Have you ever let a drop of ink fall in a glass of water? It's hard not to be mesmerized. And it's exactly that abstract allure that inspired a new line of 3D-printed jewellery, designed by Florence-based AmniosyA.
The collection is named after the Greek word for transformation "entropya", which is also the root of the word entropy—the physics term that explains exactly why ink-in-water looks so cool. Remember the laws of thermodynamics? Energy shall not be created nor destroyed, only transferred. In a system containing atoms at different temperatures, like ink and water, the atoms mix together randomly. And today, this randomness can be simulated digitally. Dynamic fluid simulation was part of the design process behind AmniosyA's new collection. The physical properties of fluids are able to be simulated in a virtual environment. It's a type of generative design, so a set of rules orders how the simulated fluid behaves. In this particular case, AmniosyA wanted to capture spontaneous change and disorder and manifest it in a set of jewelry.
All images courtesy of AmniosyA.@whitneymallett