Showing posts with label Japanese traditional art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese traditional art. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The World of Patterns

Thinking of how I can fully optimize the material of magnesium by means of Fused Deposition Modelling, I came up with the concept that: although magnesium was discovered in the 1600s, isolated during the 1700s and utilized for military applications during the World Wars, the period in between - which was the Industrial Revolution - was wasted. So I wanted to recontextualize that period to prove what could have had been a great utility of magnesium.

Hence I sought for some William Morris / Victorian pattern designs for my chair...


Then remembering from the exhibitions I went to, at that time traditional Japanese art also had some oriental influences on the western arts & crafts...

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