So I spent most of today trying to figure out the difference between the two methods of making this ridiculously complex form for a building that I am working on. You see I am currently working at an architecture firm called Asymptote Google it if interested, but I'm not gonna link to it (at least not today). Anyway. this form is a parametrically twisting curvy triangle that tapers - aka a bitch. Nothing is the same from floor to floor, not even obviously directly linked (like it could twist at a certain degree). But that's what makes it look so elegant and cool, and it keeps us all on our toes. Anyway, I got a little frustrated around 5:43pm and I picked up a book of this artist that had caught my eye before. I mainly browsed through the pictures, so I really don't know much of the concept, but somehow it is related to the artist I wrote about yesterday (Kenji Hirata). So this Brian Jungen makes these tribal masks out of nike jordans. but that's not the coolest thing. He makes skeletal structures out of plastic lawn chairs. The thing I love about it is the repetitive intricate but obvious form of product design mimicking the mechanics of organisms. Did that make any sense? What it means is I love the detail that looks robotic but also organic. Plus this whole repetition morphing thing is so hot right now, or maybe last year. I couldn't find a web page, meaning he may be a little obscure (or at least as far as Google is concerned) so check it out for yourself. This pic is a whale looking skeleton made out of plastic lawn chairs morphing in a kinda stop motion animation where freeze frame is stuck for every frame.
get it?