The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates design — the process of taking a great idea and turning it into a reality. With about 60 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk customers, the gallery illustrates the role technology plays in great design and engineering. I am one of about 80 Autodesk employees who volunteer as ambassadors for the gallery. Years ago, Gallery Curator, Jason Medal-Katz, chose the title ambassador instead of docent because the correct way to address an ambassador is "your excellency," yet this never happens. Ambassadors conduct gallery tours as a sideline to their day jobs as opportunities to practice public speaking in front of small groups.
Exhibits come and go in the gallery. This lets us showcase the latest in technology as well as keep it fresh for repeat visitors. I have blogged about exhibits over the years. I wondered "Of the existing gallery exhibits, how many have I blogged about already?" So a while back, I put together a list. Blog visitors could use that list to read about exhibits that might interest them. This is an update of that earlier post to include thumbnail images for the exhibits. For ones without blog articles, perhaps these images and their titles alone will entice you to visit? After all, the gallery contains something for everyone, certainly for the three industries that Autodesk serves:
- Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
- Product Design and Manufacturing
- Media and Entertainment
Here's the list:
General
Design Quote on Wall The drive to design is timeless. From the:
we live in a designed world. Bringing together stories of exceptional design and engineering across the globe, the Autodesk Gallery celebrates the creative process and shows how people are using new technology to imagine, design, and make a better world. |
Powers of Design // more info |
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Getting physical Church of big data // more info LEED Platinum // more info Shanghai Tower Artfully Done // more info Breaking new ground // more info Art imitates life // more info Cathedral of Christ The Light
// more info Bionic builder // more info |
California Academy of Sciences // more info Irregular elegance // more info Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Project Angling for a better view // more info Hypergreen tower // more info Augmented reality sandbox // more info Bridge to the future // more info 3D SOS // more info The Autodesk Version of the Green Map of San Francisco |
Product Design and Manufacturing
Ferrari World Design Contest // more info Lightweight, High-Performance Airplane Engine // more info Brokk Builds Small to Demolish the Competition // more info Cooking Clean // more info Embrace the future // more info Shifting gears // more info Bionic is beautiful // more info Empowering rural communities // more info Infinite seats // more info Data driven // more info Breaking the mold // more info Darwin in the machine // more info Bio Computation and Next Generation Aerospace // more info |
Gold Insecta Lamp // more info Nature by the numbers // more info Where there's smoke... // more info LEGOLAND Mega Model // more info Biome Autodesk Gallery Workshop // contact [email protected] Delcam // more info 3D PRINTED CERAMICS Making A Cardboard Head // more info 3D mummy // more info Custom sound // more info A dress to impress // more info Beginning at the end Pioneering technology meets ancient craft // more info Real-time 3D Capture and Analysis // more info Botanical Blueprint // more info and ;// even more info |
Media and Entertainment
Paradise Bird Burlesque // more info Bruce Beasley 3D Printed Coriolis XX111 Sculpture // more info Bruce Beasley GS022 // more info |
Virtual Cinematography Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs // more info Driving for realism // more info Reality check // more info |
The Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco is open to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. There is a guided tour on Wednesdays at 12:30 pm and a self-guided audio tour available anytime. Admission is free. Visit us.
Autodesk has always been an automation company, and today more than ever that means helping people make more things, better things, with less; more and better in terms of increasing efficiency, performance, quality, and innovation; less in terms of time, resources, and negative impacts (e.g., social, environmental). The exhibits in the gallery highlight the successes our customers have had in this regard.
Learning more is alive in the lab.
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