Aether.SCS02
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Aether.SCS02 investigates the relationship between material, tool, andprocess for the design of a lighting installation in New York City. UsingCNC-fabricated Styrene strips joined to produce a structural skin, the interactive luminaires suspend within a gallery, pulsinga soft white light. Embedded LEDs swell with color once activated bymotion-detecting sensors which register the shifting seams of the surroundinggallery fabric.
Aether.SCS02 appropriates methods found in the craft discipline ofembroidery to establish a discourse between processes of craft production,whereby the hand is the primary means of information exchange, andcomputational techniques, characterized by the deployment of procedural logicand iterative methodologies. The primary tectonic for the structural skin ofAether.SCS02 emerged through the research and digital adaptation of a series ofembroidery stitches. Variables such as ergonomics of assembly, bending/sheercapacity of Styrene, and cutting force limits of the CNC high-force cutter definea set of material and procedural constraints from which to developcomputational techniques.
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Aether.SCS02 investigates the relationship between material, tool, andprocess for the design of a lighting installation in New York City. UsingCNC-fabricated Styrene strips joined to produce a structural skin, the interactive luminaires suspend within a gallery, pulsinga soft white light. Embedded LEDs swell with color once activated bymotion-detecting sensors which register the shifting seams of the surroundinggallery fabric.
Aether.SCS02 appropriates methods found in the craft discipline ofembroidery to establish a discourse between processes of craft production,whereby the hand is the primary means of information exchange, andcomputational techniques, characterized by the deployment of procedural logicand iterative methodologies. The primary tectonic for the structural skin ofAether.SCS02 emerged through the research and digital adaptation of a series ofembroidery stitches. Variables such as ergonomics of assembly, bending/sheercapacity of Styrene, and cutting force limits of the CNC high-force cutter definea set of material and procedural constraints from which to developcomputational techniques.
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Photo Credit | Alan Tansey
Photo Credit | Alan Tansey
Photo Credit | Alan Tansey
Photo Credit | softLab
