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What is transformation? Since everything changes—including ourselves—it seems almost too large to define. But from an engineer’s perspective, the problem can be broken down. I see transformation as rearrangement: moving many small bits from one configuration to another. When natural organisms grow, they rearrange their cells and molecules. We use mechanics to achieve a similar effect.

Transformation represents a way of designing that goes beyond conventional design elements—shape, color, space—to shape behavior itself. Objects can expand, retract, fold, deploy, and change shape. Transformable design offers a strategy for adapting to a rapidly changing world.