OBJECTS

Space

SpaceX / Raptor 3

Integrating channels and switching from fasteners to welding complicates maintainability by limiting access to critical components. So, how do you repair such a complex rocket engine? You don’t repair it.

SpaceX’s Raptor engine is designed to be replaced rather than repaired, thanks to cost-effective mass production, which lowers the final product cost.

— “Why don’t others do this?” - because no one else is producing reusable engines on such a large scale. Competitors make single-use engines at a higher cost, requiring easy access for maintenance and repairs.

Objects

This is a capsule endoscope, a small, pill-sized device equipped with a tiny camera used for medical purposes.

It’s rather beautiful for a medical device.

architecture

Scriptures, 2024, Oji Haynes

String lights, cement, inkjet photo, diamond dust, mixed media on fabric couch

21 x 24 x 74 inches

53.34 x 60.96 x 187.96 cm

Scriptures, 2024, Oji Haynes

String lights, cement, inkjet photo, diamond dust, mixed media on fabric couch

21 x 24 x 74 inches

53.34 x 60.96 x 187.96 cm 

https://www.ojihaynes.com

makerspace

A walk through some Tokyo fabric stores yielded some nice finds… 🤓

Design

build your design studio on the rock, a firm foundation, and it will not be shaken by clients.

The F-22, also known as the Raptor, is a fifth-generation, twin-engine fighter aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Air Force. It was designed primarily for air superiority missions, combining stealth technology with advanced maneuverability and sensor capabilities.

Bazaar in front of Bibi Khanim Mosque
Uzbekistan, Samarkand

From the book "A visit to the Russians in Central Asia" by Isabelle Marry Phibbs, 1897

https://archive.org/details/visittorussiansi00phib/page/n257/mode/1up?view=theater

Amsterdam

Moving Forward, 2023, Alexander Edwards

Television Screen, LED lights, infrared circuit chip, big x big enough inches

Water in a Coconut Shell is like an Ocean to an Ant, Malaika Temba

Jacquard woven fabric, paint, embroidery on mesh
55” x 68”
2023

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened in Atlanta in 2017, is uniquestadium. Its roof, inspired by the Roman Pantheon, can open and close like a camera lens. Below it is the world's largest 360-degree scoreboard. One of the supporting walls of the stadium is completely transparent and provides a panoramic view of the city

Nagasone Tojiro Mitsumasa, Helmet in the form of a Sea Conch Shell, 1618 Japan

ito-en

Started in 1964 by Masanori Honjō - the innovation that Ito-En provided was that tea was previously sold in specialty tea stores in bulk. Ito-en sold these “tea packs” so it could be purchased by anyone

Honjō was a car salesman at Nissan until 1960s, then left to start Itoen with his brother, Hachiro

Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan.

The fort was built in the 9th century AD as a tribute to Rawal Deoraj Bhatti, a Rajput sovereign king of the Jaisalmer (in modern day Rajasthan, India) and Bahawalpur areas.

Lamborghini Countach named for the Piedmontese exclamation of astonishment

Designed by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone design studio who designed the Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Bravo, Lancia Stratos Zero, Maserati Khamsin, and Alfa Romeo Carabo

Chief engineer: Paolo Stanzani

Khmer Sandstone Shree Ganesha

Carved in relief, he stands wearing a short Cambodian style dhoti secured with jeweled sash around the curve of a round belly. He smiles benevolently as he arches his trunk to grasp the sweets held in his left hand.

Pre Angkor, Cambodia, 8th c

Bejeweled hands of a Tuareg woman, near Tamanrasset.  Frans Lemmens, 2000.

Student models from master thesis presentations at ETH Zürich, Department of Architecture, 2016

Open design and making protocol.🪀 /object objects.vision zora.co/objects