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ALI3N

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January 28th, 2020

/ Manuel Kretzer

ALI3N is a colour-changing stool. It’s design is based on a custom-made Metaball script developed in Rhino/ Grasshopper. The prototypical stool was then 3D printed in 1:1 over the course of three days from a thermochromic filament, which allows the object to adjust its colour when exposed to changes in temperature.

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‘Digital Hut’ exhibited at BAU 2017, Munich

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January 13th, 2017

/ Manuel Kretzer

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Within the framework of the research project ‘Digital Hut’ and in cooperation with the Wismar University of Applied Sciences, responsive design studio presents a prototype of a digitally designed and fabricated minimalist housing unit- the ‘Digital Hat’. The prototype will be exhibited on the booth of the ‘Initiative Zukunft Bau’ under the leadership of the German Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Space Research. The project is supported by 3A Composites AG, the Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe and Mack GmbH. The ‘Digital Hut will be shown from 16.1.-21.1. at the BAU (Trade fair munich) in hall B0, stand number 202. Read more →

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Parametric Jewelry

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April 5th, 2016

/ Manuel Kretzer

A collection of parametrically designed rings using Rhino3D and Grasshopper. The rings can be customized to finger size and personal design preferences, such as width, size, pattern and numerous other variables.

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The designs are 3D printed in plastic or other materials, such as steel, and will soon be on sale at Shapeways.

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In & Out – experimental & interactive furniture at IMM, Cologne 2016

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January 18th, 2016

/ Manuel Kretzer

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Hans Sachs of responsive design studio was part of the team leading 2 Rhino-Grasshopper Workshops within the in&out experimental furniture course at the faculty of architecture at KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in June 2015. The resulting student works are now exhibited at the IMM 2016 in Cologne.

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Kids Bench : Cardboard

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August 24th, 2015

/ Manuel Kretzer

We rebuilt our original Kids Bench from 2007 with white honeycomb cardboard. In addition to a revision in materiality the object was resized, according to the thickness of the cardboard sheets of 1.6cm. The new scale makes the object not only much easier to assemble and transport but also lighter in appearance.
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Honeycomb Cardboard Shelf

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March 17th, 2015

/ Manuel Kretzer

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A weekend shape and material study utilizing honeycomb cardboard.

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Oooglow

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January 9th, 2014

/ Manuel Kretzer

Oooglow is a lampshade made from phosphorescent polyester resin.
It’s shape is generatively designed based on the same principles as the Tong-Zi-Dan series.

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ALUphant

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August 23rd, 2013

/ Manuel Kretzer

Strongly influenced by the original Eames Elephant from 1945 this piece of kids furniture was designed and prototyped early 2012. It was produced from 3M Alucobond and milled using a 3-axis CNC router at ETH Zürich’s Raplab.

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Hive Cardboard Chaise Study

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June 16th, 2013

/ Manuel Kretzer

Hive is a cardboard chaise was modeled and shaped based on the 3D model of responsive design’s chaise product “Floater”.

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Folded PenCup

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May 20th, 2013

/ Manuel Kretzer

This folded pen cup was developed by exploring simple curved folding with HyLite® by 3A Composites. The composite material is usually milled on both sides of a sheet to have a flexible fold but here it resulted perfectly for a fixed, one-side-milled folding in terms of stiffness, material stability and bendability.
for any inquiries please mail to info[at]responsivedesign.de

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Quarter Iso Grid Cardboard Surfboard Study

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May 17th, 2013

/ Manuel Kretzer

Inspired and led by Mike Sheldrake’s cardboard surfboards we created a fully parametric grasshopper definition, that generates a cardboard connector system as 3D model. With this tool, which we created in a “spare time project”, you can load in and process almost any surfboard shape you want…

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Tong Zi Dan

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January 25th, 2013

/ Manuel Kretzer

Tong Zi Dan is a series of generatively designed vases made from dental gypsum.

The objects were produced during the CAAD Wahlfach Praxis Course Chinaware, ETH Zürich. The shapes were designed together with Knut Brunier and produced with the help of Tom Roberts.
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Cardboard Chaise Prototype I Quarter Iso Grid

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November 25th, 2011

/ Manuel Kretzer

This prototype chaise is modeled in Rhino 3D. The “Quarter Iso Grid”- Cutting Files are generated by a grasshopper definition which is inspired by Mike Sheldrake’s great iso grid cardboard surfboards. This prototype development is kindly supported by Mike Sheldrake (http://sheldrake.net/cardboards/), Oliver Fritz // CIAD – Cologne Institute for Architectural Design // Chair of CAD.CAM Tischlerei Bächer GmbH.
The prototype and further products and design studies of will be displayed at the DQE, Design Quartier Ehrenfeld at the “Passagen 2012” from January 16th to 22nd in Cologne, Germany.
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Cardboard Surfboards I Quarter Iso Grid

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November 18th, 2011

/ Manuel Kretzer

This cardboard surfboard core is generated by a grasshopper “iso-grid” definition. The work is inspired by Mike Sheldrake’s great iso grid cardboard surfboards. The project’s goal is to create individual, customer-shaped cardboard core surfboards based on a web-based shape generator based on i.e. processing. This project is kindly and proudly supported by Mike Sheldrake, Tischlerei Bächer GmbH / Sebastian Bächer, Christoph Schulz, Maik Holtiegel and Jan Tenbücken.
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Floater Production Process

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September 1st, 2011

/ Manuel Kretzer

Floater Chaise Longue
Design: Manuel Kretzer, Mathias Bernhard
Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zürich

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