For the first time in a while the incubator got reved up when Father of schmo mailed me through a sketch for an idea.  A clever use of laminating materials which can also be seen on a chair, created by the Danish designer Mathias Bengtsson.  I first spotted this chair a number of years ago on the design museum website and it got me thinking about where else this idea might work.  Father of Schmo pointed out the strikingly obvious  potential to make 3D maps and we hope to develope this idea in the coming months, starting with the Scottish mountain Suilven.  It struck me this idea could not be displayed more vividly than with the terraced Paddy Fields of East and South Asia and to a slightly lesser extent at Machu Picchu.  I have been exploring with the use of lamination in musical instrument design for a while but more on this later….  

Tags: MATHIAS BENGTSSON, SUILVEN, terraced paddy fields, Toob

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