I’ve covered Kram/Weisshar‘s Breeding Tables before, and they’re now available for sale at Moroso. I was finally able to see them up close – including process documentation and parts splayed out – at the Pompidou center a couple of weeks ago. To recap, the tables are generated using a genetic algorithm; its parts are cut from a single sheet of steel using computer-aided machining, welded and painted into unique instances of the table family. While the table can’t exactly be flat-packed, this already historic design piece points the way towards the use of generative algorithms to devise more compact and efficient designs while affording a new kind of one-off craft.
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