https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8 Flexagon Messaging en-us 2021-12-09 12:54:46 UTC 2025-08-28 08:13:58 UTC hello@padlet.com ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113636 my paper origami flexagon model had a multitude of different forms it could take. I also found that when interacting with the shape it was similar to opening a parcel, this made me want to include text/images on the faces of the flexagon as there was a feeling of anticipation when playing with it.]]> 2021-12-09 13:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113636 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113767 2021-12-09 13:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113767 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113991 2021-12-09 13:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938113991 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938116720 London-based creative agency DBLG shows the way with "Bears on Stairs," a short clip that combines a 3-D printed hero with traditional stop-motion animation to charming effect. The ursine epic has a 2-second run time and took four weeks to complete, making it about as efficient as your average Michael Bay production, by my rough calculations. The lumbering action took 50 printed models in all.

For my model I would 3D print each frame and create a looping stop motion, that reflected my theme of form forever changing.]]> 2021-12-09 13:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938116720 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938119140 2021-12-09 13:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938119140 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938119448 This is a model of a flexagon that could be 3D printed to function. This model however would require physical force to move. This can be fixed however through a stop motion animation.]]> 2021-12-09 13:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938119448 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938127553 2021-12-09 13:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938127553 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938129343 I had to consider how I would get my lamp to change form in a loop, connecting back to my previous idea of form forever changing.

I then came across a flexagon origami shape that rotated with no start or end state.]]> 2021-12-09 13:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938129343 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938946432 "Hideaway Type 2" by Dune and Raby, encouraged me to take a more minimalistic approach to the project, as they had simply outlined the curved form of the woman in the painting with cube mesh. Dune and Raby have then created an entirely new geometric woman. I would then go on to explore geometric shapes and how they can create light reflections.

"In the field of design, users and consumers are usually characterised in narrow and stereotypical ways resulting in a world of manufactured objects that reflects an impoverished view of what it means to be human. This project set out to explore and develop a design approach that would lead to products that embodied an understanding of the consumer/user as a complex existential being. 

To achieve this the project focused on irrational but real anxieties such as the fear of alien abduction or nuclear annihilation. Rather than ignoring them, as most design does, or amplifying them to create paranoia, we treated the phobias as though they were perfectly reasonable and designed objects to humour their owners.

The resulting objects are concrete examples of a very different way of designing for how people really are rather than how they are supposed to be. They explore how psychological realism can be applied to designed objects. 

http://dunneandraby.co.uk/content/projects/71/0]]> 2021-12-09 18:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938946432 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938981076 I had planned to create many 3D printed flexagons inspired by "bears on stairs" that would then be made into a stop motion to create the illusion of the rotating movement. However creating 1 functioning model would be faster to animate.]]> 2021-12-09 19:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938981076 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938987050 The "every Mickey" by Mathew Fernandez inspired me to consider using a 3D printer in my design process. I loved how each frame combined created an entirely new and unique Mickey Mouse.

"Using a 3D file search engine, I searched for every Mickey Mouse. From rather convincing Mickeys to more amateur interpretations, these all clearly breached Disney's infamous mouse copyright. Making a compilation of these circumvents copyright (under US copyright law, a compilation of existing material constitutes a new work of authorship). Further to this, it could be argued that amalgamating all the files into one monstrous multiplicity, disfigures the figure beyond the protected threshold."

https://www.plummerfernandez.com/works/every-mickey/]]> 2021-12-09 19:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938987050 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938990608 Inspired by science fiction movies, IKEA PS 2014 pendant lamp is a winner of the international design competition Red Dot Award. Change its shape and intensity of light with a simple pull of the strings.

focusing on geometric shapes, I took an interest in the mechanics of the 'Death Star' lamp, I enjoyed how it was completely customisable and how its form had external effects on light emission.]]> 2021-12-09 19:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938990608 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938992628 Taking inspiration from the 'Death Star' I decided to make a simple prototype lamp to experiment with reflections.]]> 2021-12-09 19:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938992628 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938995204 Through changing the placements of the 'petals' on this model I found myself interested in the different reflections on the wall from the light.

This model physically however is too simple and doesn't reflect the domino effect movement quality that the "Death Star" lamp has.]]> 2021-12-09 19:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1938995204 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939001443 3D print a flexagon using white filament. The 3D printed image/text on the faces of the shape will convey a message with each rotation. Create a stop motion video, animating the flexagon rotating and displaying the message to the audience.]]> 2021-12-09 19:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939001443 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939010257 2021-12-09 19:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939010257 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939065081 "O M G, R O F L !"   8letters
oh my god, rolling on the floor laughing!

"S T F U, R N !"    7letters
shut the fuck up, right now!

"T B H, I D C :)"   7letters
to be honest, I don't care :)

"B T W ... I L Y ;)"    8letters
by the way ... I love you ;)

]]> 2021-12-09 20:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939065081 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939126969 A text discussing about the threshold on ethics and morality was looping on the floor, people who step on the typographic area to read it, realize them selves on the wall and the interaction process starts.

http://www.notabenevisual.com/works/in-order-to-control]]> 2021-12-09 20:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939126969 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939139093 The paper flexagon I made was not durable. A flexible thin sheet of plastic would be used if it were to be folded. To rotate the flexagon I had to use force that was not constrained to the shape. I wanted the flexagon to continue moving in a loop, therefore moving it by hand would not work as you would eventually have to stop.

The "Every Mickey" model inspired me to look into animation using 3D printing.]]> 2021-12-09 20:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939139093 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939140475 I found that the shapes created reminded me of marine life such as barnacles and sand dollars.]]> 2021-12-09 20:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939140475 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939237806 As the nature of using the flexagon is playful, I want to include text and or images on the faces of the shape that the viewer can interact with. The message displayed should also be playful hence I chose text abbreviations.]]> 2021-12-09 22:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939237806 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939252440 2021-12-09 22:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939252440 ithomson4 https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939255998 I became interested in the theme of form forever changing, as the lamps are constantly changing.]]> 2021-12-09 22:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ithomson4/78yw007bqnb0k9c8/wish/1939255998