Self-Assembly & Self-Organization
"Self-Assembly is a process by which disordered parts build an ordered structure through only local interaction. In self-assembling systems, individual parts move towards a final state, whereas in self-organizing systems, components move between multiple states, oscillate and may never come to rest in a final configuration."
Growing Islands
Fluide Assembly Furniture
Self-Replicating Spheres
Aerial Assemblies
Fluid Lattices
Self-Assembly Cell Phone
Fluid Crystallization
BioMolecular Self-Assembly
Autonomous Mass Assembly
Chiral Self-Assembly
Self-Assembly Line
Phase Change Materials
"Granular jammable materials are structurally disordered solids, often made up of particles, that can instantly and reversibly transition from a non-solid, liquid-like, state into a solid state."
Liquid Printed Metal
Liquid to Air: Pneumatic Objects
Liquid Printed Pneumatics
Liquid Printed Natives
Liquid Printed Products
Rapid Liquid Printing
Liquid Printed Textile Shoes
Modular and Morphable Jamming
Slip-Form Rock Jamming
Rock Printing
Jamming Bodies
Programmable Materials & 4D Printing
"Programmable Matter is the science, engineering and design of physical matter that has the ability to change form and/or function in a programmable manner. 4D Printing, where the 4th dimension is time, is one recent example of PM that allows objects to be printed and self-transform in shape and material property when subjected to energy."
Active Patterned Scarves
Active Textile Tailoring
Active Textiles
Active Auxetics
Active Shoes
Programmable Materials
Programmable Table
4D Printing
DNA Printing
Logic Matter
Macrobot & Decibot
Transformable Structures
"Transformable Structures are designed to physically transform their design, form, and function to create dynamic structures for our fluctuating needs and environmental demands"
Transformable Screen
Transformable Meeting Spaces
Hyperform
C-Strands
Self-folding Proteins
Self-folding Surfaces
Biased Chains
Single-Stranded Structures