Form Follows Circuit
2024
re:source — permutations reimagines discarded electronic components as building blocks for newly-designed, functional objects. By repurposing e-waste, the project challenges conventional design processes. Supported by a digital library of used electronic components, the design process disassembles and reconfigures outdated devices into new ones. It moves away from the aesthetics of newness, into unconventional shapes and forms of technology, embracing a more resourceful, circular design approach.
Form follows circuit applies the re:source approach to generate formal permutations from miniature electronic e-waste components, keeping their spatial configuration constant. The variability emerges solely through the differentiated selection of underlying e-waste materials—resulting in diverse formal expressions despite an identical circuit layout.Translucent materials reveal the internal logic and materiality, making both structure and origin tangible. Exemplified through the design of a coffee grinder attachment for the Bialetti moka pot, the project positions itself as a speculative design practice—one that conceives of form through existing matter and explores alternative approaches to function, form, and resource utilization in the context of digital re-assembly.
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the permutations where created as part of the funded sbdy residency and firstly shown as part of their 'Spaces for Tomorrow' exhibition at the dutch design week 2024.
