Sentence examples for transformable from inspiring English sources

All the other shapes you find in nature are only transformable states of the tetrahedron.

The Met stage had to be reinforced just to support the 45-ton machine that is its all-purpose, impressively transformable set.

"The process of creating pieces that are transformable is not as simple as creating a single piece of jewelry, as many more factors need to be taken into consideration, including the flawless ease of transformation, and ensuring the intricate settings and releases are discrete, regardless of how the item is worn," the jeweler Laurence Graff said in an e-mail reply to questions.

Children will investigate the pieces in the show and then create their own room models incorporating transformable designs.

The jeweler is also giving a fresh twist to a classic headdress by presenting several transformable tiaras.

Perhaps the most spectacular of the pieces that Mr. Chan has created for the Biennale is "The Eyes of Infinity," a transformable parure composed of a necklace, two brooches and a ring on the theme of two scorpions falling in love.

PARIS — Transformables have long been a staple of fine jewelry, offering clients the opportunity to wear a piece more than one way.

But it's tough to say exactly how the old formula best applied to the artist Peter Halley when he discovered the Transformables, a line of PVC garments that morph into tents, inflatable armchairs, hammocks and other surprises, made last year by the C. P. Company, an Italian clothier.

Mr. Halley first saw one of the Transformables -- a translucent poncho that turned into a tent -- in an exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Several Transformables will be on view in "Skin: Surface, Substance and Design," a show opening on Tuesday at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

But he tracked down someone in Italy who told him that the company had sold out of Transformables.