The concept behind Sketch Furniture by Front Design in Japan is so simple yet so technologically advanced it will honestly make your head spin. Imagine holding a pen, and drawing contours in the air, and all of a sudden, your strokes emerge from a basin of liquid fabrication, into tangible fruition. If it doesn’t seem possible to you, you’re not alone. But Front Design has made this possible. Now imagine that this pen is actually a mouse that is wirelessly connected to a state-of-the-art 3D workstation. Using the same motion-capture technology that assigns real-life actors’ movements to virtual characters in movies and video games, every movement of this pen is transmitted and stored as 3D information. This information is then sent to a machine that casts this information into a real-time sculpture. To suspend all disbelief, visit Front Design’s website and watch their awesome video demo.
