Slow prototyping |
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21.04.2007
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For the Droog Design's Smart Deco 2 show at Milan Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny created a hive in the shape of a classic vase. He he then left it to 40,000 bees to colonise and build a hexagon comb around it. The wax sheets used to make the hive were embossed with a honeycomb pattern to help the bees on their way. Libertiny calls the process "slow prototyping" - the bees took a week to make the vase. Since the bees get aggressive when they are interrupted, Libertiny had to guess when it was time to remove the vase. (Via Dezeen) |
To me this process is quite similar in approach to generative design where one defines an initial condition (here a vase shaped hive) and decides on a set of design rules (here encoded in the form of the bees' predictable behaviour) to evolve and/or manipulate the initial input. Then the actual design process begins by applying the design rules iteratively... This project is a very clever transposition of these concepts into a new domain! Bravo! |
Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny
Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny
Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny
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