Ninetyoneninetytwo crafts marine-inspired objects to explore sustainability and 3D printing

Undersea creatures influenced the diversely textured forms of design studio Ninetyoneninetytwo's object series, highlighted as part of our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.

Ninetyoneninetytwo created the Ctenophora Vase, Echinoidea Bowl and Morning Dip Side Table – all made of recycled plastics – for The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental design from Denmark.

The Echinoidea Bowl features a new 3D-printing technique that gives it tangled, wiry texture. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The studio specialises in 3D printing, and this series is meant to explore how sustainable that process can be while challenging people's understanding of what a 3D-printed object looks like.

There is a diversity of textures on display — smooth, almost cartilage-like ribs on the vase; a translucent, softly rippled surface on the side table; and the tangled, wiry nest of the bowl.

All of the objects are inspired by marine life. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The technique used on the bowl is a new one for Ninetyoneninetytwo designers Zeyu Rong and Weibo Sun, who invented it through playing with program parameters.

"This textural structure is so organic and messy," said Rong. "It becomes something totally different and does not have the normal look of 3D-printed objects."

The studio advocates 3D printing as a sustainable production process that by its nature produces little to no material waste. As well as using recycled PET/PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified) plastic, they focus on reducing energy consumption and staying local.

Video is by Benjamin Lund.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Stine Bidstrup imagines alternate anti-modernist world with Architectural Glass Fantasies

Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of Danish artist Stine Bidstrup, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.

Bidstrup's ongoing series Architectural Glass Fantasies is inspired by the work of German writer Paul Scheerbart and architect Bruno Taut, whose 1914 Glashaus pavilion explored the potential of multifaceted coloured glass buildings to spark emotion and build a utopian world.

Stine Bidstrup's works can be seen as scale models of architectural landscapes. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

Three of these objects, each evoking an alternate reality where this kind of architecture prevailed over capitalist-driven modernism, feature in The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental Danish design.

The works are both abstract and hyper-detailed, made by blowing glass into a plaster-silica mould. Once the mould is removed, the glass within is cut and polished to display varying kinds of translucency.

The objects evoke a world of expressionist glass architecture, inspired by the work of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut. Photo by Benjamin Lund

The details of digitally printed patterns and forms are visible through the vividly hued glass. Bidstrup hopes viewers see her works as scale models of architectural landscapes.

"My glass sculptures can sort of be seen as architectural models, suggesting a transformation of scale in the imagination of the viewer," said Bidstrup. "It's very much celebrating all the things you can do with glass in terms of light and colours and levels of translucency, transparency and opacity."

Video is by Benjamin Lund.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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In-tangibles sculptures by Stine Mikkelsen honour her most-loved keepsakes

Danish designer Stine Mikkelsen explores her mixed feelings about minimalism with In-tangibles, a series of sculptures influenced by family heirlooms and highlighted in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.

A part of The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental Danish design, the abstract earthy forms of Mikkelsen's great-grandmother's candy bowl, her grandmother's brooch and a sleigh bell passed down through her father's family.

The three objects have huge sentimental value to Mikkelsen but little functional use.

The In-tangibles sculptures were inspired by a brooch, a candy bowl and a sleigh bell. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The designer began the project after a house move that made her question her relationship with minimalism — she wanted to keep only the objects she used and needed, but she couldn't part with these items, nor did she want to put them on her shelves.

Instead, she began thinking about whether there was a way to reinterpret them for placement within a contemporary living environment.

Each sculpture can store the object that inspired it. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The sculptures are moulded from crushed stone and fish glue, a composite material Mikkelsen created in her past graduation project, and the colour comes from the rocks selected.

On top of serving as a visual reminder, each sculpture doubles as storage for the original heirloom.

"It is possible to store the exact belonging inside the associated sculptural object," said Mikkelsen. "In this way the remembrance and memories of the specific piece will be kept alive."

Video is by Benjamin Lund.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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10 new experimental Danish designs merging technology and tradition

We round up the 10 innovative new designs by Danish studios featured in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration, including shimmering glass architectural models, unusually textured 3D-printed recycled plastic sculptures, and a purposely excessive 300-kilogram aluminium birdbath.

Presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency, The Mindcraft Project highlights work from contemporary designers combining traditional crafts processes and materials with new technologies.

It aims to showcase the explorative and experimental design happening at the junction of art, craft, architecture and technology.

After appearing as an annual exhibition at Milan design week from 2008 to 2018, CDA relaunched the project as a digital exhibition last year and went online-only again for the 2021 edition.

Dezeen has showcased one of its projects daily since 17 March as part of the Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration, and all 10 of this year's works are gathered together below.

Chair 02 by Archival Studies

Chair 02 shows young studio Archival Studies taking an architectural approach to furniture design. Archival Studies approached the design of Chair 02 as a project to structurally organise a space — in this case, the human body — and the studio hopes to eventually use the same system on an architectural scale.

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Bench 01 and Bedside Tables by Bahraini—Danish

A cultural exchange between two regions underlies the work of design studio Bahraini-Danish, including Bench 01 and Bedside Tables. Another distinguishing element of the furniture pieces is the way they reference architecture, with the Bench 01 recalling an arched bridge.

Find out more about Bench 01 and Bedside Tables ›

Textile Veneer by Else-Rikke Bruun

Designer Else-Rikke Bruun blurs the line between fabric and wood with her Textile Veneer screen, which is made of thin birch plywood veneer that is woven like yarn. It is the latest in a series of experimental screens by Bruun, who as both an architect and a designer, is drawn to pieces of furniture that can be used to create spaces.

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300kg Beauty Bath by Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist

A 300-kilogram aluminium sculpture contains one centimetre of water for a birdbath in artists Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist's work. The duo did not set out with any conceptual foundation or end goal for the piece; instead, they let the process — which involved working with polystyrene, tape and aluminium — dictate the end result.

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Suspense by Kasper Kjeldgaard

A desire to create poetic compositions led to designer Kasper Kjeldgaard's delicate-looking Suspense light, which consists of an LED light, a fine brass rod and an even finer length of stainless steel fibre. By forming it into one continuous line from ceiling to ground, Kjeldgaard finds a sculptural opportunity in the lamp's cable.

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Ombre Light by Mette Schelde

Ombre Light combines traditional materials with a newer technology to try to achieve a "sensual" effect. With a light source placed behind coloured glass, designer Mette Schelde captures the effect of sunlight glowing through clouds.

Find out more about Ombre Light ›

Ctenophora Vase, Echinoidea Bowl and Morning Dip Side Table by Ninetyoneninetytwo

Undersea creatures influenced the diversely textured forms of design studio Ninetyoneninetytwo's object series, all made of recycled plastics. The studio specialises in 3D printing, and this series is meant to explore how sustainable that process can be while challenging people's understanding of what a 3D-printed object looks like.

Find out more about Ctenophora Vase, Echinoidea Bowl and Morning Dip Side Table ›

Ebano cabinet by Rasmus Fenhann

Designer and cabinetmaker Rasmus Fenhann assembled small timber offcuts like a puzzle to produce the monolithic-looking Ebano drawers. Bearing the marks of axes and chainsaws, the texture is meant to invite touch — which might be the only way to spot the seven drawers built into the object.

Find out more about Ebano ›

Architectural Glass Fantasies by Stine Bidstrup

Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of artist Stine Bidstrup. The works are both abstract and hyper-detailed, made by blowing glass into a plaster-silica mould.

Find out more about Architectural Glass Fantasies ›

In-tangibles by Stine Mikkelsen

Designer Stine Mikkelsen explores her mixed feelings about minimalism with In-tangibles, a series of sculptures inspired by family heirlooms. The abstract, earthy forms are shaped after a candy bowl, a brooch and a sleigh bell passed down from her grandparents.

Find out more about In-tangibles ›

Photography is by Anders Sune Berg.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Stine Bidstrup imagines alternate anti-modernist world with Architectural Glass Fantasies

Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of Danish artist Stine Bidstrup, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.

Bidstrup's ongoing series Architectural Glass Fantasies is inspired by the work of German writer Paul Scheerbart and architect Bruno Taut, whose 1914 Glashaus pavilion explored the potential of multifaceted coloured glass buildings to spark emotion and build a utopian world.

Stine Bidstrup's works can be seen as scale models of architectural landscapes. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

Three of these objects, each evoking an alternate reality where this kind of architecture prevailed over capitalist-driven modernism, feature in The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental Danish design.

The works are both abstract and hyper-detailed, made by blowing glass into a plaster-silica mould. Once the mould is removed, the glass within is cut and polished to display varying kinds of translucency.

The objects evoke a world of expressionist glass architecture, inspired by the work of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut. Photo by Benjamin Lund

The details of digitally printed patterns and forms are visible through the vividly hued glass. Bidstrup hopes viewers see her works as scale models of architectural landscapes.

"My glass sculptures can sort of be seen as architectural models, suggesting a transformation of scale in the imagination of the viewer," said Bidstrup. "It's very much celebrating all the things you can do with glass in terms of light and colours and levels of translucency, transparency and opacity."

Video is by Benjamin Lund.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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In-tangibles sculptures by Stine Mikkelsen honour her most-loved keepsakes

Danish designer Stine Mikkelsen explores her mixed feelings about minimalism with In-tangibles, a series of sculptures influenced by family heirlooms and highlighted in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.

A part of The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental Danish design, the abstract earthy forms of Mikkelsen's great-grandmother's candy bowl, her grandmother's brooch and a sleigh bell passed down through her father's family.

The three objects have huge sentimental value to Mikkelsen but little functional use.

The In-tangibles sculptures were inspired by a brooch, a candy bowl and a sleigh bell. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The designer began the project after a house move that made her question her relationship with minimalism — she wanted to keep only the objects she used and needed, but she couldn't part with these items, nor did she want to put them on her shelves.

Instead, she began thinking about whether there was a way to reinterpret them for placement within a contemporary living environment.

Each sculpture can store the object that inspired it. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

The sculptures are moulded from crushed stone and fish glue, a composite material Mikkelsen created in her past graduation project, and the colour comes from the rocks selected.

On top of serving as a visual reminder, each sculpture doubles as storage for the original heirloom.

"It is possible to store the exact belonging inside the associated sculptural object," said Mikkelsen. "In this way the remembrance and memories of the specific piece will be kept alive."

Video is by Benjamin Lund.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project

The Mindcraft Project is an annual exhibition presented by the Copenhagen Design Agency to bring the best in explorative and experimental Danish design to the world.

TheDezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration showcases the work of 10 innovative designers and studios from the 2021 digital edition of the exhibition via a series of videos. Watch all the videos as we publish them at: www.dezeen.com/the-mindcraft-project-2021.

Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 is a partnership between Dezeen andCopenhagen Design Agency. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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