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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
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
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
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
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
Mahesh Senagala and Joshua Vermillion present their paper entitled “An Inconvenient Studio” at the 2009 ACADIA Conference in Chicago.
i.M.A.D.E mentioned in The Architectural Review
i.M.A.D.E Director, Kevin Klinger, was quoted in the September 2009 issue of The Architectural Review. The article, written by Karin Templin, recounts the work on display at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, Italy (July 2009).
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.
Smart Scrap
The Institute for Digital Fabrication at Ball State University is testing ecological design strategies for the building industry following generous awards from the Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the Discovery foundation. The research uses a digital database of component pieces from available scrap material, digitally catalogs waste products from [...]
Morpholuminescence
Developed by students from “An Inconvenient Studio”, MorphoLuminescence utilizes an understanding of fashion photography to find its form and provide optimized lighting, enhancing the experience of trying on clothing. A three-point lighting set up is commonly used by fashion photographers, arranging a bright key light above eye level, in combination with softer fill and back [...]