LO: Computational Fabric

For this week’s blog, I chose the project ‘Glass’ by Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab. I initially came across the MIT Media Lab in the Netflix show called Abstract. This project stood out to me because of the fact that I had no idea about how flexible / versatile glass can be if used with proper technology and algorithms. It was very impressive seeing how the 3D printer’s algorithms layers the melted glass on top of each other in a way that it does not spill over or ruin the design. The versatility that is enabled by the geometrical and optical variation driven by the form, transparency and color variation can manipulate the light emissions and the reflections, making the glass much more complicated than I had thought of.

Link to ‘Glass’ by Mediated Matter Group – https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/g3p/overview/