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Jelly Swarm at Vancouver Aquarium

Posted on February 17, 2012 by daniel

Jelly Swarm at Vancouver Aquarium

Jelly Swarm is an interactive art installation for the Vancouver Aquarium, inspired by luminescent jellies found off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Created by vancouver-based Tangible Intervention in collaboration with origami artist, Joseph Wu, the installation features 94 folded origami jellies made from Tyvek, each containing an LED light module, suspended from a custom aluminum structure. Continue reading →

Stereo.type by Ebon Heath

Posted on December 9, 2011 by jasmine

Stereo.type by Ebon Heath

“This work (called Stereo.type) is a synthesis of our typographic language with the physical expression of our body language. These kinetic structures make the viewer listen with their eyes… or how can we make sound and its symbols found in language able to be heard visually. How can we unlock the sleeping meaning latent in a authors arrangement of letters and words to be free and as expressive as its content. When words come alive it will not be quiet. Some may yell or whisper, but they all are saying something.” — Ebon HeathContinue reading →

Papela: Paper Lamp by Meirav Barzilay

Posted on March 11, 2011 by daniel

Meirav Barzilay - Papela - Paper Lamp 6

Tel Aviv based product designer, Meirav Barzilay has created an innovative Lamp called Papela. Made of paper-like Tyvek material Papela is a playful lamp that you can crumple, squash and reshape as you like. Papela is delivered as a paper ball, which by a simple set of actions transforms into a unique wrinkled lampshade. Its minimalist structure is created by thread stitches only, hand sewn out of a colored paper sheet. Papela is available in two different designs.
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