Flesh factory
2021
Flesh Factory explores how objects and furniture could stand as a direct reflection of our contemporary beauty standards.
IKEA mirror digitally sculpted. Milled on a CNC.
XPS Foam, acrylic, polyester, glass
XPS Foam, acrylic, polyester, glass
An AR filter is applied to a mirror, resulting in suggestively flawless glossiness and misshapen reflections.
Through the lens of social media and its technologies, beauty standards have evolved. The broad and popular accessibility to face-filters ended up altering the way people see themselves, pushing them to undergo cosmetic procedures to look like their enhanced pictures. Reflected by those digital mirrors, faces and bodies became new sorts of artifacts, hybrids navigating between their authentic and numeric shape.
photography credits: Kamil Parzychowski
Addressing this situation on a decontextualized and playful level, Flesh Factory explores how objects and furniture could stand as a direct reflection of our contemporary beauty standards. Starting with the 3D model from a standard IKEA mirror, the frame was digitally manipulated and sculpted, becoming an organic mutant vaguely reflecting its original shape.
Addressing this situation on a decontextualized and playful level, Flesh Factory explores how objects and furniture could stand as a direct reflection of our contemporary beauty standards. Starting with the 3D model from a standard IKEA mirror, the frame was digitally manipulated and sculpted, becoming an organic mutant vaguely reflecting its original shape.
The project was on-view for the Design Academy Graduation Show at the Dutch Design Week. (2021)