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From Water to Water Aguahoja Aguahoja is a collection of structures digitally designed and robotically manufactured from some of the most abundant biopolymers on our planet: cellulose, which is found in the cell walls of plants; chitosan, refined from chitin found in crustacean exoskeletons; and pectin, which is found in the skin of ripe fruits such as apples. - Courtesy of Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group. - @oxmanofficial - Do share your thoughts. - #niwwrd #naturexhumanity #materialecology https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca1BhX-JzW_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Reason to celebrate: 'Neri Oxman: Material Ecology,' the first survey on the interdisciplinary biodesign genius of Neri Oxman, pioneer of "material ecology," is Back in Stock!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Throughout her 20-year career, @oxmanofficial has invented not only new ideas for materials, buildings and construction processes, but also new frameworks for interdisciplinary—and interspecies—collaborations. She coined the term “material ecology” to describe her process of producing techniques and objects informed by the structural, systemic and aesthetic wisdom of nature, from the shells of crustaceans to the flow of human breathing.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Groundbreaking for its solid technological and scientific basis, its rigorous and daring experimentation, its visionary philosophy and its unquestionable attention to formal elegance, Oxman’s work operates at the intersection of biology, engineering, architecture and artistic design, material science and computer science.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This book—designed by @irma_boom_amsterdam and published to accompany a midcareer retrospective of Oxman’s work @themuseumofmodernart —highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the designer’s practice. It demonstrates how Oxman’s contributions allow us to question and redefine the idea of modernism—a concept in constant evolution—and of organic design. Some of the projects featured in the book and exhibition include the Silk Pavilion, which harnesses silkworms' ability to generate a 3-D cocoon out of a single thread silk in order to create architectural constructions; Aguahoja, a water-based fabrication platform that prints structures made out of different biopolymers; and Glass, an additive manufacturing technology for 3-D printing optically transparent glass structures at architectural dimensions.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Israeli American architect, designer and inventor Neri Oxman (born 1976) is professor of media arts and sciences @mitmedialab ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Edited with text by @paolantonelli Text by @annaburckhardt & @hadassteiner⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #nerioxman #irmaboom #momadesign #design #materialecology #biodesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CNNrAjNpNEO/?igshid=16xb64rkpqkil

Earth Day Reading: 'Neri Oxman: Material Ecology,' published by @themuseumofmodernart⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Throughout her 20-year career, Israeli American architect, designer and inventor Neri Oxman has come up with new ideas for materials, buildings and construction processes, as well as new frameworks for interdisciplinary—and interspecies—collaborations. She coined the term “material ecology” to describe her process of producing techniques and objects informed by the structural, systemic and aesthetic wisdom of nature, from the shells of crustaceans to the flow of human breathing.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Designed by @irma_boom_amsterdam this book highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the designer’s practice, demonstrating how Oxman’s contributions allow us to question and redefine the idea of modernism—a concept in constant evolution—and of organic design. Projects include the Silk Pavilion, which harnesses silkworms' ability to generate a 3-D cocoon out of a single thread silk in order to create architectural constructions; Aguahoja, a water-based fabrication platform that prints structures made out of different biopolymers; and Glass, an additive manufacturing technology for 3-D printing optically transparent glass structures at architectural dimensions.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Please order from your local independent — many are still shipping or offering curbside pickup! You can also order from local independents via @bookshop_org or #indiebound⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀ Or order directly from artbook.com⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ @oxmanofficial @mitmedialab #nerioxman @paolantonelli #materialecology #earthday #sustainability #ecology https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TEmgNpIHG/?igshid=1eedvvpv2e9ah

Bolt cites Heidegger's example to further her larger point that echoes "The Death of the Author" by minimizing a human shaper's ownership and self-impression on a creation. The authorship of the chalice by a silversmith is mitigated by the miner, smelter, and more to her point the rock and earth from whence it came. Matter matters, in her view, and gives the material (in both form and concept) as much relevancy as each human component of its creation.

Architect Neri Oxman is the founder of MATERIALECOLOGY, an interdisciplinary design initiative expanding the boundaries of computational form-generation and material engineering. Named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business," Oxman investigates the material and performance of nature in an effort to define form itself.

Source: The London Real

Neri Oxman of MATERIALECOLOGY