5.5 Designers present 'Cloning', a range of objects derived from people's physical characteristics. The Paris-based collective set up a laboratory in Milan to collect people's data and integrate these in the design process. The results: eyeball-shaped lamps tinted according to the donor's iris colour or a vase modeled on you own vital statistics.This form of fabrication utilises the flexibility of digital prototype creation mixed with the skills of artisans who quite literally personalise each object.
The process is intended to counter the increasing difficulties of creating a lasting bond with the objects in our lives – A clothing rack that is a replicated on your own skeleton or a teacup handle formed by the impress of your thumbprint would ensure greater identification with the product.
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