Scientific Processes Leveraged for Beauty & Betterment
By Isaac Monte, Netherlands
Dutch designer Isaac Monte is inspired by nature and science. His works make use of innovative new processes applied in surprising ways. Well known for his Crystalized vases that are often mistaen for natural precious stone, they are a simple process pushed to it extreme. Made from mineralized crystals grown on a glazed earthenware form, their random grown patterns and softly jeweled hues hardly seem artificial. The "Meat Project" pendant lights (last image) are a collaboration with BioArt Laboratories (a set from the edition is in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Center). They make use of a process called "decellularization" to strip expired and discarded bacon of organic material, leaving only a milky veil that can be formed into the body of the lights. The lights are produced in three sizes in a limited series of five.
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The Meat Project
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