Per Gantelius
My name is Per Gantelius. I'm an artist trapped in an engineer's body. And vice versa. My background is in computational mathematics, sound engineering and game development and I enjoy achieving beauty through nerdy means. Among other things, I enjoy exploring how mathematical results can be applied in a parametric design setting to create visually pleasing physical objects with an intricate twist.
This is a large wall mounted puzzle based on a monohedral pentagonal tiling. All 40 pieces are mutually interchangeable and lots of different patterns can be created by placing the pieces in different ways.
The parts were manufactured using a CNC router based on a procedurally generated blueprint.
More pictures can be found at https://stuffmatic.com/projects/tiling-puzzle/.
For a more detailed description of the process, see https://stuffmatic.com/blog/making-a-pentagonal-tiling-puzzle/
This lamp is made out of 13 circles, and exists thanks to the pleasing geometric fact that a planar circle packing can be wrapped around a sphere. The design is based on a Möbius transformed nested Steiner chain packing, wrapped around a sphere using inverse stereographic projection. The circumferences of all the circles lie on the same sphere, which gives the lamp a distinct circular silhouette when viewed from certain angles.
The parts were laser cut from a procedurally generated blueprint.
More pictures can be found at https://stuffmatic.com/projects/circle-lamp/.
For a more detailed description of the process, see https://stuffmatic.com/blog/parametric-lamp-design-using-circle-packings/