References
Kinetic Table
for Studio Olafur Eliasson GmbHBerlin 2023
Team: Christof Pfleiderer, Felix Kraemer
Development of a series of large rotary tables for a zero maintenance use case in a desert environment. Each table is actuated using solar power and can be adjusted by the user to run at various speeds, with a base speed of 1 rotation per day. Part of a series of drawing machines by Olafur Eliasson.
Exhibition "The Curious Desert"
Weather Tracking Instruments
for MIT Media Lab/The Mediated Matter GroupBerlin/San Francisco 2022
Team: João Costa, Nic Lee, Felix Kraemer, Nitzan Zilbermann, lead by Neri Oxman
Instruments is a series of LED light gauges, showing live weather data as part of an exhibition at SFMOMA in 2022. The datapoints collected are used to perform a real-time calculation relating to the decay of a 3D printed biopolymer structure on the terrace of the museum. Each weather gauge is updated in a five minute interval, retrieving new readings. The readings are then shown as changing partial light halos.
Exhibition Page SFMOMA
Silk II Production Platform
MIT Media Lab/The Mediated Matter GroupCambridge (USA), 2020
Team: João Costa, Christoph Bader︎, Felix Kraemer, Susan Williams︎, Nitzan Zilbermann, Sunanda Sharma︎, Jean Disset︎, lead by Neri Oxman
Silk Pavilion II explores the relationship between digital and biological fabrication on product and architectural scales. Its silk membrane was produced by direct spinning technique using 17500 silk worms on a custom developed fabrication platform. It was realized in Italy in collaboration with the of Sericulture Laboratory (CREA-AA) Padova. A project developed as part of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab.
Project PageProject Page (MoMA) Article on Creative Applications
Maiden Flight
MIT Media Lab/The Mediated Matter GroupCambridge (USA), 2019
Team: Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Felix Kraemer, Ren Ri, Jean Disset︎, João Costa, Sunanda Sharma︎, Christoph Bader, Gabriel Owens-Flores, Miana Smith, Natalia Casas, lead by Neri Oxman
Maiden Flight is an autonomous payload module, “Nanolab”, built for studying the behavior of honey queen bees and their retinue in the context of space travel. Two Nanolabs were produced and successfully sent on the 11th unmanned Blue Origin New Shepard flight in early 2019 in West Texas, performed with a reused vehicle, the New Shepard III. A project of The Mediated Matter Group developed at MIT Media Lab.
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ZG Stardust
MIT Media Lab/The Mediated Matter GroupCambridge (USA), 2019
Team: Sunanda Sharma︎, Felix Kraemer, Joseph Kennedy, lead by Neri Oxman
How might zero gravity space affect silk spinning, and what benefits might such material properties provide for digital fabrication and additive manufacturing once back on Earth? Project ZG Stardust explores the broader theme of material formulation and fabrication in microgravity, particularly the spinning of silk by silkworms. A project of The Mediated Matter Group developed at MIT Media Lab.
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Adaptable Meshes (Paper Co-author)
Paper for Form and Force CongressMIT Media Lab, Cambridge (USA), 2019
by: João Costa, Felix Kraemer, Christoph Bader, Jean Disset, lead by Neri Oxman
Adaptable Meshes describes an approach developed by the Mediated Matter Group, which uses a stream of hot air to deposit and to bond a thread with itself in multiple locations. The custom designed end-effector heats up a PLA-coated fiber core. This enables the construction of membranes, starting with only a minimal set of rods as initial anchoring points for a network of threads. The system was developed as part of the Silk II research project.
Link to Paper
Totems (Broken Nature - XXII Triennale die Milano)
MIT Media Lab/The Mediated Matter GroupCambridge (USA), 2019
Team: Sunanda Sharma︎, Christoph Bader︎, Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Felix Kraemer, Joseph Kennedy, João Costa, Susan Williams︎, lead by Neri Oxman
The installation designed for Broken Nature - XXII Triennale die Milano features a demonstration of melanin production on an architectural scale for deployment in specific environmental contexts. A project of The Mediated Matter Group developed at MIT Media Lab.
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Smart Materials
Collaboration with Studio NAND, Dr. Olivier Bau, Thomas Ness, Fernanda Piza, Brian Harmes for Volkswagen - Future Center EuropeBerlin, 2017
Development of a series of interactive prototypes and showcases. This project explores the future of autonomous vehicles and the informational, usable and emotional aspect of using the automobile of the future.
NAND Project Page
Fragments by Random International
Random InternationalLondon (UK), 2016
Project/Design lead for kinetic artwork 'Fragments AP1' presented 2016 at PACE Gallery NYC. Development of mechanical platform to be used and serviced in multiple editions. Conception and design of innovative tracking system to enable interaction between artwork and viewer. A project by Random International.
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Porcelosia - A kinetic ceramic structure
BURG HalleHalle (Germany), October 2013
Research and product development into ceramics in the architectural context. A cooperation with Fernanda Pizá and Marija Skoko. A project developed at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle.
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Rain Room (Shanghai) by Random International
Random InternationalLondon (UK), September 2015
Initial operation of Random International's Rain Room Shanghai at the YUZ Museum, conception and delivery of a bilingual workshop for museum staff. A project by Random International.
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Swarm Study VI editions by Random International
Random InternationalLondon (UK), October 2014 – May 2016
Production and assembly of two editions of Swarm Study VI as well as supervision and scheduling production of 6 following editions. A project by Random International.
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