explorative environments

With Windy Facades the surface of buildings is broken up to reach sensual transparency between inside and outside. The facade consists of flexible patterns. Like leaves they can dance in the wind and perform a spectacle of light and breezes of air. On one side they provide an environment argument by the environmental forces, on […]

Pre-degree work. HfG Offenbach 2001, Tutor Prof. Dieter Mankau.
Plankton is known as an amazing natural being. It can multiply it’’s own biomass by 40 in 24 hours, and is an important resource in cosmetics and food industry. By the way it produces oxygen and hydrogen thus fresh air and energy. Why not implement this natural […]

Developed during the vvvv media programming workshop of Sebastian Oschatz. HfG Offenbach 2005.
Cyto Wallpaper is an iconic installation concerning the idea of upcoming artificial environments in our personal environment, which in this case allow you to explore the Biodiversity on your wall. The projected patterns are modified with an cellular automaton like used in the […]

The Concrete Lab had been an experimental project of Valentin Rettenmaier and me to explore the aesthetics of concrete for indoor use, while working with different additives to reach specific material properties.

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By searching for an low cost device to build up a wireless sensor and actor infrastructure for the next generation Exploration System, to provide more freedom and handiness, I found the Zigbee technique to fit well on my requirements. Even Today the cheapest module I found was around 15€ while 2006 is predicated as […]

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Sodaconstructor is one of the smartest web applets to play and learn about the construction of artificial lifeforms while playing with springs masses and muscles. By doing so you are able to explore fundamentals of statics and dynamics in an abstract but playful way. Further it’s an interesting […]

Simon Elvis work is about visualizing invisible things. For example above you can see a haptic map of London most silent places.
SILENT LONDON
March 2005 - 735×500mm - Blind embossed etching - Edition of 10
Using information the government has collected on noise levels within London, a map has
been plotted of the capitals most silent spaces. The […]

The rising complexity of of electronic products, demands iterative ways to develop their interface. While there are several systems for functional prototyping outside the The VoodooIO system amazed me most. I’ve never seen such an easy way to custumize your tangible interface.

VoodooIO adopts a vision of the physical interface as a malleable material that can […]

Pinkie is a network based electronics prototyping board. Developed as a precursor to building large networked systems that incorporate physical space and objects. Pinkie has been designed to easily compose sensors and actuators that reside in different locations. Pinkies are inherently invisible, they hide behind the structures and only serve as facilitators to interface the […]