#hypars

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New Toy Will Take Advantage Of HyPar Activity

New Toy Will Take Advantage Of HyPar Activity

As a child playing with blocks, I always felt that there was something missing from the experience. Maybe I was bored by the strict 90-degree angles of LEGO; or discouraged by the insane amount of pieces in any K’NEX set; or maybe I felt restricted by toys that were only Euclidean… As it turns out, I was simply born too early. HyPars, a growing toy company in Longmont is soon to release a new,…

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Fabric Structures in your Backyard

Fabric Structures in your Backyard

Just in case you haven’t noticed, there are more fabric structures being built in your own backyard. It all depends on where your backyard happens to be. It could be in the back of your house, on the main highway in your city or even indoors in a place you frequent. They are light, you can light them and they transform space.

Seen a couple of new and interesting fabric structures lately and I…

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Sketch dump Jan - Jun 2012

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[stephie-rl]

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I am extremely fascinated by origami hyperbolic paraboloids. I started making them around February when I stumbled upon them while researching one of my favorite designers, Josef Albers. Now these little representational hypars are everywhere and I can’t stop making them. I love it when math and art can cross paths.