Undersea creatures influenced the diversely textured forms of design studio Ninetyoneninetytwo's object series, highlighted as part of our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.
Ninetyoneninetytwo created the Ctenophora Vase, Echinoidea Bowl and Morning Dip Side Table ? all made of recycled plastics ? for The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental design from Denmark.
The Echinoidea Bowl features a new 3D-printing technique that gives it tangled, wiry texture. Photo by Anders Sune Berg
The studio specialises in 3D printing, and this series is meant to explore how sustainable that process can be while challenging people's understanding of what a 3D-printed object looks like.
There is a diversity of textures on display ? smooth, almost cartilage-like ribs on the vase; a translucent, softly rippled surface on the side table; and the tangled, wiry nest of the bowl. All of the objects are inspired by marine life. Photo by Anders Sune Berg
The technique used on the bowl is a new one for Ninetyoneninetytwo designers Zeyu Rong and Weibo Sun, who invented it through playing with program parameters.
"This textural structure is so organic and messy," said Rong. "It becomes something totally different and does not have the normal look of 3D-printed objects."
The studio advocates 3D printing as a sustainable production process that by its nature produces little to no material waste. As well as using recycled PET/PETG (polyethylene terephthalate gly...