Here we see a couple blocks of Maple.
But turn them just a bit, and they’re something else. Admittedly this hits me more than you; where I live, I see cows every morning. So I was struck by how Swiss industrial designer Carlo Clopath so perfectly nailed the form of a cow, by making just a few cuts in a piece of Maple.
Admittedly, Clopath picked the right animal to render. Seeing them up close, I’m always struck by how rectilinear cows are, as if they were designed for shipping.
Clopath created these years ago, as objets d’esign for a now-defunct brand calld Dadadum.