Posts Tagged ‘furnishings’

Noodle Block Cube

Lauren Moriarty’s Noodle Block Cubes represent intriguing experiments in digitally fabricated three-dimensional cellular structures that may be compressed and return to their original form. Moriarty designs the pieces in a digital environment, and they are then laser cut and hand finished. The...

August 4th, 2007 | rubber | Read More

Disposable Office

The value of paper is typically measured by the value of the information it carries; once the information is deemed useless, the paper is discarded. Robert Buss of PUSH> reuses paper in the service of a longer-lasting function: furniture. Disposable Office takes the most common material of workplace...

August 4th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

Backlight Images

Backlight Images are three-dimensional solid-surface topographies created from digital images. Developed and manufactured by the R. D. Wing Company, the Backlight Image process transforms user-provided images into reliefs within the surface of 1/4-inch-thick, translucent DuPont Corian. The images are...

June 22nd, 2007 | digifab | Read More

Voiceprints

Voiceprints is an experiment in the translation of audio information to visual imagery. Artist Pierre Proske records a person’s voice into a microphone, analyzes the audio file for frequency content, loops the sample, and then generates a variety of textile patterns arranged according to the individual’s...

April 28th, 2007 | digifab | Read More

Softseating

Paper softseating is made entirely from kraft paper, utilizing a flexible honeycomb structure to fan open into stools, benches and loungers. Each of the sizes and types of softseating can compress like a big book for storage. The seating is available in natural, unbleached brown kraft paper and kraft...

February 16th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

Abacá

Named for a species of banana harvested primarily for use as fiber in the production of rope and twine, Abacá employs residues from banana harvesting and recycles them into a high-pressure decorative laminate with 40 percent postindustrial recovered content. The fibers are sprinkled over an array of...

May 26th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

shetkaSTONE

Recycling paper is often just about creating more paper, but a Minnesotan company by the name of ShetkaWorks has been taking recycled paper and converting it into a versatile new building material called shetkaSTONE. Completely made from all types of recycled paper (including waxed paper, glossy paper,...

February 9th, 2006 | paper | Read More

Spacer

Spacer is a high-tech upholstery fabric with a three-dimensional look. Visually, it appears to be three separate fabrics that have been connected. This look is achieved by a complex knitting process allowing all layers to be knitted at once which makes it incredibly strong. This structure makes the fabric...

January 8th, 2006 | textile | Read More