FRONT skissar möbler

Svenska Front Design har utan tvekan gjort årets häftigaste möbelprojekt:

Riktigt grym video och musik. FRONT förklarar här lite mer om hur det går till:

"Is it possible to let a first sketch become an object, to design directly onto space? The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two advanced techniques are combined.Pen strokes made in the air are recorded with Motion Capture and become 3D digital files; these are then materialised through Rapid Prototyping into real pieces of furniture.

Motion Capture is a technique that translates motions into 3D-files. Motion capture is mostly used for animations in movies and computer games. Front have used the technique to simply record the tip of a pen when they draw pieces of furniture in the air.

Rapid Prototyping is a technique that materialises 3D-fi les. A laser beam builds the 3D-fi le layer by layer within a liquid plastic material. Every 0.1mm the liquid harden by a laser beam. After a few hours, the 3Dfiles come out as materialised pieces. "

Resultatet är i det här skedet inget man vill sitta på, men leken har längre implikationer: Att med en knapptryckning kunna omvandla en snabb skiss till en fysisk modell i fullskala öppnar upp hela oceaner av kreativa möjligheter. Teknologi och konst gifter sig med varandra och ut i andra änden kommer en ny värld.

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