Project Overview
The project started as self-initiated research into naturally occurring light weight structures as it was my belief that these natural forms could be used as inspiration to create new ways of manufacturing products.
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Designed by Adam Cornish for Alessi
Project Brief
The Nautilus shells unique structure was the inspiration behind my Trinity Centrepiece project. Each year the Nautilus adds an extra chamber to its shell, a process that eventually forms a beautiful spiralled structure that is strong yet very light in weight.
The Trinity Centrepiece aims to fuse the beautiful natural structure of the shell with modern manufacturing processes.
Project Innovation/Need
The Trinity projects aim was to create a hybrid product, something that was not only visually inspired by nature, but a product that also used the inherent logic of nature.
This bio mimicry based approach reveals a project that is beautiful and light in weight creating air flow around the intended fruit or other organic produce.
Design Challenge
The main challenge of this project was to make a connection between the complex geometry of nature and the product needs of the user.
It was important that we took the right cues from nature in order to achieve the strength and visual qualities of the shell whilst translating them into a metal project.
Many different cutting patterns were tested to ensure that the product would form correctly after it had been stretched and shaped from its original two dimensional pattern.
Sustainability
The Trinity project is made entirely in the Alessi Crusinallo factory with every process carried out in house. This not only helps to support the local economy but cuts the often inevitable environmental costs of transportation.
The project’s unique pattern also eliminated the welding and joining process as the structure is self-intersecting and designed to deform when pressure is applied thus lessening the products environmental footprint.
Product Design - Homewares
This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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