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Events
SpeedwayStudio
SpeedwayStudio

Ball State University “speedwaystudio” designs addition scheme for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

Spot on Schools Exhibition
Spot on Schools Exhibition

9-17 July
i.M.A.D.E exhibits work at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, Italy.

Workshop: University of Calgary
Workshop: University of Calgary

i.M.A.D.E was invited to conduct a series of workshops at the University of Calgary’s Environmental Design Faculty.

Klinger: SIGraDi Keynote
Klinger: SIGraDi Keynote

Kevin Klinger delivers the keynote lecture at the 2009 Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) Conference on November 18, 2009 at the FAU Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Klinger’s lecture was entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture.”
Additionally, Klinger presented a paper at the conference entitled: “Digital Design through Production Pedagogy: [...]

Lecture: Florida Atlantic University
Lecture: Florida Atlantic University

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 24, 2009.

Lecture: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Lecture: Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas: Unicamp in Campinas, Brasil on November 19, 2009.

Lecture: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Lecture: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on November 13, 2009.

ACADIA 2009
ACADIA 2009

Mahesh Senagala and Joshua Vermillion present their paper entitled “An Inconvenient Studio” at the 2009 ACADIA Conference in Chicago.

Lecture: California Polytechnic State University
Lecture: California Polytechnic State University

Kevin Klinger gives a lecture at California Polytechnic State University’s (San Luis Obispo) College of Architecture and Environmental Design on October 9, 2009. More information on Klinger’s lecture and Cal Poly’s lecture series (entitled: “Integrated Practices”) can be found here.

Luminaires exhibited at Tech Point Summit
Luminaires exhibited at Tech Point Summit

The latest hardwood veneer Luminaire prototypes were exhibited at the Tech Point 2009 Innovation Summit.

Manufacturing Material Effects Exhibition
Manufacturing Material Effects Exhibition

The Manufacturing Material Effects Exhibition, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, framed and displayed the design and material production work of leading international designers and fabricators who participated in the Manufacturing Material Effect international symposium, and subsequent book release from Routledge Press. Designed, fabricated, and installed by a design studio working closely with industry partners [...]

Visit to A Zahner Metals
Visit to A Zahner Metals

Institute for Digital Fabrication sponsored studio courses place a strong emphasis on forging partnerships with regional material manufacturers to promote and explore the potentials of designing and producing with advanced technologies. Many visits were made to different industries, including custom glass, brass casting, metal fabricators, Indiana limestone, and recycled rubber. Frequently, these visits lead to [...]

Spot on Schools Lecture
Spot on Schools Lecture

Kevin Klinger gives a presentation of i.M.A.D.E work and later participates in a round table discussion at the Spot on Schools exhibition in Florence, Italy.

Gregg Pasquarelli : Lecture
Gregg Pasquarelli : Lecture

Gregg Pasquarelli from SHoP delivers a lecture at Ball State University.

ACADIA 2008 Conference: Silicon + Skin
ACADIA 2008 Conference: Silicon + Skin

Michael Gibson, Kevin Klinger, and Joshua Vermillion presented a paper about the Construction Information seminar entitled, “Constructing Information: Towards a Feedback Ecology in Digital Design and Fabrication”, at the 2008 ACADIA Conference.
Gibson, Michael; Kevin Klinger; Joshua Vermillion (2008). “Constructing Information: Towards a Feedback Ecology in Digital Design and Fabrication”, ACADIA International Conference 2008 Silicon + Skin: [...]

Paper : ARCC 2009 Annual Conference
Paper : ARCC 2009 Annual Conference

Joshua Vermillion presented a paper (with co-author Glenn Sweitzer) at the Architectural Research Centers Consortium 2009 Annual Conference. The paper was entitled “Distance Daylighting and Digital Fabrication”
Sweitzer, Glenn; Joshua Vermillion (2009). “Distance Daylighting and Digital Fabrication”, ARCC 2009 Conference: Leadership in Architectural Research, Between Academia and the Profession, San Antonio, Texas, 15-18 April 2009.

Lecture: Southern Illinois University
Lecture: Southern Illinois University

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) entitled “Manufacturing Material Effects”.

Design Management in Architecture Conference
Design Management in Architecture Conference

Joshua Vermillion and Kevin Klinger present a paper at a Design Management in Architecture 2008 Conference at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Vermillion, Joshua; Kevin Klinger; Brian Pace (2008). “Managing the Design-Fabrication Feedback Loop: Visualizing Collaborative Digital Exchanges between Industry and the Academy”, Design Management in the Architectural Engineering and Construction Sector 2008 Conference, CIB [...]

Lecture: University of Brasilia
Lecture: University of Brasilia

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled, “Manufacturing Material Effects”, at the University of Brasilia.

Lecture: Federal University of Santa Catarina
Lecture: Federal University of Santa Catarina

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled, “Manufacturing Material Effects”, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

AIA Kentucky-Indiana 2008 Conference
AIA Kentucky-Indiana 2008 Conference

Kevin Klinger and Wil Marquez participate in an AIA panel discussion with Michael Speaks (University of Kentucky), Chris Sharples (SHoP Architects), and William Zahner (Zahner Metals) at the jointly-held AIA Kentucky-Indiana 2008 Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The panel’s topic relates to the conference theme, “Evolution of Architecture: From Chisel to BIM”.

Lecture: IaaC
Lecture: IaaC

Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) entitled “Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture”.
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William Massie : Lecture
William Massie : Lecture

William Massie delivers a lecture at Ball State entitled “Experimentation versus Speculation: The Construction of Ideas”.
William E. Massie received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Architectural Studies from Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. He subsequently received a Master of Architecture from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. Upon graduation he worked for Robertson + McAnulty Architects and [...]

Phillip Anzalone, Columbia University
Phillip Anzalone, Columbia University

Phillip Anzalone from Columbia University delivered a lecture at Ball State University. Phillip is an adjunct assistant professor at the GSAPP and is the Director of the Avery Digital Fabrication Lab, as well as an Associate Director of Building Technologies. Phillip presented a selection of full-scale digital design and fabrication research projects from Columbia.


i.M.A.D.E INFO
i.M.A.D.E acts as a catalyst of digital design and fabrication techniques for both industry and education related to architecture and allied arts. Through immersive projects deploying interdisciplinary, applied design and fabrication research, the institute is a conduit between students, design professionals, and the manufacturing sector.
As an institute within Ball State University, i.M.A.D.E supports curricular components offering expertise with state-of -the-art software and devices using simulation, analysis, fabrication, and a rigorous examination of the craft inherent in digital design and production. With strategic industry partners, students test knowledge through team-based projects dealing with the translation of bits into atoms, shifting scales between models, prototypes, 1:1 construction, and the development of solutions to real problems by managing a complex set of design constraints.