Innovation / Design
The Science of Stuff
Slideshow / by / February 4, 2010
A visual tour of the colorful, the strange, and the super-strong in the Material ConneXion library, where new forms of cloth, concrete, metal, and more line the walls.
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Salon: Lovejoy + Joachim
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The Dymaxion Tomorrow
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Tissue-Engineered Art
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Design and Being Just
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Designing the Human Mind
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Neri Oxman: Materialecology
The artist looks to biology for inspiration when producing works that mimic forms found in nature.
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Core Principles
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Living in a Material World
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Building Without Walls
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
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World
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Ideas
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