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gaiaa guideto nature’s

forms



Gaia,the motherof Earth.



Nature has countlessforms that can be a

source of inspiration,

innovation and ideas.I believe Communication

Design practice can

benefit from theapplication of

natural forms.



Gaia is an exhibition design inspired by

nature and a compilation of open source

forms for designers and anyone who

has an appreciation for science.

This project was an opportunity forme to break free from the bookshelf,

and expand my practice into

exhibition and experience design.



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Acorn Barnacle

Chambered Nautilus

Yellow Leather Coral

Diatom

Diatom

Cracked Ear

Scarlet Elf Cup

Lily Pollen

Cypress Vine

Rumia

Index

LIFE

BACTERIA

ANIMALIA

PROTISTA

FUNGI

PLANTEA

EUKARYOTA

ARCHEA

fold

cut

glue till cutmark

flapapply glue



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Acorn Barnacles are mostly found in cold salt water.

They like to attach to hard surfaces. They eat plankton

by sucking in the water around them, while closing

their teeth and opening their mouth. Then they lick

all the plankton that got stuck in their teeth.

The Acorn Barnacle is usually 3-4 inches across.

The shell is made of six big pieces of shells

connected by smaller pieces of shells.

Acorn

BarnacleSemibalanus Balanoides



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Nautilus means “the sailor” in Greek. Nautilus pompilius is

the best known species of nautilus. Inside of the shell displays

a nearly perfect equiangular spiral. The shell also exhibits counter-shading,

being light on the bottom, and dark on top. This is to help avoid predators, as when

seen from above, it blends in with the darkness of the sea, and when seen from below,it blends in with the light coming from above. Having survived relatively unchanged

for millions of years, nautiluses represent the only living members of the subclass

Nautiloidea, and are often considered “living fossils.”

Chambered

Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius



note: if you prefer the structure

to fold, instead of gluing you can

attach the parts to one another

with Chicago screws.

In order to produce the

spiral curl, remember to glue

each piece to the previous one

with an approximate 25˚ angle.

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Sarcophyton Elegans, also known as the Yellow Leather,

is similar to a toadstool leather coral in shape and

pulpy structure, but definitely has a unique look.

Most soft corals have this unique curved edges calledhyperbolic surfaces—which is one way organisms grow

and increase contact with the environment. If you take

any point on a hyperbolic plane and move away from it,

the space around it expands exponentially.

Yellow

Leather CoralSarcophyton Elegans



#1heptagon

#2hexagon

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note: for each heptagon you will need to attach

7 hexagons. In the order

of 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3.

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Diatoms are a major group of eukaryotic algae, and are one

of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms

are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape

of filaments or ribbons, fans, zigzags, or stellate colonies. Fossil

evidence suggests that they originated during, or before, theearly Jurassic Period. Diatom communities are a popular tool

for monitoring environmental conditions and they are

commonly used in studies of water quality.

Diatom Actinoptychus Senarius



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Braarudosphaera Bigelowii is an extant species of

unknown affinities which produces 12 pentagonal

plates. These include forms with heavily ornamented

pentaliths and pentaliths with concave sides. They some-

times occur in enormous abundance in sediments suggestingthat Braarudosphaera can form massive blooms. At present day,

Braarudosphaera occurs sporadically in shelf environments,

usually under conditions of lowered salinity.

Diatom Braarudosphaera Bigelowii



note: the center star

shaped folds are

optional.

This 12 sided shape is

called dodecahedron

in geometry.

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Crepidotus is a genus of fungi in the family Inocybaceae.

They all have small, convex to fan-shaped sessile caps

and grow on wood.

Early descriptions of the genus contained between

6 and 46 species, depending on the author. Currently,approximately 150 species are widely accepted,

although many more have been described.

Cracked EarCrepidotus



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Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the Scarlet Elf Cup,

is a species of fungus in the Sarcoscyphaceae family.

First described in 1774, the saprobic fungus grows on decaying

branches in damp areas and its fruit bodies are usually found

during cooler months like winter and early spring. The brilliantred interior of the cups contrast with the lighter-colored exterior.

The fungus has a widespread distribution, and is found in Africa,

Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North America.

Scarlet Elf CupSarcoscypha coccinea

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Pollen is a powder containing the microgametophytes of

seed plants, which produce the sperm cells. Pollen grains

have a hard coat that protects the cells during the process

of their movement.

When pollen lands on a compatible pistil of flowering plants,it germinates and transfers the sperm to the receptive ovary.

The individual pollen grains are small enough to require

magnification to see detail.

Lily Pollen Lilium pollen



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note: add the pyramids

to one another until they

form a sphere.

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Rumia Crithmifolia is a fruitlet of a species which

is a member of an aromatic plants family with hollow

stems, commonly known as the Apiaceae. Rumia is a peculiar monotypic

genus that grows in dry steppe habitats of Crimea—an autonomous

republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

The spongy, sinuous ridges of the fruit wall, which create a brain-like

pattern, lower the specific gravity of the fruitlets, facilitating wind

dispersal and keeping the seeds afloat on water.

Rumia Rumia Crithmifolia



note: make the folds first then

start gluing pieces together, only

2 slices at a time back to back.

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Thanks to: Sharon Romero, instructor

Design& Illustrations: Pinar Undeger

Photo credits: source: Flickr

user: amanderbear

link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/

amanderbear/394352656/sizes/o/

image used on pg 6

source: Media Photo Bucket link: http://media.photobucket.com/image/

chambered+nautilus/derekcs005/Palau%

202009/IMG_4228.jpg?o=12

image used on pg 8

source: Get a Huge Tank

category: Corals

link: http://www.getahugetank.com/

images/Yellow_Leather.jpg

image used on pg 10

source: University College London

category: Department of Earth Sciences

link: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/

micropal/diatom.html

image used on pg 12

source: Tree of Life Web Project

link: http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/

app?page=ViewImageData&service= external&sp=30900

image used on pg 14



source: Tree of Life Web Project

link: http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/

app?page=ViewImageData&service=

external&sp=23341

image used on pg 16

source: Tree of Life Web Project link: http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/

app?page=ViewImageData&service=

external&sp=26931

image used on pg 18

source: Science Photo Library

link: http://www.sciencephoto.com/

reference number: B786/630

Pollen grain, ESEM

image used on pg 20

source: Flickr

user: jpw chi

link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/

jpw chi /288402616 2/

image used on pg 22

source: Fruit - Edible, Inedible, Incredible. pg 56

pub lish er: Firefly Books, 2008

authors: Wolfgang Stuppy & Rob KesselerISBN 978-1554074051

image used on pg 24

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