ABOUT

Duann Scott designs objects with computational engineering software & digital fabrication, specializing in the misuse of machines & materials.

Process

Using the most advanced computational design and engineering software, more typically seen in the aerospace industries, Duann crafts objects that uncover the beauty within the equations developed for high performance engineering.

Topology optimisation, generative design and AI assist in creating forms that grow with organic, flowing biomimetic surfaces, as well as angular, brutalist structures exhibiting the emergent textures and flaws inherent in misused fabrication processes.

All objects are produced using digital fabrication technologies and hand finished in NYC.

Biography

Foundational education in Industrial Design at the University of South Australia

Early career designing furniture, public art & sculptures, interiors, exhibition and retail spaces in Australia

Abandoned joint PhD in School of Communications and the The Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia to move from AUS to USA

Drove the adoption of 3D printing and computational design at companies including Autodesk, nTopology and Shapeways in NYC

Featured in New York Times, Wired, Vogue, LA Times, Gizmodo, Quartz, Business Insider, CNBC, CNN, NY Magazine, Forbes, SXSW Bloomberg, and a bunch of technical publications

Project clients and collaborators include, but are not limited to Google, Vice, Meta, Victoria’s Secret, Hasbro, Swarovski, MOMA, The Museum of Art and Design NYC, Nike, Formlabs, HP, Inkbit, Holo, and numerous projects under NDA

Duann is the Executive Director of the 3MF Consortium and founder/organizer of the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series held around the world

He has lectured at MIT, NYU, Pratt, NASA, Berlin Design Week, Dutch Design Week, School of Visual Arts, Harvard, Parsons New School, Fashion Institute of Technology, and more.