Hello. My name is Sarat Babu.
I work at the convergence between Materials, Industrial Design, Computational Geometry and Additive Manufacturing.
I am currently based in London, where I work for Alloyed as Chief Digital Officer. I previously founded and ran Betatype and BREAD. A history of my work in the public domain is provided below:
Publications & Patents
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Moveable display supports, computing devices using same, and methods of use
Patent / US 10886498 B2, 2021.Applied Materials Today
Journal Article / Volume 15, Pages 377-388, 2019.→ External Link.
Tool path data generation in additive manufacturing
Patent / WO 2020008165 A1, 2020.Additive Manufacturing
Journal Article / Volume 22, Pages 290-301, ISSN 2214-8604, 2018.→ External Link.
Orthopaedic Proceedings
Journal Article / Volume 99, Pages 136-136, 2017.Materials & Design
Journal Article / Volume 131, Pages 498-508, ISSN 0264-1275, 2017.→ External Link.
Architectured Objects through Selective Laser Sintering
Doctoral Thesis / University College London, 2014.Architectural Design
Journal Article / Volume 84, Issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, ISSN: 1554-2769, 2014.→ External Link.
Material Matters — New Materials in Design
Article / Black Dog Publishing, ISBN13: 978-1907317736, 2012.Persistent Modelling: Extending the role of architectural representation
Chapter / Routledge, Oxon, ISBN-13: 978- 0415594073, 2012.Implant and Implant System
Patent / WO 2012168715 A1, 2012.The Arts Foundation & Clotherworkers Association
Materials Innovation Fellowship, 2015.NIHR BRC at the Royal Marsden and the Institute of Cancer Research
Confidence in Concept, 2014.OA Centre Imperial College London, Wellcome Trust & EPSRC
Proof of Concept Funding for Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis, 2014.The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Industrial Fellowship, 2011.Dyson Foundation
Dyson Foundation Bursary, 2009.nTopology
An Interview with Sarat Babu, 2020.→ External Link.
The Manufacturer
Design thinking will propel 3D printing, 2018.→ External Link.
Monocle on Design
Uniform Wares: A trip to the workshop of the UK watchmaker doing things differently, 2018.→ External Link.
3D Print
Making Additive Manufacturing Perform For Manufacturing, 2018.→ External Link.
Financial Times
Breathing chandeliers and algae sculptures: bionic art comes to the V&A, 2017.→ External Link.
The Engineer
The future of additive manufacturing is all about design, 2017.→ External Link.
Korean Institute of Design Promotion Busan
Thinking through Making, Design Centre, Korea, 2012.University College London
Digital Representation and Analogue Matter, Unit 20, The Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 2012.Royal College of Art
Exploratorium: Composite Design and FabricationInnovation Design Engineering, London, 2011 & 2010.100% Materials, 3D Print Show, AMUG, The Big Egg Hunt, Clerkenwell Design Week, Designblok, Designjunction, FormNext, Generation Modification & Arhus Arkitektskolen, ICA, Inspiring Matter, Labcraft, Maison & Objet, Royal College of Art, Surface Design Show, TCT, The Wire.
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