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‘Rhino’

Interactive Liquid Sculpture Makes Ferrofluid Look Extremely Cool

08 Dec, 2011 by Josh Mings in DESIGN, ROCKIN'
3D Human CAD Models

If you’ve ever mistakenly drank ferromagnetic fluid thinking it was coffee, you’re likely dead, or highly magnetized and sitting at In-n-Out gnawing on a burger dressed like Magneto. I am… right now actually, staring into the screen at the Kickstarter project David Markus has launched. Ferrite – Interactive Liquid Sculpture is a visual display of magnetic waveform tubery. Ferrofluid is trapped inside a clear container (just like my arm) with the globs of ferromagnetic particle taking the visual waveforms of the magnet placed against it. Here’s a look at the iconic desktop art piece and more from David about the project.

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The Chrysalis Project Puts 3D Design on the Web in a
Very Cool Way.

23 Nov, 2011 by Josh Mings in DESIGN, FAB

3D modeling apps can’t make it to the web soon enough and Chris Chalmers of Bios Design Collective could very well be pointing the way. His new, custom lamp fab site Fabripod is the foundation of a Kickstarter project set out to combine 3D design and web based visualization in a ingenious way… and as far as I’m concerned, Chris is on the cusp of defining the future of interactive 3D apps and how we can create and make our ideas. It’s the Chrysalis project, a project combining Grasshopper and Processing to deliver online Making App. Sound strange? Not to worry, we spoke with Chris about the project and how it’s shaping the future of design.

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Generative Modeling Makes Freagin’ Long Wooden Bench a Cinch

07 Jul, 2011 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

When I sit, it’s got to be in style… long, wooden style that bends and wraps around the urban landscape creating a perfect home for woodland creature and vagabond alike. Just try to tell me that wooden slates pushing against your spine is not comfortable. It’s one reason I’m thrilled with the new bench design project from the parametric design gang out of Novi Sad, Serbia. Dejan Mitov, Jelena Cobanovic, and Krsto Maja Radovanovic are the ModelArt Studio team spreading frames of wooden love across the concrete in a new urban seating project of infinite spatial proportion. What does that even mean? Grab a seat cushion and hit the jump to find out.

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T-Splines 2011 Design Contest. Make the World a Better Place.

14 Jun, 2011 by Josh Mings in CONTESTS, DESIGN

Prepare to run over and shake someone’s face skin. The contest of the year is here with a list of prizes you just won’t believe. T-Splines has launched the Make the World a Better Place contest and since they are making the world a better place with freeform modeling software like T-Splines for Rhino and tsElements for SolidWorks, it’s completely appropriate. They have five categories with over $15,000 in prizes to shell out to the winners. Ready to get your T-Points on?

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The Eerie Sound of the 3D Printed Flute… is Ear-gouging Beautiful.

06 Jan, 2011 by Josh Mings in FAB

I know.You were probably hoping to see my improvisational flute playing skills in this post. We’ll do that later when you have quick access to a bucket and some earplugs. Today, we’re looking at something that will go down as a turning point in 3D printing history, but not only 3D printing history… all those other histories as well.

For the first time, a fully functional flute has been printed. The process is what you would think – model, print, clean, but then… it’s played. In this case, it’s modeled in Rhino, printed on a Object printer and sounds… well, you’ll see.

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The Best BIM Design, Drawing and Reference Apps for the iPhone and iPad

14 Sep, 2010 by Josh Mings in RESOURCES

There are a whopping 500 apps in Apple’s AppStore for architects and contractors. This includes apps categorized as “games,” “lifestyle,” and “entertainment.” While SimCity Deluxe might alleviate stress on the job site, it’s not going to help create layouts or access floorplans.

So, Software Advice has slapped together a list of the best iPhone and iPad apps for the AEC industry. They’ve filtered through ~500 apps and selected 34 of the most useful. They removed irrelevant results, sorted by trade and functionality, and prioritized the list by user ratings and popularity.

The result is their blog post, “The Best Construction Management Apps for the iPhone and iPad.” You can also view a complete list of AEC apps (minus the irrelevant results) in this Google Doc. Here, we highlight six of the apps from their list that are developed for design and architecture.

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Model Your Wicked Cool Organic Design in T-Splines, Win an iPad

06 Aug, 2010 by Josh Mings in CONTESTS

BEEEEHOLD!!! Oh, ouch! Ok, muscles have tensed cracking most of the bones in my upper torso, but… (deep breath) No worries, because the endorphins are kicking in and some good ol’ modeling fun approacheth.

T-Splines is holding a contest. Yes, a modeling contest using T-Splines for Rhino. The winner will be chosen from the best models in the categories of consumer products, architecture, marine, jewelry, toys, and vehicular design. It can be submitted as a T-Splines, Rhino, SolidWorks, Pro/E, Spaceclaim or Inventor file.

The Prize? An iPad and V-ray for Rhino. Ready?

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The Magnificent Sphere of SolidWorks, Rhino, & Blender Design

17 Mar, 2010 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

If you’ve surrounded yourself with thousands of lighted spheres like I have, you’ll be interested to learn of the potential for incredibly cool design living within each of the precious glowing orbs.

Andre Baran of formendesign.de knows, and has animated a spherical surprise to impress upon you the true nature of transformation as applied to the simple shape. From it, five unique design literally unfold in a process that combines SolidWorks, Rhino and Blender to produce the results. Andre tells us more.

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The Comvert Bastard Bowl SkatePark: Rhino Surface to Frontside Salad Grind

04 Jan, 2010 by Josh Mings in NEWS

I’m insanely jealous right now, or maybe it’s inspiration shrouded in jealousy, or maybe it’s Jamie Thomas judo kicking my face as he launches down a double-set.

Develop 3D has an inside look at the Comvert‘s Bastard Bowl, a skatepark built inside their new office space renovation of a 1940′s era theatre. That fact alone is a big gulp of awesome. The construction of their new design office/retail store coincided with their own dreams of building a indoor bowl and taking on the project themselves. Another gulp of awesome.

Comvert is a company in the heart of fashion-centric Milano, Italy designing very cool skate/snow gear and apparel. Take a quick gander at process pics of the elevated skate bowl, then head over to Develop3D to read the dets on the design.

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I Stop, You Stop, We All Stop for EyeStop… Future of Bus Stops.

27 May, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

If you’re an old hat at using public transit, or someone trying frantically to go site-seeing, in the bustling, historic cities of Europe, you’ll know how important bus information can be.

Bus stops, as we know them, are about to get a makeover. They’re not just for use as a goal for small dogs anymore. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT have developed a networked, environmentally adaptive communications system to bring mass transit into the 21st century.

It’s the Eyestop from MIT Senseable Lab. Oh, and this isn’t just a concept. The new system will start being installed in Florence, Italy in 2010. We caught up with Giovanni de Niederhausern of the MIT Eyestop development team to ask him some questions about the design and get some more images of the idea. Here’s what he had to say.

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