A first Echoes of Future Matter event at San Francisco Design Week!
Explored how material innovation and poetic design intent can shape futures that are sustainable, circular, and deeply human. From digital poetics to local soils, and from craft to robotics, our panel brought powerful perspectives on material, place, and memory.
Thank you to everyone who joined!
Moderated by Andrei Hakhovich (Gradient Matter), Alexey Dubov (BuidTech VC), Daghan Cam (Aibuild),Oluseun Taiwo (Solideon),Damaso Mayer (Estudio Materiat),Thom Faulders (Faulders Studio), Dominique Corvez (XtreeE). Your energy and ideas made this gathering unforgettable. This is just the beginning.
SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN WEEK
Cocktail Table by Daghan Cam Ai Build.
The printed base showcases visible toolpaths that create unique light effects, while the wooden top grounds it in familiar warmth. It’s a perfect example of embracing manufacturing poetry—letting the crafting process become part of the aesthetic language.
Metal Artifact by Oluseun Taiwo.
Custom metal 3D printed column pushed to reveal the novel manufacturing process. The visible toolpath from metal deposition creates an aesthetic that celebrates rather than hides the manufacturing method. Form typology optimization, combined with printing process artifacts, results in something novel.
