Modern Prehistoric Flint Tools
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 21:00 (7413/107)
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History
The DesignBoom website has this gallery of tools created by Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow which combine prehistoric and modern all at once. The designer's goal was to "revisit humanity's oldest artifacts in a modern context."
the set is a result of an experimental exploration of the realm of tool making. where stone and flint tools have been the means of our ancestors' survival for over a million years, they magnify our bodily (teeth, fingernails, fists etc.) capabilities of cutting and chopping, sawing and pounding. through a method of three-dimensionally scanning and printing, the ancient artifacts are digitally outfitted with custom-designed handles, encapsulating the rugged forms in a perfectly enclosed case. by juxtaposing the polarities of the manufacturing processes in computer generated forms, an intersection of material technologies and functionality coincide on a tangible scale.
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