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To excel Excel Some simple Grasshopper action makes for so much nicer diagrams. Rating on Airflow Skateboards longboard lineup.
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Official release: Airflow «Bracket» The «Bracket» features a unique 3d concave with accurately defined bends. The tub-like standing platform keeps your feet on board at any time. The short wheelbase makes for a very agile setup yet stable, thanks to a massive rocker. CNC’ed wheel wells enable freedom of lean on wheel sizes up to 83 mm. The «Bracket» is pressed in Switzerland out of locally grown FSC beech wood.
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Origami tesselation Making 3D out of 2D. Thanks to Nick Tyrer for sharing the folding template.
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Full cup! Leftovers of yesterdays ceramic pour, this cup is always full! Now I'm really excited for the next step, heat molding thin plastic foils...
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Flatlockin.... Back to working on my anti sweat space suit.
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The 10 principles of good design found in the pocmag on page 40
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Composite BE's DSL B-2 are now equipped with Scubapro A700 regulators Solidworks exploded view by Martin Siegrist. Click on the image for a more detailed view of the cad drawing. Check out the updated Composite Beat Engel website now in German, French and English.
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Eco Prop Reconstruction of an existing eco prop. Generated naca profiles using a grasshopper definition written by Laurent Delrieu. Lofted blades and transition to hub in t-splines.
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Soon it's all going to be parametric! And I'm learning how to create a big mess...
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Well-well-well, we made some wheelwells! Topmount lovers watch out, Airflow Skateboards is working on a new deck!
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Airflow Fuse - Explained by Martin Siegrist This is a brief explanation on how the Fuse was designed. Please feel free to contact me for any additional questions or collaborations in board design.
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Laubholz design competition 2011 Airflow Skateboards' entry for «Laubholz» design competition by BAFU. Unfortunately we didn't make it into the finals...
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Texttextile / Materialvision Just returned from Frankfurt with a whole bunch of interesting impressions on new materials and pattern design.
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BLOCX concept for Marocco A combination of standard plywood panels and a WARP corner, designed in Rhinoceros and Google sketchup.
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BLOCX WARP in Hongkong Fresh out of the workshop, this boulder wall features a slab, dihedral and a small overhang plus some nice cracks. Those lucky kids... Do we build cool walls?
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BLOCX - no flange volumes Our latest prototype volumes have been put to good use on Camp5's new pro wall.
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NEW - gps fixie for GARMIN Edge 500 Probably the most simple and practical way to mount the GPS device on your shoe...
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BLOCX at IAAPA - Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Our booth at the IAAPA exhibition last week, showing a WARP panel prototype wall and a cave concept in a 20 foot shipping container.
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A new domain for a new decade! Due to being a really short and cool adress, www.mrtn.ch will definitely be continued! And see here what my name is associated with!
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20 years Vertical Skate Paul Heuberger invited me to present myself as a downhill skater and industrial designer at the art show. You can see my latest pro model board by Airflow Skateboard and the helmet concept «dawn», which is the result of my BA thesis. It was a pleasure showing my work and talking to many people who didn't know so much about my passion. verticalskate.ch
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Industrial Design BA Come watch my helmet concept and many more interesting projects at the exhibition in Basel, open from Sept. 5th until Sept. 13th.
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Downhill Skateboard helmet concept BA Thesis Project 2009, FHNW Aarau - CH «dawn» is a fullface helmet trimmed to the needs of Downhill Skateboarding. Due to the insulated air, the spherical double visor does not fog up even in cold conditions. The fairing improves the airflow towards the back. Air is being drawn out of the helmet constantly through two exhaust channels leading from above the forehead through the fairing. Combined with the highly shock absorbing PVC hard-foam and the viscoelastic damper elements which absorb smaller shocks, the egg-shaped, self-luminous fibreglas shell makes for unmatched safety. The production process has been optimized for a small market: the hard-foam elements of the inner helmet are cut out of sheet material and then thermo-molded with relatively cheap molds. With the modular manufacturing process, Skeleton and BASE-jump helmets can be produced with small adjustments only. Due to the constant radius, the fairing can be positioned at different positions based on the head angle in the aerodynamic speed position. Streamlined objects, both vehicles and animals, obviously inspired my design. I am impressed with sleek shapes. It connotes a feeling of speed and dominance. The reduction to the basic shape reflects the no-compromise demands that every top athlete has. The sharp nose looks alot like a falcons bill, standing for aggressivity and power. Not to forget that the curve strengthens the chin bar. In a broad research, materials and combinations of certain materials were tested upon their shock absorbing properties. A 3kg metall ball was dropped onto samples to determine comparable values for the height of the rebound. 3D scans of an existing inner helmet and my head made for a reliable reference and control of the fit. The outer shell is the result of sketches, CAD drawings and styrofoam models. Those mock-ups were constructed of sheets of 10mm thickness to evaluate the shape of the helmets nose and field of vision. The whole shell was optimized and smoothened with solidworks curvature view and through a projection of a line grid onto the model. A two-piece positive original-form has been cnc machined to laminate the negative molds in a next step. Two helmet shells were laminated into that mold.
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DSL B-2 freeflow Here's an impression of the latest Composite BE surface helmet. Unlike the helmets shown below, the freeflow version of the B-2 helmet does not have an oral/nasal mask, hence the name. All CAD drawings, exploded views and the final renderings have been created in Solid Works.
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Preview of DSL A-2 Air Surface Helmet This is the light version of the A-2 dive helmet below, mainly for working in poisonous areas.
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DeepSea Lightweight DSL A-2 Diving Helmet Several detailed exploded views simplify ordering and handling of nearly 70 replacement parts.
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Bernina duo New Sewing Machines for young people Claudia Kabosch & Martin Siegrist With a Bernina «duo» you can switch from conventional sewing to the chain stitch by simply rotating the bottom string cassette below the needle. The chain stitch broadens the possibilities in working with stretchable materials which makes this sewing machine one of a kind. By using two syncronized motors, the aluminium body can be designed slimmer than ever before, resulting in a unique look and brighter work situation.
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POLE - Sun and Shade [Project Oriented Learning Environment] In this interdisciplinary project, students from 3 different universities and 3 different languages worked together to create new ideas for shading solutions in collaboration with the Swiss company Schenker Blinds. «COMB» is a modular, vertical slat blind system for outdoor use. It is composed of hexagonaly shaped two component plastic modules. Vertical rows can be rotated to adjust the amount of light which passes into the building. Thin, flexible lips enable a full black-out. All students met in Switzerland for a kick-off week and then returned to their home universities. The teams used Skype and Polycom for weekly video conferences. A week prior the presentation the groups met again in Switzerland to complete prototypes and presentations. The project was a valuable experience, especially in terms of communication, team-work and organisation.
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IRKO is an electronic kitchen watertab. It's functions should help to reduce the water consumption. Temperature and flow can be easily adjusted with the touchscreen on top of the tab. As an additional feature, IRKO let's you pour precise amounts of water, either to fill up a bottle of water or for precision cooking.
documentation (in german)
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GPS Shoe Fixie How do you attach a Garmin Edge GPS to your shoe? Don't think further, there's the solution. Available on demand.
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ReDesign: Kanister My recent project at the design school was the redesign of a 10l camping water canister. What you see here is a handmade PU foam model. Two handles make pouring really easy. The strap can be extended so the canister can be carried like a shoulder-/ messenger-bag. The cap is similar to those used for thermos cans, doesn't leek and let's you pour as much as you want. check out my documentation
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