“From an unknown location, I break into IKEA’s computer server. In this nerve centre, the CAD files for every IKEA product are stored and are downloaded worldwide. By infecting the CAD files with the ‘Elephantiasis virus’ I have just designed, I can hack the entire range of products. The virus causes random deformities, like lumps, cracks and humps, which only show up when the customer prints his product at home with his 3D printer.”
MERRICK by Daan van den Berg is a digital file infected with an elephantiasis simulation and then converted into tangible products using a 3D printer. Every lamp that is printed will therefore be different.
