Deflatable structures There are many inflatable structures used in products or architecture. But there are nearly no products using deflatable structures. In this work deflatable structures and vacuum will be introduced. The main contents are: - examples of existing vacuum products - experiments and observation - structure development - deflatable structure/vacuum analysis - using the principles of vacuum for products and architecture - portfolio of 12 conceptual products using deflatable structures - materials and technologies Diploma thesis Year: 2006/2007 Professor: Detlef Rahe Partner: Festo AG/ Co. KG 3 principles (Quicktime movies 1,5MB)