In the rapid prototyping section, the conceptual ‘Sketch Furniture’ project from our favorite Swede’s Front Design was drawing a lot of attention. Unfortunately visitor’s will have to be content with a video demonstration of the 3D motion capture software that records a virtual sketch translating it into a file for prototyping.

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The ‘Honeycomb Vase’ by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny debuted in Milan last year as part of Droog’s exhibition. The vase is literally made by bees. Libertiny constructed the piece by making a vase-shaped beehive scaffold which was removed after one week, and the efforts of approximately 40,000 bees. The designer coined the term ’slow prototyping’ as an ironic counterpoint to today’s rapid prototyping technology.

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