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Hoberman Associates, Inc. (HAI) was founded in 1990 by designer Chuck Hoberman, whose international career seamlessly fuses art, design, engineering, and architecture. HAI was founded with the primary aim to design behavior – to create objects that have the living qualities of organisms.
Throughout its history HAI has focused on fostering a dynamic relationship between product and user. Its unique approach has been most prominently demonstrated in the Hoberman Toy line, founded in 1995. Subsequent design explorations include rapidly deployable tents, miniature medical instruments, and juvenile products.
In recent years HAI has embarked on a series of architectural collaborations to create adaptive buildings. Working with architectural firms in America, Europe and Asia, Hoberman is creating responsive shading and ventilation surfaces, operable roofs and canopies, and retractable facades for multi-use spaces. The goal is to achieve energy savings and enhanced building environments within the context of advanced sustainable strategies.
2008
Boom-o-Ring designed for SpinMaster, Ltd. Emergent Surface part of the Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 2007
RDS part of Smithsonian's Design Triennial 2006
Expanding Helicoid built for Discovery World, Pier Wisconsin 2004
Switch Pitch released worldwide 2003
Series of expanding sculptures built for the Wonder Museum in Okinawa, Japan 2002
Hoberman Arch reveals the medals platform at Salt Lake City Olympics 2000
Expanding Sphere representing the Big Bang installed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City 1997
Transforming Architectural Model as part of "L'art de l'ingénieur" at Centre Georges Pompidou 1995
Designed foldable stent for Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson) Hoberman Sphere released worldwide 1994
First public installation of the Iris Dome at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 1993
Geodesic sphere installed at the Technorama der Schweiz in Winterthur, Switzerland 1992
First installed Hoberman Sphere at Libery Science Center in Jersey City, NJ 1991
Patents and the Process of Invention Exhibition at Cooper Union
Boom-o-Ring designed for SpinMaster, Ltd. Emergent Surface part of the Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 2007
RDS part of Smithsonian's Design Triennial 2006
Expanding Helicoid built for Discovery World, Pier Wisconsin 2004
Switch Pitch released worldwide 2003
Series of expanding sculptures built for the Wonder Museum in Okinawa, Japan 2002
Hoberman Arch reveals the medals platform at Salt Lake City Olympics 2000
Expanding Sphere representing the Big Bang installed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City 1997
Transforming Architectural Model as part of "L'art de l'ingénieur" at Centre Georges Pompidou 1995
Designed foldable stent for Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson) Hoberman Sphere released worldwide 1994
First public installation of the Iris Dome at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 1993
Geodesic sphere installed at the Technorama der Schweiz in Winterthur, Switzerland 1992
First installed Hoberman Sphere at Libery Science Center in Jersey City, NJ 1991
Patents and the Process of Invention Exhibition at Cooper Union