As part of the Collectible design fair in Brussels, Swedish firm HAHA Studio has launched a range of futuristic furniture and lighting that lays bare the digital fabrication technique through which it was created.
The Ghost series is made entirely from aluminium sheets cut into shape using a computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine, which leaves behind subtle traces as it carves its way through the metal.
The Ghost series (above) was made using a CNC milling machine (top)
Normally these marks are cut away to reveal a smooth, precision-machined object. But HAHA Studio turned them into subtle decorations, evoking the maze-like geometries of a circuit board.
For the Ghost collection, these patterned aluminium sheets are folded to form a floor light, sconce and stool that wear the marks of CNC fabrication on their sleeve. The pieces are made of CNC-milled aluminium sheets
The project was born from a commission by Relay Design Projects ? a kind of incubator run by London's Relay Design Agency that pushes designers to go beyond their usual remit and experiment with new materials, processes and formats.
"When we contacted HAHA Studio, they had just been at a factory where they were having something CNCed," remembered Relay Design Agency co-founder Neil Walsh. "And they realised that the negative that the machine was cutting away had all these little ghost traces.
A stool is among the three products in the collection
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