hdw – Looking Outwards – Week 1

Material Equilibria is an installation by Sean Ahlquist in collaboration with Achim Menges, Bum Suk Ko, Ali Tabatbai, Bettina Woerner, Helene Jensen, Vibeke Riisberg, and Mette Ramsgard Thomsen. The artists used a spring-based environment coded with processing. The creators did not cite any work for inspiration, but it is based on Alquist’s research on articulated material behavior and differentiated structural forms. The techniques used can be applied to clothing, product, interiors, or other industrial designs in the future. Their work can be viewed here, on an article written called “Material Equilibria: Variegated Surface Structures” by the University of Stuttgart.