Wooden menus with a rotating centre for Voltereta
Batch production, Prototyping and validation
Foodservice
QR and NFC plaques and stands
Engraving and marking, Assembly, Prototyping and testing
Wood, Acrylic
The project
Voltereta came to the studio with a wooden menu prototype that brought together a QR code and a decorative compass in a two-sided rotating mechanism. Archicercle made an initial sample and, after presenting it to the client, received an order to produce 100 units.
The studio’s contribution focused on manufacture: working from the supplied prototype, making the first sample and taking the piece into batch production. This work included laser engraving and assembling each unit by hand.
The wooden body has an eight-sided outline with chamfered corners. Circular graphics are arranged around the rotating centre, with the inscription ‘TANZANIA’ positioned at the top of the piece.
The mechanism brings two different faces together in a single central element. One carries a QR code engraved on acrylic with a metallic-look finish; the other contains an inset decorative compass. Rotating the centre switches between the two within the same frame.
The batch retains this combination of engraved wood, an acrylic insert and a hand-assembled mechanism. The commission progressed from an initial manufacturing sample to 100 menus, retaining the two-sided configuration of the prototype supplied by the client.
The QR code and decorative compass share the menu’s rotating centre.
The metallic effect is the finish on the acrylic carrying the QR code.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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