Daniel Widrig Uses 3D Printing and Robotics to Create Objects That Feel Less Like Machines and More Like Strange Living Organisms

Daniel Widrig is a London-based artist, architect, and designer whose work turns digital models into physical objects that look grown, eroded, stretched, or caught mid-transformation.

His practice spans sculpture, furniture, fashion, architecture, glass, and public art, using 3D printing, robotic fabrication, CNC milling, and experimental materials to collapse the distance between computational design and handmade-looking form.

His work does not treat technology as a way to make objects colder or more perfect. Instead, Widrig uses digital simulation and fabrication to introduce surprise: a chair can look soft and swollen despite being 3D-printed; a glass form can preserve the evidence of gravity, heat, and unpredictability; a sculptural object can resemble bone, coral, muscle, geological matter, or some unknown biological structure.

More: Instagram

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

More Inspiring Stories

Giant Outdoor 'Yoga Domes' Let People Join Exercise Classes Without Worrying About Spreading The Coronavirus

This Entrepreneur Makes Anti-Mask Masks For Anti-Maskers

Origami Lava Pours From The Window Of An Abandoned Building In Catalonia

Freight Truck Exteriors Are Being Transformed Into Mobile Art Galleries

The Superb Sculptural Portraits by Alejandro Monge

Minimalist Graphic Light Sculptures Turn Night Landscapes Into Alien Terrain

The Trendy New Toy that’s Wrecking Children's Hair and Driving Parents Crazy

Crashed Car Randomly Gets A Golden Makeover

Japanese Food Artist Eiko Mori Makes These Cute Creative Toasts. Bon Appétit!

A Basketball Court Was Styled as a Malevich Painting in Paris

"Back To The Nature": Artist Combines Everyday Objects With Plants To Create Intriguing Sculptures And Installations

An Incredible Welded Steel AT-AT Walker BBQ Grill

This Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring Contained Polonium-210, One of the Most Dangerous Radioactive Isotopes Known to Man

Fantastic French Publicity Caravans Of Yesteryear

Molten Glass Is Hand Blown Into These Wood Pieces To Make Contemporary Sculptures

Filipino Car Enthusiast Converts Bike Into Drivable Coffin To Remind Residents To Stay At Home

A Plush Vincent Van Gogh Doll That Comes With A Detachable Left Ear

Meet The Russian Who Walks Around The City During The Coronavirus Pandemic - Dressed As A Plague Doctor

Meet Raptor Lamp 2.0 - LED Light In Jurassic Park Style

Hungarian Graphic Design Student Barbara Bernat Redesigns the Euro

Hairdresser Encourages Women To Embrace Their Grey Hair Instead Of Dying It

This Pop-Art Pool Is A Shining Example Of Designer Richard Woods’ Artistic Vision

Giant Sculpture Of A Woman Opening Her Chest To Reveal A Fern-Covered Tunnel Appears In Florida

This Clock Says It’s Always Time For Moss

DROID Lamp, A Retro Robotic Shape

Japanese Engineer Perfectly Re-Creates Models From The Popular '80s Sci-Fi Saga For His Son

Expansive Black And White Patterns Mixed With Chrome Color Spectrums In Murals By Felipe Pantone

Drake - Modern House On Wheels

World's First Origami Car Unveiled

Gorgeous Recipes Show Avocado Slices Arranged In Swirls, Shaped Into Roses