tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91312460933970799862012-02-16T01:07:13.315-08:00*Materials are magic waiting to be discovered*Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-31732752634172919162011-11-15T11:08:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:36:57.158-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-b997dc5bdf69dc5a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db997dc5bdf69dc5a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333508877%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D12D70C0E1E2DC33CBBB61C5CD336FE138029CA14.23509850AF622BC0D8C236A9ED4118AD4340453A%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db997dc5bdf69dc5a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DyWSgKT3nXSwX_bBViichLXCTfkc&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db997dc5bdf69dc5a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333508877%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D12D70C0E1E2DC33CBBB61C5CD336FE138029CA14.23509850AF622BC0D8C236A9ED4118AD4340453A%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db997dc5bdf69dc5a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DyWSgKT3nXSwX_bBViichLXCTfkc&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">This is a movie I made for my Master's Thesis in Industrial Design at </span><a href="http://www.pratt.edu/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633ff;">Pratt.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633ff;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">In essence, I believe that products that bring an awareness to the moment make people cherish them.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-3173275263417291916?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-10751214162408464522011-10-01T13:57:00.001-07:002011-10-01T14:12:18.985-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJixA0quj4I/Tod-2mYvUaI/AAAAAAAAAf0/o10Xiq-zxkI/s1600/LaraKnutson_11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJixA0quj4I/Tod-2mYvUaI/AAAAAAAAAf0/o10Xiq-zxkI/s400/LaraKnutson_11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658630933296664994" /></a>One of the next projects I'm working on explores the idea that the variety of phenomena that my favorite material posses that drives the form of objects verses the opposite which would be to force the form, making the light only decorative instead of the big idea. <div><br /></div><div>The photo above is from my lighting discovery and the image <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633ff;"><a href="http://laraknutson.blogspot.com/2011/05/material-light.html">here</a> </span>shows a prototype for the form of a lamp that allows for the viewing of a simple bulb that is an optical illusion. More to come!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-1075121416240846452?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-14116343219659754332011-01-09T11:17:00.000-08:002011-05-28T19:06:43.864-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-foaW3lJLdMY/TeGqFyL_duI/AAAAAAAAAag/5MEQqRaNY4Q/s1600/LaraKnutson_Tunnel.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-foaW3lJLdMY/TeGqFyL_duI/AAAAAAAAAag/5MEQqRaNY4Q/s400/LaraKnutson_Tunnel.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611953627028485858" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfect lighting to reveal these surfaces.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-1411634321965975433?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-30982772631472304622011-01-09T11:13:00.000-08:002011-05-28T19:08:00.895-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ve4MFJoSTzE/TeGqcwshhdI/AAAAAAAAAao/lkzBO5RHgQs/s1600/LaraKnutson_WaterLight.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ve4MFJoSTzE/TeGqcwshhdI/AAAAAAAAAao/lkzBO5RHgQs/s400/LaraKnutson_WaterLight.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611954021765055954" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One day, a beam of light was shining through the window on this gallon of water and nothing else in the room. It was magic.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-3098277263147230462?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-43777010921743477342011-01-09T11:02:00.000-08:002011-05-24T14:55:27.133-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSoINoIRC8I/AAAAAAAAATQ/Ae8ovtNevBg/s1600/LaraKnutson_ClockLense_study2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSoINoIRC8I/AAAAAAAAATQ/Ae8ovtNevBg/s400/LaraKnutson_ClockLense_study2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560265720145710018" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSoIC3h2abI/AAAAAAAAATI/OS0gN1ZpAfo/s1600/LaraKnutson_ClockLense_study1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSoIC3h2abI/AAAAAAAAATI/OS0gN1ZpAfo/s400/LaraKnutson_ClockLense_study1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560265535300987314" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Photos by Sara Dierck</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">With the right combination of materials and light, time looks as if it's moving around in space. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-4377701092174347734?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-50893046177037896852011-01-09T10:39:00.000-08:002011-05-28T19:04:27.430-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wma6utABTaw/TeGpEo72YxI/AAAAAAAAAaY/780Y3PIKIRE/s1600/LaraKnutson_Backlit_Bulb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wma6utABTaw/TeGpEo72YxI/AAAAAAAAAaY/780Y3PIKIRE/s400/LaraKnutson_Backlit_Bulb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611952507853366034" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In this moment, I loved how soft the bulbs looked because of the dust and diffused light from the window.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-5089304617703789685?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-91561535611597184062011-01-09T10:00:00.001-08:002011-05-27T21:28:57.025-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn4N91f8UI/AAAAAAAAASg/GKQqjGsJZOQ/s1600/Re-flective_Glass_Beads_for_Road_Safety.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn4N91f8UI/AAAAAAAAASg/GKQqjGsJZOQ/s400/Re-flective_Glass_Beads_for_Road_Safety.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560248133786530114" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn3-hw_UNI/AAAAAAAAASY/4Dv8ODr34Jc/s1600/Reflective_thread.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn3-hw_UNI/AAAAAAAAASY/4Dv8ODr34Jc/s400/Reflective_thread.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560247868553384146" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Reflective glass fabric is essentially a sheet of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6666CC;">lenses</span></a> that we perceive through our own lenses.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-9156153561159718406?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-28380940158810700122011-01-09T09:41:00.001-08:002011-05-24T14:55:59.212-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn0M9lccpI/AAAAAAAAASI/OHhWLMFZbuI/s1600/2008103837_2de0b9d4b7_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSn0M9lccpI/AAAAAAAAASI/OHhWLMFZbuI/s400/2008103837_2de0b9d4b7_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560243718492811922" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnz8X52dNI/AAAAAAAAASA/NMR3VVQG6xc/s1600/bike4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnz8X52dNI/AAAAAAAAASA/NMR3VVQG6xc/s400/bike4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560243433499948242" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnzl02d88I/AAAAAAAAAR4/Gzf0xqqUUPA/s1600/mathger_lpealeii2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnzl02d88I/AAAAAAAAAR4/Gzf0xqqUUPA/s400/mathger_lpealeii2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560243046133396418" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">Abalone</span></a> shell, bike wheel found on 38th St and 5th Ave in Manhattan and closeup of <a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=iridophores&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&amp;biw=987&amp;bih=606"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">iridophores</span></a> on a fish.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-2838094015881070012?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-71741545348360826862011-01-09T09:32:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:40:01.607-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnyw87XbhI/AAAAAAAAARw/aQXZCmzARlk/s1600/LARA3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnyw87XbhI/AAAAAAAAARw/aQXZCmzARlk/s400/LARA3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560242137768357394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnylgSchWI/AAAAAAAAARo/gKRvV4vl_0I/s1600/58635_424580697561_752492561_5014030_7078606_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnylgSchWI/AAAAAAAAARo/gKRvV4vl_0I/s400/58635_424580697561_752492561_5014030_7078606_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560241941101970786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnyhv9WFdI/AAAAAAAAARg/tQtWFMoh-7E/s1600/lighting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TSnyhv9WFdI/AAAAAAAAARg/tQtWFMoh-7E/s400/lighting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560241876588959186" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-7174154534836082686?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-44573274356840325612010-09-14T09:28:00.001-07:002011-05-24T14:56:22.582-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TI-i4oMo-xI/AAAAAAAAAPw/05ZJiC5m5iQ/s1600/nebula_closeup1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 367px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TI-i4oMo-xI/AAAAAAAAAPw/05ZJiC5m5iQ/s400/nebula_closeup1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516807162298956562" /></a>100x magnification of my Nebula jewelry.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-4457327435684032561?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131246093397079986.post-6166665724032519982010-06-12T02:33:00.000-07:002010-09-14T09:28:17.869-07:00<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TBNVPLa0dEI/AAAAAAAAAOA/K4-kkQYz5ps/s1600/rainbow1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481818890691703874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO-N03gzop4/TBNVPLa0dEI/AAAAAAAAAOA/K4-kkQYz5ps/s320/rainbow1.jpg" /></a>Reflective fabric makes rainbows.<br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9131246093397079986-616666572403251998?l=auroramaterialis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lara Knutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950242312061203473noreply@blogger.com