Sunday, February 17, 2019

Geometry Links - February 17, 2019

Visual Education Project - lots of visuals of interesting projects
https://www.youtube.com/user/veproject1/featured
https://www.youtube.com/user/veproject1/videos
I got here from a reference to the circle in circle optical illusion machine
https://youtu.be/Ti1hyjLXItg
Hat tip to boingboing.net

“Smart Objects” using geometric principles:  Bifurcation-based embodied logic and autonomous actuation 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08055-3
https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/artificial-venus-flytrap.html - for a lay explanation and a couple of short video examples

Das Totale Tan Theater 360ยบ music video for the Bauhaus centenary
https://www.arte.tv/sites/en/webproductions/das-totale-tanz-theater-360/

Kamikara Paper Toys by Haruki Nakamura
https://youtu.be/M2IWTEx0bmI
https://youtu.be/lKv5gpF29uw
hat tip to @AlexSteffen

Matt Shlian sculpture, drawings, videos
https://www.mattshlian.com
hat tip:  treehugger.com

High strength metallic wood from nanostructured nickel inverse opal materials - This paper describes a nickel-based cellular material, which has the strength of titanium and the density of water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36901-3

Useful Charts - timelines, family trees, alphabets and writing systems….
https://usefulcharts.com

Trompe L’Oeil portrait
https://twitter.com/MartinM_Media/status/1092334074910461954

Bcompact design - flat folding stairs and chairs
https://www.bcompact.com/designer/
https://youtu.be/9boatDNusYI

Mr June’s hexagonal street art
http://mrjune.com

Selgascano - I found out about them through the auditorium they designed for Placensia, Spain but their body of work is high geometric art
http://www.selgascano.net
hat tip: inhabitat
https://inhabitat.com/an-auditorium-uses-translucent-etfe-panels-for-a-surreal-look/

Hexeosis - kaleidiscopic art 
http://hexeosis.tumblr.com