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Bee vase, vase made by bees, beeswax vase, dutch design, dutch design vase, studio libertiny, thomas gabzdil libertinyI'm a self-proclaimed Droog addict, and have touted the "je ne sais quoi" of the always-engaging and wryly humorous Dutch design ad nauseam. And this bee-made vessel by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny is no exception. Making its debut at Droog's booth in Milan, the vase was made by 40,000 bees over the course of one week. Studio Libertiny constructed a vase-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagonal comb to encompass the existing form. And in the usual dry yet oh-so-clever Dutch manner, Studio Libertiny calls this process "slow prototyping," a more time-consuming, yet much more poetic alternative to CNC rapid prototyping.1
Bee vase, vase made by bees, beeswax vase, dutch design, dutch design vase, studio libertiny, thomas gabzdil libertiny 2I'm a self-proclaimed Droog addict, and have touted the "je ne sais quoi" of the always-engaging and wryly humorous Dutch design ad nauseam. And this bee-made vessel by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny is no exception. Making its debut at Droog's booth in Milan, the vase was made by 40,000 bees over the course of one week. Studio Libertiny constructed a vase-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagonal comb to encompass the existing form. And in the usual dry yet oh-so-clever Dutch manner, Studio Libertiny calls this process "slow prototyping," a more time-consuming, yet much more poetic alternative to CNC rapid prototyping.2
