ONDA Diffraction

ONDA Diffraction is a 3D-printed vase where a generative algorithm translates the language of nature into physical form: the same equations that describe wave diffraction have shaped and defined its formal structure.

The project explores the phenomenon of diffraction on two inseparable levels. As an algorithm, it generated the irregular textures wrapping the form, evoking waves bending around obstacles, scattering and reorganising through space. The glossy two-tone finish, half white and half black, does the rest: it reflects light creating moiré patterns, turning the vase into a living object.

Each piece is one of a kind: the transition between black and white varies naturally from piece to piece, appearing as a soft gradient in some, a sharp and high-contrast split in others.