Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors
Polarized light mosaics are color-changing structures that alter their appearance based on the orientation of incident polarized light. While artists have developed techniques for crafting polarized light mosaics by hand, there exists no design tool and fabrication process that allows makers to crea...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| author | Sethapakdi, Ticha |
| author2 | Mueller, Stefanie |
| author_facet | Mueller, Stefanie Sethapakdi, Ticha |
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| description | Polarized light mosaics are color-changing structures that alter their appearance based on the orientation of incident polarized light. While artists have developed techniques for crafting polarized light mosaics by hand, there exists no design tool and fabrication process that allows makers to create them using standard fabrication hardware.
In this thesis, we introduce the first end-to-end system for designing and fabricating Polagons: machine-made polarized light mosaics with user-defined color changing behaviors. Our system includes an interface for designing and visualizing Polagons as well as a fabrication process based on laser cutting and welding that requires minimal assembly by the user. We define the design space for Polagons, evaluate the achievable color spectrum, and demonstrate how they can enable new applications in fields such as architectural design, data visualization, and fashion. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1432702022-06-16T03:33:10Z Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors Sethapakdi, Ticha Mueller, Stefanie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Polarized light mosaics are color-changing structures that alter their appearance based on the orientation of incident polarized light. While artists have developed techniques for crafting polarized light mosaics by hand, there exists no design tool and fabrication process that allows makers to create them using standard fabrication hardware. In this thesis, we introduce the first end-to-end system for designing and fabricating Polagons: machine-made polarized light mosaics with user-defined color changing behaviors. Our system includes an interface for designing and visualizing Polagons as well as a fabrication process based on laser cutting and welding that requires minimal assembly by the user. We define the design space for Polagons, evaluate the achievable color spectrum, and demonstrate how they can enable new applications in fields such as architectural design, data visualization, and fashion. S.M. 2022-06-15T13:08:40Z 2022-06-15T13:08:40Z 2022-02 2022-03-04T20:59:46.283Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143270 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright MIT http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sethapakdi, Ticha Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title | Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title_full | Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title_fullStr | Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title_short | Designing and Fabricating Polarized Light Mosaics with User-Defined Color-Changing Behaviors |
| title_sort | designing and fabricating polarized light mosaics with user defined color changing behaviors |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143270 |
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