The Institute For Figuring




	Membership registration is now available online Join IFF events e-mail list TED Talk – IFF Director Margaret Wertheim speaks about the Reef // Current Exhibitions + events: The IFF's Crochet Coral Reef has an active schedule of exhibitions in 2010. See here for all Reef news at our new dedicated website Crochet Reef at The Science Gallery, Dublin March 20, 2010 to June 11, 2010 The IFF "Bleached Reef" showing at the National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt, NYC May 14, 2010 – January 9, 2011 The Logic Alphabet of Shea Zellweger The Museum of Jurassic Technology March 3, 2007 - June 30, 2010 IFF Directors Talks 2010 IFF Directors Talks 2009 See here for a schedule of recent and upcoming talks by IFF Directors // IFF PUBLICATIONS Learn how to do Hyperbolic Crochet! Here's the book that shows you how: A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space The Institute's Inaugural book: The Figure That Stands Behind Figures Mosaics of the Mind by Robert Kaplan // RECENT EXHIBITionS IFF at the Walker Art Center April 24 - September 28, 2009 Crochet Cactus Garden Showing in Jackson Hole, WY June 26 - September 28, 2009 //		Lectures + Events The Institute presents lectures and other events for a general audience. Each year’s lectures are focused on a specific theme, though non-theme talks are also interspersed. The theme for 2005 is Figuring Minds. The emphasis in all presentations is to actively engage the audience in hand-on exploration and thinking through logical and intellectual puzzles. [more]
			Online Exhibits The Institute creates online exhibits on selected themes inspired by our lectures. Exhibits provide further information on a given topic and include downloadable materials for further activities and exploration. [more]
			Publications The Institute publishes books and brochures related to the lectures and other topics of interest. In addition to reading matter, the Institute produces model kits and sundry other supplementary materials. [more]
			Exhibitions The Institute curates exhibits and exhibitions at various museums and galleries. We are building a permanent collection of models and documents that we plan to make available in the future. The Institute does not yet have a physical exhibition space of our own - but we are dreaming. [more]
			GALLERY The Institute hosts an online gallery featuring objects related to our lectures and other topics. Our first series of galleries shows an extensive collection of crochet hyperbolic models. Please email us your own models, which we will add to this exhibit. [more]
			HYPERBOLIC CROCHET CORAL REEF The IFF's Crochet Coral Reef is a celebration of geometry, handicraft and marine biology. Throughout 2010 the Reef will be showing at the Science Gallery (Dublin), the Cooper-Hewitt (New York), and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (DC). See here for all events. [more]