From the course: Design Foundations: Physical Materials
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Labs that create custom materials
From the course: Design Foundations: Physical Materials
Labs that create custom materials
- We're in the Architectural Materials Tactile Lab and with us we have Greg Romine, we have Serhan with us that's going to give us some examples of some of the things that they do inside the Tactile Lab. First thing I want to ask about is what's this thing right here? This looks like a pull handle of some sort? - Yeah, it's a prototype for our Tactile Hardware product line and what we do is we model it, and we CNC or 3D print, and then we put the type of finish on it to see if it really looks as good as it did in our mind, so-- - So the hardware biz, too, huh? - Yeah, it's very exciting. - This looks pretty unique. Is this part of some new, this new system you have here? Is this composite, for something? - No, this is a connector for a ceiling system. And, you know, ceiling systems are generally very flat and planar, and so what we're trying to do through R&D is create a very interesting intersections of ceilings and they marry with contoured ceiling elements so this is how you see…
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