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F5: Gina Nadal Shares a Favorite Movie, a Memorable Project + More

Design Milk

In one unit, I had to explore sculpture, jewelry, and textiles. Nadal does this by turning people’s text into a pattern, giving them an active role in the process, and thereby creating a lasting bond between the owner and the end piece. Little Field of Flowers, 2006, designed by Tord Boontje for nanimarquina 2.

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Nanocrystaline Chairs That Grow Themselves From Copper

Design Milk

In 2006, the London-based artist began thinking about creating a chair using a material that could be melted away once it was encased in copper. While soaking inside the tank, nanocrystals grew and encapsulated the wax in a honeycomb pattern – this is where the material’s strength and flexibility is found.

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Decoding the future: the evolution of intelligent interfaces

UX Collective

Interaction patterns of the future. Underkoffler also worked on the gestural holographic interfaces in Iron Man (2006). Refik Anadol uses projection mapping and machine learning to create immersive AI data sculptures and interactive art installations. This is seen in devices like the Meta Quest and Microsoft HoloLens.

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Previewing 6 Product Debuts at 3DaysofDesign Copenhagen

Azure Magazine

1 Thales by Pulpo Founded in 2006, Germany’s Pulpo has established itself as a haven for up-and-coming talents, as well as an innovator in ceramics, stone and glass. Named for an ancient Greek philosopher, the glass design is available in two patterns — checks and stripes — and sizes, as well as three colourways.

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Meet the Jury of the 2023 AZ Awards!

Azure Magazine

Its approach is characterized by an emphasis on experimentation and innovation and an exploratory attitude to materiality and colour, qualities that have been expressed in collaborations with some of the world’s most progressive companies and a diversity of output that encompasses architecture, interiors, sculpture, product and exhibition design.

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Copper Wire Weaves and Spirals into Organic Sculptural Forms by the Late Artist Bronwyn Oliver

Colossal

Widely regarded as one of the most renowned sculptors in Australia, the late artist Bronwyn Oliver possessed an unparalleled ability to shape thin copper wire into intricate patterns. “My sculpture, I like to think of them as the bones of something. “Fringe” (2006), copper, 107 x 107 x 10 centimeters.

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There’s a Crack in the Pavement

UX Collective

They first asked us to study four stations, as a test, you know,” Vignelli remarked, in a 2006 interview with Fast Company. “We A grand cathedral window beamed from the corner of the room, resplendent with geometric patterns. Marble sculptures mounted on pedestals, the kind of sculptures I saw at the Museum of Modern Art.

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