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Tree-Inspired Table Features Steel Branches, Trunk & Roots

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PST

[ Filed under Tables & Stands & in the Furniture category ]

This design really gets back to the roots of structural engineering, taking its cues from the natural environment – specifically, a many-branched tree.

From JBomers Design, the concept is clearly seen in the finished product, but subtly functions like a real branch system, too, tapering toward the center to provide space at ‘ground level’ then branching back out into a top canopy.

The details and materials work as well – the top itself comes from a 200-year-old oak, and the branches below make an appearance as they come up through it before being cut off, flush with the surface.

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Biomimicking Lamps Celebrate the Beauty of Natural Design

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PST

[ Filed under Lamps & Lights & in the Furnishings category ]

It has been said before, and often holds true, that nature is the best designer. The beauty of the natural world was the inspiration for this collection of organic table lamps by design team Nervous System.

Hyphae is a series of lamps, each of them one-of-a-kind creations modeled after the patterns of veins that carry water to nourish plants and blood to keep animals alive.

Just like circulatory systems and leaf structures, each of these 3D printed lamps is a completely unique construct. They were all “grown” organically using a simulation that begins with a seed and ends with a densely interconnected system of nodes and branches.

The end result is breathtaking, particularly when the eco-friendly LEDs on the inside are lit. The shadows cast by the Hyphae lamps bring to mind lazy summers lying under the protective branches of a tree and watching the endless play of light and shadow overhead.