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Origins’ digital approach to craft transforms wood with “liquid” lines Date
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December 8, 2021
Kieron Marchese
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Experimental design studio Origins combines craftsmanship and digital fabrication to create wooden surfaces with striking effects. When material takes on an unexpected appearance, its surrealist charm captivates an audience. We’re thinking of sculptural feats like Matthieu Lehanneur’s Liquid Marble…or in this case, the woodworks of Vancouver-based studio Origins.
their Masters of Architecture at the Daniels Faculty in Toronto, where they were both exposed to a wide range of software and technologies, most influentially the potential applications of parametric modeling and CNC machining.
“It’s safe to say we’ve taken a bit of an unconventional path to woodworking since then,” says McDonald. “When it comes to our more sculptural and textured works, we’re obsessed with the transition points as we move from digital inputs to physical outputs, but more importantly, how we can manipulate these moments.”
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Operating at the intersection of craft and technology, design duo Deagan McDonald and Kelsey Nilsen met while studying for