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LAURENT BEIRNAERT
Product and Industrial Designer
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The 3D-printed Surfboard Project
Towards a future of digital craftsmanship and autonomous fabrication
Royal College of Art, 2017
My MA graduation project at the Royal College of Art is a prospective research about how we could conceive and produce better and more sustainable surfboards through the use of computational design, advanced engineering, and robotic additive-manufacturing. Using end-user biometric data, A.I algorithms and optimization processes such as evolutionary solvers, topology optimization or ‘stress-lines’ reinforcement, the generative workflow I designed aims to provide high-performance bespoke surfboards by reducing the use of material to its optimal arrangement. The research treats the economy of material as an alternative solution for sustainability as well as an innovative approach in terms of performance.The project challenges structural integrity, manufacturing speed and size limit of 3D printed products. The prototypes have been produced by AiBuild and are currently made out of ABS, PET or PLA, meaning they can also be made out
of recycled ocean plastic waste.This project aims to act as a catalyst that could transform the way we conceive, build and use surfboards.
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Oncle Sam
The Uncle Sam machine processes grains one by one, focusing on the transformation of corn into popcorn. An explosion that usually occurs en masse is here isolated so that the spectacle can be enjoyed. Satisfaction is at once visual and gastronomic.
2012
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DRM Chair
This project was initiated as part of the hackathon «The Deconstruction.org» and produced in 48 hours, thought to fruition. Chair DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a commentary on planned obsolescence and the paradoxes of intellectual property.
A little sensitive sensor detects when someone sits down and count Arduino counter. When the person gets up, «credit» is removed. When zero is reached, the system self-destruction snaps, construction joints of the chair base, the chair collapses and becomes unusable.
This project has been selected in the category "Furniture of the year" for the ICON AWARDS.
2013
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Hatchet for the swiss garden tool brand FELCO.
The FELCO hatchet draws upon the savoir-faire of the brand, it is designed for a long life. Thanks to its mechanical assembly, the blade is replaceable when bluntness is too high and reduces the total weight to 701 grams.
2013
Steel, forged aluminum, plastic dip
153x369x22 mm
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Trophy for the Vaudoise assurance
This Trophy takes inspiration from chromes that we usually find on classic cups and their reflection effect. The concept of this trophy is that the feet go trough the cup and illumine hiself by green. This Trophy has been produced for more than 100 pieces for the competitions sponsored by the Vaudoise Assurance as the Tour de Romandie, the Tour de Suisse et pour le Golfclub de Küssnacht.
2011
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About
Laurent Beirnaert (1992)
Product and Industrial Designer
2014
Bachelor of Art in Product and Industrial Design (2014) from the ECAL/University of Art and Design (Lausanne, Switzerland).
2015
Paris, working at Normal Studio (Montreuil, France).
Currently based in London and studying Master of Arts in Design Products at the Royal College of Art (London, United-Kingdom).
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Contact
W: www.laurentbeirnaert.com
B: www.laurentbeirnaert.tumblr.com
T: +44 (0)74 0355 0854 (UK)
A: Royal College of Art, DP 8th Floor
Kensington Gore SW7 2EU, London (UK).
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