The graduation show at the Design Academy Eindhoven includes these innovative pieces from Julien Carretero, works motivated by a desire to encourage curiosity in the manufacturing process. By casting an inch-thick hollow form in polyurethane foam, then using this mould to create another shape, Carretero exploits the inevitable faults that occur in the second process within the flexible material to form interesting structures. These are then joined together to create strange, morphing art-forms. By applying pressure during the second casting, the artist can influence the shape of the final piece.

Carretero is trying to drive home the difference between unique and serial productions. By using a process normally employed in mass-manufacture, he produces pieces that are distinctive and individual. His designs are ‘aimed at creating surprises’, and instead of marketing beauty and perfection he concentrates on deficiencies and defects as the attractive elements. For more information, and other entries in the graduation show, this site has all the details.