Modular Floorcovering from FLOR

07Oct09

I’ve used this stuff in my home office. I’ll bring in the FLOR catalog, but the web site is very informative and has a section for reduced price discontinued styles. Here is a new sample: http://www.flor.com/service/flor/shop/item/Favorite-Jeans/1009U02500-9984.html?bcreset=1 The tiles could be cut to any shape by hand, and by using different colors, the options for the […]

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Tags: carpeting, design, floor, manipulate, materials

Precedent Studies

27Sep09

This is an installation done by AL_A with DuPont Corian called “CORIAN super-surfaces” in April 2009. I like how AL_A used two dimensional strips to create three dimensional surfaces that are dynamic and functional. I also like the reveals between the strips, and how those can be manipulated so that the surfaces appear transparent or […]

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Tags: lighting, manipulate, screen, undulating, wall

Grasshopper

25Sep09

Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor used with rhino. It requires no knowledge of programming, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to elaborate. Grasshopper is used so you don’t have to learn the rhino script language. It makes it easier to create geometry and manipulate it using a visual  interface. It […]

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Tags: algorithm, generative, geometry, grasshopper, manipulate, rhino