Layered Lines
Layered Lines is a technical research that investigates ways that a designer can intervene in the intermediary stages of the 3D printing process to embrace the unpredictability of the process. By adjusting parameters of the machine, such as fan speed and extrusion rates, Anika plays with gravity and cooling rates of recycled plastic, in addition to draping and stacking the material in moulds to manipulate the final outcome. This process is repeatable while the objects created are unique, shaped by the material’s behaviour rather than predetermined control.
A series of tests and samples are presented that could be used now as functional objects, with the potential to be scaled up for future application in furniture design or even architecture. By observing the nuances of the 3D-printing process, ‘Layered Lines’ asks whether a designer’s role can shift from controlling a machine to collaborating with it.
A series of tests and samples are presented that could be used now as functional objects, with the potential to be scaled up for future application in furniture design or even architecture. By observing the nuances of the 3D-printing process, ‘Layered Lines’ asks whether a designer’s role can shift from controlling a machine to collaborating with it.
