3D Printed Metal

Hardware that was drawn, not ordered. Casting a part means a mould, a minimum order, and a shape compromised so it can survive being pulled out of one. Printing it means the part is grown from powder, layer by layer — so it can be hollow, undercut and continuous, a closure with no seam and no join, made in the quantity a run of forty garments actually needs.

Which is the whole argument: the hardware is designed for the garment instead of chosen from a catalogue. Every buckle, ring and pull we print exists because one specific piece needed it and nothing on the market would do.