Branch Out
London | 2009
Branch Out Trestles
3D technology trestles
Building on the success of 10 TEN X, the TEN collective continued to showcase work that emphasised sustainability at 100% Design each year. In 2009, the brief for TEN XYZ was to create a project using digital technologies.
Inspired by fallen branches
Building on the success of 10 TEN X, the TEN collective continued to showcase work that emphasised sustainability at 100% Design each year. In 2009, the brief for TEN XYZ was to create a project using digital technologies.
Inspired by the fallen branches in the forest, Studiomama worked with Metropolitan Works to create a small intervention using a natural form alongside a 3D scanner, 3D software and stereolithography technologies.
Scanning fallen branches and subtly manipulating them in a 3D programme – enabled the rapid prototyping and casting of additional pieces. The simple skeletal structures were used as connectors in conjunction with the original branches. The branches and connectors can be used in various configurations to make basic furniture pieces such as trestles, table frames, stools or coat stands.
Branch Out has been featured in several books and magazines, including Dezeen and Designboom.
CLIENT: 100% Design
DESIGN: Studiomama
PHOTOGRAPHY: Studiomama