As 3D printers become affordable and ubiquitous, they are also becoming smaller, placing severe constraints on the scale of objects we can create. Hyperform is an investigation into folding as a computational design strategy for compressing large scale objects into the small volume of desktop 3D printers. Hyperform was developed by: Marcelo Coelho (http://www.cmarcelo.com) Skylar Tibbits (http://sjet.us/) Formlabs, Inc (http://formlabs.com/) Support by: Ars Electronica and [The Next Idea] Voestalpine Art and Technology Grant

Hyperform is an investigation into folding as a strategy for compressing large scale objects into the small volume of desktop 3D printers. A 50' linear chain was produced using the Form 1's 5" x 5" x 6" print volume. This chain spans a five-story building, demonstrating the world's largest 3D print.

Six-Forty by Four-Eighty is an interactive lighting installation composed of an array of magnetic, physical pixels. Individually, pixel-tiles change their color in response to touch and communicate their state to each other by using a person's body as the conduit for information. When grouped together, the pixel-tiles create patterns and animations that can serve as a tool for customizing our physical spaces. By transposing the pixel from the confines of the screen and into the physical world, focus is drawn to the materiality of computation and new forms for design emerge.

Time-lapse video of Jamie and I setting up and playing with Six-Forty by Four-Eighty when we recently installed it for a private collector.