@SelfAssemblyLab
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@InsideNatGeo10 Mar 2022
Here, you can see new experimental features installed underwater to encourage the natural formation of the sandbar.
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@InsideNatGeo10 Mar 2022
This aerial footage of #NatGeoExplorer @SkylarTibbits’s recent field installation shows him and his team surveying a self-assembled sandbar in the Maldives—a process that helps combat beach erosion. Videos courtesy of @SelfAssemblyLab
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits23 Apr 2021
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits23 Apr 2021
Just received the first advance copies of our upcoming book: Things Fall Together: A Guide to the New Materials Revolution, published with @princetonupress - available June 1st! Thank you to all of our collaborators, partners, mentors and team for making this possible!
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits3 Jan 2020
Thanks @wsj for including our work with Ministry of Supply and the Self-Assembly Lav on Climate-Active Textiles @selfassemblylab wsj.com/articles/work-clothe… wsj.com/articles/work-clothe…

Work Clothes, Reimagined for an Age of Wearable Tech

Work wear is due for a technological upgrade, from touch-screen sleeves to collars that change color based on mood.

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits21 Oct 2019
Our latest work, Liquid Printed Metal, exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in their "Designs for Different Futures" exhibit, Self-Assembly Lab, MIT Team: Björn Eric Sparrman Schendy G. Kernizan Jared Laucks, Skylar Tibbits... vimeo.com/367754696

Liquid Printed Metal

Liquid Printed Metal, first shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Designs for Different Futures" exhibit, is a new process for printing liquid metal within a powder support. This process can...

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits22 Sep 2019
Congrats @nativeshoes a nice overview of some of their latest work including a mention of our ongoing collaboration - fastcompany.com/90400462/10-…
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits1 Mar 2019
Honored to showcase our project from the Maldives at the Broken Nature Exhibition by Paola Antonelli for the Milan Triennale: Self-Assembly Lab, MIT + Sarah Yasmin Dole, Hassan Maahee Ahmed Maniku Self-Assembly Lab Team: Nitzan Zilberman,... brokennature.org/
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits1 Mar 2019
Excited to be included in the MIT Museum's Exhibition: Drawing, Designing, Thinking: 150 Years of Teaching Architecture at MIT Self-Assembly Lab Team: Björn Eric Sparrman,... mitmuseum.mit.edu/exhibition…

MIT Museum Homepage | MIT Museum

The museum strives to be a place where science, technology, the humanities, and the arts are all used to frame and reframe problems, enabling it to address the compelling questions of our time in new...

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits18 Jan 2019
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Arts at MIT@ArtsatMIT18 Dec 2018
Ministry of Supply will tailor this sweater to your body while you wait! The collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab points to the future of customizable fashion. Read more @FastCompany: mitsha.re/RXom30n21ZX @MinistrySupply @SelfAssemblyLab @SkylarTibbits
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits17 May 2018
Our latest project Liquid Printed Pneumatics with BMW is now on display Victoria and Albert Museum “The Future Starts Here” exhibit in London - Full video link in bio Self-Assembly: Björn Eric Sparrman , Shokofeh Darbari, Rami Rustom, Heather... vimeo.com/268770644

Liquid Printed Pneumatics

BMW and MIT's Self-Assembly Lab collaborate to design the first printed inflatable material. Self-Assembly Lab Team: Bjorn Sparrman, Shokofeh Darbari, Rami Rustom, Maggie Hughes, Schendy Kernizan,...

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits15 Apr 2018
Excited about our latest exhibit Active Textile, a collaboration with Self-Assembly Lab, MIT Designtex and Steelcase now on display at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's #designbeyondvision show in NYC - vimeo.com/264405979... vimeo.com/264405979

Active Textile _ Cooper Hewitt

ACTIVE TEXTILE Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – The Senses: Design Beyond Vision Exhibition, 2018  Small perforations on a composite textile open and close in response to a light source....

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits9 Feb 2018
New Self-Assembly Lab, MIT Website! selfassemblylab.mit.edu/

Self-Assembly Lab

A research lab at MIT designing materials and environments that build and transform themselves.

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits16 Dec 2017
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MIT Self-Assembly Lab prints bags and lamps in minutes at Design Miami

MIT's Self-Assembly Lab has demonstrated its rapid liquid printing process at the Design Miami fair, using it to create products in front of visitors.

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Genevieve Powers@GPows13 Dec 2017
How to Hijack Amazon Prime Now for Good youtube.com/watch?v=8oKl_qDJ…
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits22 Jun 2017
3DP+ first impact factor is 3.389 w/ 90k downloads this year! Congrats to our team @3DPrintingJrnl and contributors! ow.ly/YzgY30cBbcr
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits19 Jun 2017
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Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus

The new headquarters of AFFOA, the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Institute, represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.

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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits18 May 2017
Reminder: ACADIA 2017 Submissions due May 21st!!! 2017.acadia.org/submit.html fb.me/7BjHQLsVV
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Skylar Tibbits@SkylarTibbits15 May 2017
Excited & honored that our Rock Print project with Gramazio & Kohler and Self-Assembly Lab, MIT won the 2017... fb.me/XI8VRicM
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