Hollow Einstein: a portrait in solids and voids
Graphic design
Decorative objects and art
Digital modelling and visualisation, Cutting and fretwork
The project
Hollow Einstein is a promotional piece by Archicercle that transforms Albert Einstein’s portrait into a sequence of horizontal bands. The image is built from alternating solid areas and actual openings.
We developed an algorithmic definition to convert images into combinations of solids and voids. In this piece, the face is interpreted through a pattern of bands rather than reproduced as a continuous-tone image. The proposal explores the role of viewing distance and contrast in reading the portrait.
We fabricated the graphic using laser cutting, translating the digital pattern into a cut-out piece. The voids are no longer white areas depicted on a surface: they are openings in the support itself. This relationship between image and opening is the starting point for Hollow Einstein.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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