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The machine chose the depth
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workdeus ex machina (Arno Hoogland), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- site arnohoogland.com
- flickr.com flickr.com
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- Deus ex machina exhibition (arnohoogland.com) arnohoogland.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A white gallery with tall pale MDF panels and an arch covered in milled ridges and patterns, a high-backed MDF chair and a small milled wall panelPhoto: Arno HooglandMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Diagram in three boxes: the designer draws a line, its thickness and shape; the software works out how deep the milling head sinks; the result is not known in advanceImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Arno Hoogland press kit 2868; DDW programme page colofon (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Close view of a pale MDF wall milled with deep swirls, stepped ridges and rows of groovesPhoto: B. Bollmann/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- A visitor in a long dark coat, seen from behind, stands in a doorway cut through tall MDF walls covered in milled patternsPhoto: B. Bollmann/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- A tall MDF pillar milled with deep looping swirls and stepped edges, seen up closePhoto: B. Bollmann/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Crank with knob, part of a planetarium, tellurium and lunarium, c. 1800 to 1808, Rijksmuseum (NG-NM-11700-4)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record