Rainbow Coasters

A set of glass coasters, printed with cross sections of a three dimensional rainbow.
When not in use, the stacked set creates the illusion of a full rainbow, suspended within it.

Produced as a one-off set as part of our reply to the re-assemble brief set by Yamaha Design Studio London and keechdesign.

Printed glass coasters stacked to creative a 3D rainbow form within the stack
Glass coasters printed with rainbow sections and with a mug on one of them
creative designer rainbow coasters all arranged uniformly on a flat surface

Re-assemble

A collaborative and conceptual design challenge, re-assemble brought together eight UK based creative designers / studios from different fields and backgrounds.

The challenge was to re-imagine ‘building blocks’, adding new experience values and bringing a unique and personal approach from each of the designers. Aimed to be a collaborative and engaging exploration into how we can still extract meaning and delight from even the most simple ‘childlike’ objects.

Snapshot of project pop-up site (previously at re-assemble-london.com)

Technology

The method of creating 3D imagery with 2D images on glass sheets is not new. Previous examples can be seen in the work of artist’s Xia Xiaowan & Leandro Erlich. 2D profiles stacked together layer by layer to become a 3D shape is the basis of how many 3D printers work too.

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