Energy Cuff
A texture study for the luxury industry
The Energy Cuff is part of our ongoing research into new forms, textures and surfaces for the luxury industry.
The project explores how digital design tools can be used to create objects with a more specific and exclusive character. Not by applying decoration afterwards, but by generating both the shape and the surface structure as part of one design process.
The cuff became a physical study object: a way to test how algorithmic form generation, tactility and material refinement can come together in a luxury product.
Shape and texture generated together
For the Energy Cuff, both the main form and the flowing surface pattern were generated with algorithms.
This allowed us to develop a sculptural shape that would be difficult to draw or model by hand. The same process was used to create the organic texture that moves across the surface, almost like water flowing over a curved form.
Working in this way opens up new possibilities for luxury brands. Forms, patterns and textures can be developed around a specific product, material or brand language, creating objects that feel both highly controlled and naturally individual.
Groen Boothman developed the concept for the Energy Cuff as part of our ongoing research into generative design for luxury products.
Our role covered concept development, research into new forms and textures, digital design development and realisation of the final object.
We generated both the shape of the cuff and its surface pattern with algorithms, then developed the design towards a physical silver object through 3D printing, casting and hand finishing.
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