For this week’s assignment I was really inspired by Kari’s presentation in class on inflatables, specifically by the Aeromorphs explorations from MIT. I tracked down the aeroMorph paper MIT “aeroMorph – Heat-sealing Shape-change materials for interaction design”. And was inspired by their exploration of hinges and also using both dashed line seals and also sealing/ “creasing” from opposite sides.
I played with a couple hinge explorations inspired by theirs in figure 5, where the width/heigh aspect ration of a diamond hinge affects the angle the inflatable bends. will make sure to post those pictures soon.
I then was really inspired by these self folding shapes in figure 17. although would be better explored as a laser cutting exploration to help control the specific cuts ❤ Although my experiments didn’t yield the motion I was hoping for, I was inspired by the circular shape and decided to make 2 variations of it – more of a chain of the circles, with one pictured in the video above.
I also found the Stripe Loop Morphing to be just so cool! Using a double airbag stripe.
30 KM/s 