The point from A – B – C is rarely a straight line in real life – why are polygons used rather than freehand wobbly sketched lines for example?

thanks for remembering our crystal city mind project of August/September.

CCM was buid and designed as a mockup first, and then realized as a
handcrafted object. The cad involvement was reduced to lasercutting the steel.

The Theme is very similar, as the aesthetics are let say – related. The above is more of a kapoor meets koons in a skewed bucky style. If you take a look at the coordination site, you see that we have been working with theese aesthetics for quite some years now. Marcos site is more divers in styles. (No judgement here.)

CCM introduced deeper layers of intellectual reflection, as the object was designed with areas of selfreflection, and additionally worked as a picture sponge when installed in London: Situation fotos of the object in Berlin have been projected onto it, and started a dialogue with its position in London.

I do not think there is a line to be drawn under the exciting polygon aesthetics, though it always has been a problem when something contemporary gets used as a mere style element where a substantial thought lacks. As we see eg on dezeen some substantial architecture and design is being built in this style.

I do appreciate the dayface/nightface of the above, as I think the coating of the outer shell is quite exciting.

nothing really – it’s quite nice….

but as nextbigthing says – please take a look at

http://www.dezeen.com/2008/09/25/crystal-city-mind-by-coordination-berlin-and-diephotodesigner/

If the cityscope is wowing you. People keep making these crystal things.
It’s really just computer work made concrete, and the text for each project is interchangeable:
“The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, ”

…. We really need to credit the Rhino/SW/Alias programmers for the vast bulk of the aesthetics of the 90’s – 00’s – just as the ancient Romans should be credited for the aesthetics of classical architecture. For it was they who decided how nodes connect to nodes, and how nurbs behave…. most designers have just been using this codex directly in their work ever since.

I agree – this is a ‘good one’ – that is, quite a good version of the factetted aesthetic that has become the language of this century.

I like it – and I think the fractured kaleidoscope references are valid, nay pretty – and acknowledge that this is a facetted object like a crystal, rather than just for the ’stealth’ look. However – it’s time to acknowledge that this facetting aesthetic needs to have a line drawn under it – it’s not hard work to do this on a computer – so yes, of course all the aluminium was cut using CAD/CAM – there is more to life.

http://www.johnblazydesigns.com/

The use of this material can be great or tacky. I think in this application it works. I like the change from day to night….