Matthias Pliessnig has been getting a lot of attention lately for his bent wood furniture and sculpture. And with good reason. For me his work exemplifies a perfect combination of a data driven computer aesthetic with the human touch you only get from hand crafted items.

Matthias first creates a 3d wireframe. He then uses a CNC machine to output a form. Finally he bends wood around the form to create his sculptures.

Last summer Pliessnig built and sailed his own 35-pound, translucent boat constructed of wood strips and covered with fabric, an experience that inspired a new direction for his furniture. Using thin, steam-bent strips of ash and oak constructed into undulating, geometric networks, he’s created a series of dynamic, curving seats that fit the natural contours of the body. Though they’re sturdy, there’s a pleasing sense of flexibility about the pieces—something we don’t normally associate with furniture made of wood.
—via American Craft Magazine

Visit his studio to see more.

Spammers put random words together to beat email filters. With the right frame of mind some of it is pretty good. Makes you wonder if the internet has achieved self awareness.

I found Italian studio ToDo’s Spamghetto project recently on flickr. According to them, a quick glance at spam mails gives fresh inspirations, bizzare subjects. So much so that they fed over 2000 junk mail subjects into generative software to produce an endlessly variable wallpaper pattern.

I want to do a wall of my studio with this so bad.