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Discovery Grant :: Indiana Limestone Research
i.M.A.D.E was recently awarded a Discovery Foundation Grant for continuing research on integrating digital technologies with the Indiana Limestone industry. Our proposal, entitled “Smart Stone”, will apply emerging digital design technologies to increase efficiencies and minimize waste in the manufacturing of limestone building components. We aim to address a very old, but persistent problem in [...]
Smart Scrap
The Institute for Digital Fabrication at Ball State University are testing ecological design strategies for the building industry following a generous Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Award. The research uses a digital database of component pieces from available scrap material, digitally catalogs waste products from the building industry specifically the [...]
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 [...]
SmartGeometry Workshop 2007
Kevin Klinger and Joshua Vermillion attend the SmartGeometry Workshop and Conference in Manhattan. The workshop provided a wealth of expertise and resources for beginning the development of the SmartScrap system. Results from the Workshop, including 3D prints of SmartScrap tiles, were displayed at a reception in the Guggenheim Museum.
Graham Foundation Grant
i.M.A.D.E received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for a project entitled, “SmartScrap Digital Design | Fabrication System: Digitally Cataloging Building Industry Waste for Reuse through Parametric Modeling.” This funded project attempts to create value from the “scrap” stone leftover during the production process within the Indiana Limestone [...]
Indiana Innovation Network
i.M.A.D.E thanks the Indiana Innovation Network for there generous support of the “Digital Fabrication: Focus on Indiana” Symposium.
Access Technology Across Indiana
i.M.A.D.E thanks Access Technology Across Indiana (ATAIN) for there generous support of the “Digital Fabrication: Focus on Indiana” Symposium.
Digital Fabrication: Focus on Indiana Videos
i.M.A.D.E is pleased to announce that streaming video from the Digital Fabrication ATAIN symposium is available at the Indiana Innovation Network website. The video includes all speaker sessions including David McLean’s (Thornton-Tomasetti Group Chicago) and Tony Birchler’s (A.Zahner Metals) keynotes.
Digital Fabrication: Focus on Indiana
From simple household products to building components for complex structures, landscapes, and interiors, this summit focused on how Indiana manufacturers could employ Digital Fabrication and Rapid Prototyping processes as one strategy to compete with overseas manufacturing concerns. Products made out of wood, limestone, concrete, steel, plastic, and recycled materials can all be produced faster and [...]
Indiana Limestone Fabricators, Inc.
i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank Indiana Limestone Fabricators, Inc. and the Big Creek Quarry for their generous donation of limestone and CNC milling for the Calibration Channel.
Calibration Channel
The Calibration Channel provides a seating-platform to channel the river sounds in a manner that small groups and individuals can undergo sensory calibration. Primary structural ribs, digitally defined from the simulation models, contour an interior skin, which acts as a secondary structural element.
The skin creates a smoother surface to better accommodate acoustics. The structure rests [...]