Traditionally materials have been associated with a series of physical properties that can be used as inputs to production and manufacturing. Recently we witnessed an interest in materials considered not only as ‘true matter’, but also as new breeds where geometry, texture, tooling and finish are able to provoke new sensations when they are applied to a substance. These artificial materials can be described as ‘synthetic’ because they are the outcome of various qualities that are not necessarily true to the original matter, but they are the combination of two or more parts, whether by design or by natural processes. The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of architectural surfaces to produce affects through the invention of new breeds of artificial matter, using micro-scale details as inspiration derived from Nature.

A. M. Manferdini, E. Manferdini (2010). Synthetic. DISEGNARE CON..., vol. 3 n. 5, 83-98.

Synthetic

MANFERDINI, ANNA MARIA;
2010

Abstract

Traditionally materials have been associated with a series of physical properties that can be used as inputs to production and manufacturing. Recently we witnessed an interest in materials considered not only as ‘true matter’, but also as new breeds where geometry, texture, tooling and finish are able to provoke new sensations when they are applied to a substance. These artificial materials can be described as ‘synthetic’ because they are the outcome of various qualities that are not necessarily true to the original matter, but they are the combination of two or more parts, whether by design or by natural processes. The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of architectural surfaces to produce affects through the invention of new breeds of artificial matter, using micro-scale details as inspiration derived from Nature.
2010
A. M. Manferdini, E. Manferdini (2010). Synthetic. DISEGNARE CON..., vol. 3 n. 5, 83-98.
A. M. Manferdini; E. Manferdini
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