
Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, edited by Branko Kolarevic and Kevin R. Klinger and published by Routledge. Designers are becoming more directly involved in the fabrication process from the earliest stages of design. This book showcases the design and research work by some of the leading designers, makers and thinkers today. This highly illustrated text brings together a wealth of information and numerous examples from practice which will appeal to both students and practitioners.
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.

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 [...]

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank Arrowhead Plastic Engineering for their generous contributions and support of the MMFX Exhibition. i.M.A.D.E students gained valuable experiences working with Arrowhead on the design and fabrication of vacuum formed acrylic panels. This collaboration, along with Arrowhead’s willingness to share some of their production space for our CNC mill and other equipment [...]

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank David R Webb Co for their generous contribution of Indiana hardwood veneer to the MMFX Exhibition.

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank Laird Plastics for their generous contribution to the MMFX Exhibition.

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank the Digital Corps at Ball State University for design and development of the MMFX Exhibition website.

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank Amos Hill Associates for the generous contribution to the MMFX Exhibition.

i.M.A.D.E hosted an international symposium entitled “Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Architecture as a material practice implies that making, the close engagement of the material, is intrinsic to a design process. Material effects, such as pattern, texture, relief, or varying properties, become the means through which [...]

The Manufacturing Material Effects Symposium was reviewed in Architectural Review Australia by Greg More and Andrew Maher of RMIT.
Architectural Review Australia, Issue 101

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Sponsored by Autodesk, i.M.A.D.E hosted a software training workshop for area professionals, students in Indianapolis, and attendees of the Manufacturing Material Effects Symposium at the Ball State Indianapolis Center. The two-day workshop focused on Autodesk Revit, a parametric / building information modeling tool.
The workshop preceded the Manufacturing Material Effects Symposium at the Indianapolis Museum of [...]

Thanks to the McGraw Hill Construction Group for their generous support of the MMFX Symposium.

i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank the Indianapolis Museum of Art for their unfailing support of the MMFX symposium.

Thanks to the Center for Media Design at Ball State for their generous support of the MMFX symposium.

Thanks to Bentley for their generous support of the MMFX symposium and preceding GenerativeComponents workshop.

Thanks to Autodesk for their generous support of the MMFX symposium and preceding Revit workshop.