The Darwin Table is created from a person's unique DNA profile. <\/p>\n
The Darwin Table is created from a person's unique DNA profile. <\/p>\n
Furnishing a new apartment or house can be tough; sometimes you just can't find that end table or couch that is uniquely \"you.\" <\/p>\n
Well, as Wired reports, a Dutch design studio is trying to change that. <\/p>\n
Tjep. is expected to exhibit the first line of its DNA furniture and jewelry, called \"Future Nostalgia,\" this month in Milan, Italy. The process takes genetic profiles, maps them with 3-D imaging and constructs pieces of furniture that, quite literally, capture a person's essence. <\/p>\n
Wired has more: <\/p>\n
\"The signature piece of the first collection of DNA furniture is the Darwin Table, which, somewhat confusingly, isn't made from Darwin's DNA, but rather that of Giulia Wolthuis, a contemporary dancer (and daughter of Eric Wolthuis). The table's 3-D design directly corresponds to its DNA mapping visual, capturing Giulia's essence through form, according to Tjepkema. The table almost seems to mimic Giulia's fluidity and motion as a dancer, with dips and curves that create a totally abstract shape. Some projects allow more artistic liberty, similar to how Tjepkema took the DNA mapping visuals and combined them with iconic symbols such as a heart and flowers for the jewelry collection. <\/p>\n
The process to make one of their fittings starts at BaseClear Laboratories in the Netherlands, where they create a DNA profile from a sample of saliva taken with a swab. Rather than a DNA sequencing analysis, the DNA profile is similar to tests done in forensic analysis and paternity tests, creating a unique \"DNA fingerprint\" with 16 variable markers spread over the human genome. <\/p>\n
Those markers are then translated by a design-mapping program created by Tjep. into a visual representation of the DNA. This DNA mapping serves as kind of a blueprint for the final project's design as Tjepkema takes the 2-D and 3-D forms of the DNA, along with his own artistic direction, and uses them to design a specific piece.\" <\/p>\n
After the exhibition, Tjep. and its partners will be opened for commissioned projects, though no prices have yet been set. But, if Ikea isn't cutting it and you want a genetically inspired bed, table or desk, this is your chance. <\/p>\n
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