Engineering Bamboo at MIT

Compiled & Excerpted by Team IAnD from ‘Building up Bamboo’ feature by Jennifer Chu from MIT News Office

Photography: Courtesy MIT & World Wide Web

Analyzing bamboo's microstructure                                                                                                       ©Jennifer Chu/MIT

MIT Prof. Lorna Gibson’s research on the structural strength of bamboo could open significant doors to establishing bamboo as an alternative building material to concrete and steel…

Gravity Sketch - 3D Design Tool

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By Avinash Yadav

Photography: Courtesy gravitysketch.com

Gravity Sketch - 3D Design Tool

Gravity Sketch is a sleek virtual design tool that breathes life into an idea in an augmented reality environment.

Buffer Landscapes 2060’

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By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy riba.org

Reconsidering resilient landscapes of hydrology and energy

Joe Paxton is the latest change-enthusiast, who would like to investigate some of the measures taken to mitigate the effects of climate change…

‘Drop’- The Portable Ecotel

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By Team IAnD

Photography:Courtesy In-tenta

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‘Drop’ is the new portable eco-friendly hotel room that proposes to meet the growing requirements of the niche eco-tourist, who demands a high degree of design alongside sustainable architecture…

Osteoid – The future of healing fractures

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By Beverly Pereira

Photography:Deniz Karasahin

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This user-friendly 3D-printed medical cast could revolutionize the treatment of broken bones...

Smart Highway

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By Team IAnD
Photography: Courtesy Studio Roosegaarde 

Electric Priority Lane

Smart Highway is an innovative concept for ‘intelligent’ roads of tomorrow. The prototype, currently being tested in Oss, Netherlands, clearly shows how design can empower.

Xintiandi Gateway Installation – A Kaleidoscopic Catwalk

Compiled by TeamIAnD

Photography: Seth Powers; courtesy UNStudio

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Architect firm UNStudio highlights the colossal role of ‘display’ in retail design with Gateway Installation - a responsive singular architectural gesture, being exhibited as part of “RIBA Shanghai Windows Project 2014”.

World Design Days

Info& Images: Courtesy worlddesigndays(dot)com

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April 12 – 15, 2014 are World Design Days! So, its official time to celebrate creativity, imagination and inspiration...

The Green Loop

Info & Images: Courtesy Present Architecture

Green Loop - aerial view towards Lower Manhattan

As part of its social responsibility initiative, Present Architecture from New York proposes a 360⁰ green solution that can combat millions of tons of waste into serene, usable land.

Design for Smart Solutions

By Zoya

Photography: Courtesy TRIpike

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“Nobody will see a detail but everybody will feel its presence” is the basic principle behind the role of design in enhancing everyday experiences. The REML shelf is one such…

Prism Table

Info & Images: Courtesy MN Design

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Prism is a table that tells a story.  As designer Maurie Novak narrates his concept of his table, you will see that no matter what angle you look at this table from, it will show you something new… always. 

Autostadt Roof & Service Pavillion

By Teresa Simon

Photography:Courtesy the architects

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Last August, the world's leading automotive destination, Wolfsburg, saw the unveiling of a state-of-the-art facility that especially caters to familiarizing the driver with the latest automotive technologies. 

The Binary Collection

 Info & Images by Ronald Caldwell

The Binary Furniture Collection at Design Miami

South Carolina designer Benjamin Rollins Caldwell puts on his thinking cap to create unusually quirky furniture out of technological waste…

Printing Architecture - Digital Grotesque

By Namita Nathani

Photography: Michael Hansmeyer & Benjamin Dillenburger; courtesy the architects

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What would architecture be if we could free ourselves from preconceptions? How would unseen forms materialize? Would the answer be surprising? Intriguing and delighting?

Kernel of Life

By Pari Syal

Photography: Courtesy Fuse Project

Kernel Colours

Healthcare and technology are old bedfellows. Here’s the latest breakthrough - a diagnostic accessory that offers cloud-based health care…

Interactive Scenography

By Namita Nathani
Photography: Courtesy Numen/For USe

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Imagine a design minimalist to the level of being absent; yet, attaining ingratiating presence by rejecting to be ordinary. “Net Blow-up” accomplishes this, revealing the pre-existing potential of a material through geometricism. 

Guggenheim Lab - do 100 words make cities?

By Jigna Padhiar

Photography: Courtesy the BMW Guggenheim Lab

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Two years, three cities, 100 words. The BMW Guggenheim Lab in its round up of two years, highlights 100 ideas/terms that cities are grappling with...

Blooming Bamboo Home

By Team IAnD
Photography: Doan Thanh Ha; courtesy H&P Architects

Blooming Bamboo Home

H&P Architects from Vietnam provide an effective solution to “emergency housing” with this simple self-assembly home that can be mass produced at a total cost of only 2500$ in a span of 25 days…

3D U/I – Management Toolo r Child’s Play?

By Udit Chaudhuri

LEGO ® building blocks to track step-by-step progress on everything

Your new camera or cell-phone possibly came without an instruction manual. Symbols next to any lever, switch or button gave you all choices and settings. A wrong action would be stalled or met by a beep. If you referred the manual or visited the Help site, it described each task in comic-book fashion, so as to rid any confusion. Likewise, when you enter a modern international airport, no matter how strange the land or language are, clear signage direct you until you reach your next transport.

Emergency Shelters

By Marina Correa

Photography:  Courtesy the architect

In a world increasingly challenged by man-made and natural disasters, a temporary housing solution called GRID packs a punch with its adaptability, toughness and mobility factor. But the alacrity at which it can be manufactured in just 48 hours and assembled in less than four hours, makes it truly remarkable…