the entire history of me

the entire history of me

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In 2011 the British science fiction anthology series “Black Mirror” screened an episode entitled “The Entire History of You”, set in an alternative reality where most people have “grains” recording everything they do, see, or hear, and allowing them to play back their memories in front of their eyes or on a screen.

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Merry Christmas 2016

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We wish all our friends, colleagues, partners, sponsors, families, supporters, students, employees, interns, clients, suppliers, enemies, children, parents, faint acquaintances, past loves, collaborators, muses, pets, mentors, and anyone else who we know or don’t (yet) know the merriest and happiest of all christmases and a great and successful start into the new year 2017.

Rhino 3D Digital Crafting Tutorials

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Rhino 3D Tutorials for simple shape fabrication.

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These tutorials provide very simple shape to fabrication instructions for quick prototyping from flat materials. They were developed during the Digital Crafting courses taught at the Braunschweig University of Art.

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Der Löwe Petersilie und das geheimnisvolle Tal

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The lion Petersilie and his friends the tiger Blumenkohl and the parrot Papadu are hiking in the mountains when they are surprised by a sudden thunderstorm. Seeking shelter in a nearby cave they make an unbelievable discovery, which leads them into an adventure full of long forgotten creatures and plenty of new friends.

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Kids Bench : Cardboard

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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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Merry Christmas!

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We wish all our friends, colleagues, clients, partners, students and family a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a fresh and successful start into the New Year 2015.

See you all then,

Manuel, Hans, Sebastian

responsive design studio

Design / Architecture

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In direct cooperation with our professional partners for CNC fabrication and construction and with our in-house 3D tech shop ‘formlabor’ we provide integral one-stop design proposals and prototyping and fabrication for your particular demands. We provide individual solutions, consulting, workshops and services in the fields of design proposals, concepts, planning and production.

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Digital Fabrication

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In our form & fabrication laboratory ‘formlabor’ we provide a range of services in the fields of design prototyping, graphic works and model making. We offer consultation and services for the development and implementation of products and projects, including workshops, (parametric) 3D modeling, model programming, generation of production data for CNC manufacturing and automation of processes.

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formlab

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The ‘formlab’ marks the creative center of our work spaces. Here we provide services in digital production from 5-axis milling and 3D printing to laser cutting and engraving. Together with our close partners from Bächer & Bergmann GmbH we produce prototypes, models and serial production for artists, designers and architects.

 

Material Research

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Due to our close linkage to the materiability research network and various international academic institutions we can offer first hand insights into state of the art material research. We provide individual consulting services to find the best solutions towards implementing new developments into series production, pushing your company to the forefront of innovative applications.

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Manuel Kretzer

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Manuel Kretzer (founding partner) is professor for Material and Technology at the Dessau Department of Design, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. His research aims at the design of dynamic and adaptive objects with a specific focus on new (smart) material performance as well as applying cutting edge digital design and fabrication tools. In 2012 he initiated materiability, a free educational platform that attempts to connect architects, designers and artists and provides access to cutting edge new material developments and technologies.

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Hans Sachs

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Hans Sachs (founding partner) is professor for CAAD, Computer Aided Architectural Design’ at the ‚Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture’ at the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe since 2015. Besides his activities with the ‘responsive design studio’ he has worked for architects in Australia, Ghana and Germany. Since 2008 he has held various research and teaching positions at the former ‘ifib – Institut für industrielle Bauproduktion’ at the ‘KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’ and the ‘CIAD – Cologne Institute for Architectural Design’.

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Sebastian Bächer

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Sebastian Bächer, master carpenter and programmer, lives in Cologne. He is CEO of Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, a company with specialist expertise in prototyping and the production of complex shapes using computer-controlled machines. His particular strength is the integration of CAD/CAM and digital production technologies. In recent years, Sebastian has worked with artists such as Tony Cragg, Roland Gätzschmann and Tino Seubert as well as with design agencies such as designatics, BelEpok and TheGreenEyl.

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KISD Open Factory

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Together with Marcel Odenbach, Hans Sachs from responsive design studio runs a workshop 2D>3D at the KISD Open Factory at the Köln International School of Design.

The 2-day event with various workshops and panel discussions on Nov 29th and 30th addresses the open scource and maker movement and brings people from different professional fields together to experiment, develop and fabricate. Students can still register for several workshops on the conference’s webpage (above).

The CONE at Voodoo Experience New Orleans 2013

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Like every year in November, our ConeV2 was part of the Voodoo Experience Music and Art Festival in New Orleans, LA, USA. For more pictures of the event click here.

Beside well known bands like Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and Kid Rock, the Cone was -again- one of the main attractions on the festival area in New Orleans City Park. The Cone has been installed at the festival every year from 2009.

Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics in Berlin

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Hans Sachs of responsive design studio has presented his paper “bended – material and process informed design computation” at Transmaterial Aesthetics Symposium in Berlin at the Aedes Network Campus Berlin, on October 2nd, 2013(see programm below). We especially thank Prof. Matthias Ludwig (Hochschule Wismar, Fakultät Gestaltung) and AA Dipl. Sandra Loschke (Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney) for the organisation of the event. The symposium abstracts can be downloaded here.

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Folded PenCup

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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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