gaetano pesce‘s golgotha chair was made by draping cloth that was dipped in resin over two ropes and letting it dry so that no two chairs are alike.
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modular occupation
ever since my favorite architects (lotek) i have been a fan of found architecture through re-use of industrial containers. these objects are loaded with global industrial symbolism, and as it turns out, also political: this amazing site describes battleboxes, or the use of shipping containers as troop shelters by the us armed forces. their argument […]
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blow-up museum
inflatable technologies usa makes self-erecting buildings for emergency shelter and military applications. they also developed this museum from inflatable modules
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wasteless furniture
you know when you make furniture that material waste is phenomenal. the idea of designing to waste as little as possible has always intrigued me, like this latest effort by d e sellers to make a line of furniture out of 4’x8′ sheets of plywood without any waste or hardware (via treehugger). it reminds me […]
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generative furniture
generative design allows computers to play a part in the appearance of furniture – often to make the objects stronger and more functional, but sometimes to allow for unpredictability and complexity that would be otherwise difficult to achieve. these are some of the approaches being used to design furniture through generative algorithms: Aseem Agarwala proposed […]
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plastic teachings
tap plastics is building a great online collection of instructional videos: how to make latex, silicone and urethane molds, how to bend plastic, and the collection is growing here.
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sensory chairs
gaetano pesce designed the UP chairs in 1969 – they are made of polyurethane foam upholstered in fabric, shipped vacuum-packed in flat boxes (left bottom) that self-inflate when you take them out.
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plastic giraffe
mark jenkins shows you how to make a plastic bag eating giraffe out of cling wrap and packing tape – an excellent method for making translucent sculptures cheap and easy via wooster collective
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