Computational Design: NEXT 13

Joshua Vermillion is an award-winning designer, scholar, and educator who explores the use of machines to augment creativity, research, and teaching. He is a professor in the School of Architecture at UNLV, where he has co-edited two books and presented peer-reviewed creative research around the world. His teaching and creative work span artificial intelligence and machine learning, computational and algorithmic design, digital fabrication, and robotics. This work has led to high-profile collaborations, including the first AI/photography hybrid fashion magazine cover and editorial for Harper’s BAZAAR. He has also partnered with companies and organizations such as Samsung, Microsoft, Jaguar Land Rover, ELLE Décor, Sony Music, and Architectural Digest, contributing creative work, research, and thought leadership.

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Benedikt Boschert, an architect, and a computational designer will be delivering a 90-minute-long exciting tutorial at the upcoming Computational Design: NEXT 13 online conference. Benedikt studied architecture at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, where he also worked as a research assistant in the field of digital design in architecture. During and after his studies Benedikt worked in several architecture offices like ECHOMAR, Cactus, and GRAFT. Currently, he is an architect at LAVA in Berlin. Personally, he is very interested in working with complex geometries. Through this, he gets inspired by new digital techniques in architecture and design.

Mirko and Michele Daneluzzo, the founders of Nyxo Design Studio, will be lecturing and showcasing some of the studio’s creative works at the upcoming online conference, Computational Design: NEXT 13. NYXO is a design company founded in 2015 by Mirko and Michele Daneluzzo. Their design agenda consists of the understanding and management of intricate transdisciplinary scenarios, using material systems and production processes as mediators. The research interest consists, on the one hand, in the use of digital computational and fabrication tools to set up apparatuses of simulation that can offer new aesthetic languages and are capable of re-territorialize the products in a posthuman, bio-integrated fashion. On the other hand, it is about the impact of the transformation of the artifacts from prostheses to bodies, in other words, from objects that are extensions of the human body to other bodies capable of autonomous agency. NYXO explores various technologies and typologies of artifacts, from serial products to research projects, for companies operating in different fields, from aeronautics to medical devices. The independent research of the studio focuses on the application of additive manufacturing technologies for End-Use productions at different scales. The architectural investigation develops the interweaving of bio-geo-climatic dynamics in the morphogenesis of spaces for a fusion with the local context. NYXO’s work has been exhibited internationally in several events including the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2010, Beijing 2010, and Tallinn 2017, in museums like the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and in different Design Weeks, including Tokyo, Dubai, and Shanghai.

Philipp Aduatz, the artist, and multidisciplinary designer, will lecture for 45 minutes and answer questions for 15 minutes in the upcoming Computational Design: NEXT 13 online conference. Philipp is a Vienna-based designer who creates limited-edition functional objects that are highly sculptural in nature. Working with innovative materials and fabrication technologies, Aduatz is very much influenced by scientific matters such as chemistry, physics, and material technologies. His process combines traditional craft concepts and techniques with cutting-edge implements such as 3D printing, 3D laser scanning, CNC milling, and Rapid Prototyping. The experimentation with different materials and their behavior is an important part of his research at the intersection of design and sculpture. Greatly influenced by sculptors such as Constantin Brancusi and Tony Cragg, the designer aims to develop a distinct language of form in each of his pieces, encouraging a new discourse between the object and its user or viewer.

Joanie Lemercier, the visual artist and environmental activist, will be showcasing his amazing works with lights and how he uses generative structures in his works, this will be live at the Computational Design: Next 13 online conference. Joanie is a French visual artist and environmental activist whose work explores human perception through the manipulation of light in space. Working primarily with light projection and computer programming, Lemercier transforms the appearance of everyday objects and forms, bending reality to his imagination. His work transcends the flat surface, extending dimensionality through the interplay of light and shadow on materials such as wood, glass, paper, ceramics, textiles, and water.

Brian Wu, an accomplished architectural and computational designer, will be leading a 90-minute beginner tutorial on Processing at the upcoming Computational Design: NEXT 13 online conference. With a second postgraduate degree in Architecture from SCI-Arc, Brian has integrated his practical working experience and parametric and computational design skills to tackle complex urban and architectural issues. He is currently employed as an architectural designer at Morphosis, where he participates in various international competitions. Before pursuing higher education overseas, Brian worked for a year at an architectural and construction firm in the UK. He has since spent six years as a freelance architect and interior designer, primarily based in Taiwan. His portfolio includes successful residential, commercial, and machine learning projects in architecture, where he effectively managed every project phase from early schematic design to completion. Brian has collaborated with other architectural and interior firms, including the international company Autodesk, to deliver outstanding results.

Nadia Kutyreva, the artist and computational designer, holds an MSc in Computational and Advanced Design from the DesignMorphine Program. Her interdisciplinary career has evolved from architecture and interior design to industrial and computational design. Her interests deeply influence her design philosophy and approach in science, futurism, deep space exploration, and biology. Nadia strongly believes that we should learn from nature and develop technology that can become an ally rather than being antagonistic to nature, helping humans achieve balance with their environment.

Hamid Hassanzadeh is a distinguished architect, entrepreneur, researcher, and speaker. Having earned his degree in architectural engineering in 2012, Hamid has since contributed to various architectural projects across multiple regions around the globe. In early 2016, he founded the ParametricArchitecture platform, initially launching on Instagram. Today, ParametricArchitecture, often abbreviated as PA, stands as a globally renowned hub for parametric, computational design, and AI lovers, boasting over 20 million monthly interactions on the internet. Hamid endeavors to demystify the intricacies of the parametric, computational, and AI realms through compelling articles, interviews, workshops, podcasts, and conferences disseminated across various digital platforms. Furthermore, he’s the visionary behind PAACADEMY, an educational entity under the aegis of PA, dedicated to propagating the concepts of computational architecture and design. The PAACADEMY, as an educational platform, educates and engages with its audience, introducing them to advanced techniques and algorithms employed by architects, designers, and coders alike. He highlights exemplary projects executed using state-of-the-art design software, ensuring that his audience not only witnesses but also comprehends the depth and philosophy of these avant-garde design practices. Moreover, as the esteemed host of the 'PA Talks' interview series, he engages in enriching conversations with architects, orchestrates numerous workshops, conferences, and events, and has had the privilege of interviewing myriad globally acclaimed architects, delving into their methodologies and foresighted visions for the architectural landscape.

Michael Pryor is a multi-faceted designer utilizing Rhino + Grasshopper, C#, Maya, ZBrush, Houdini and others. He is currently a Head of Procedural Generation at Wilder World Metaverse and the CDO of DesignMorphine. Previously he was a Computational Designer at Nike NXT on performance footwear. He has been involved in various major architectural works in the US, China, Dubai, and Lebanon. Previously, he worked at Trahan, SOMA, OLI, and [AY]A on projects ranging from museums, housing, restaurants, furniture, products, exhibits and prototypes. Michael is the author of the popular Grasshopper3d plug-in Pufferfish with over 150k downloads. He has been the tutor to workshops by the AA visiting school Paris with Louis Vuitton, 3D-Dreaming, Rese.Arch, MIT OSL, Harvard GSD, rat[LAB], PA, Meal, and DesignMorphine.

Kedar Benjamin, aka Benjometry, is a computational designer, AI for footwear, and DFAM expert with a background in industrial design. Kedar has 5 years of experience with Houdini and 2 years of experience as an independent computational designer in the footwear industry. In 2022, he created the world’s first AI-designed 3D-printed shoe, Basilisk, printed by Zellerfeld. Kedar has taught workflows at CD: Next and with Designmorphine in the past, as well as courses elsewhere for additive footwear modelling

Mirko Daneluzzo is an Italian architect and computational designer whose work bridges academic research and professional practice in computational design, digital fabrication, and material systems. He earned his Master’s degree with honors at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, studying under Greg Lynn and François Roche, and has collaborated in teaching and research contexts across Europe.He is the co-founder and Chief Design Officer of NYXO, an architecture and product design studio operating between experimental objects and industrial production, and teaches Computational Design and Design Laboratory at LABA Academy of Fine Arts in Rimini. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Beijing Biennale, and focuses on how digital technologies, simulation, and advanced fabrication processes such as 3D printing can generate new structural and aesthetic languages.