myLight from PROJECTiONE on Vimeo.

Project Description (from site)

myLight is a “Do It Yourself” luminaire intended to provide a user with a memorable experience and appreciation for design and fabrication. Made from durable mylar, myLight is hand assembled by the user following a video as a guide. The object becomes more than simply a store-bought lamp as the user is involved in its production and takes pride in its assembly. PROJECTiONE is focused on process in conjunction with final results. myLight shares this experience directly with users. The visual complexity of the laser cut system adds to its beauty while the simple method and repetition of assembly makes it easy and fun to build. We hope the process can be a shared experience for multiple users gathered around a single myLight.