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Tessellate Brings Together Physical + Virtual Worlds

What does the future hold? Designer and artist Zachary Frankel and self-taught 3D motion graphics artist Mikaela Stafford attempt to answer the age old question by merging physical and virtual spaces in their work. On display at Melbourne Design Week, the Tessellate exhibition showcased a selection of Frankel’s sculptural pieces alongside an animated interpretation of line and form by Stafford. New and emerging technologies, industrial processes, and materiality with 3D motions graphics were brought together in this way to challenge conventional ideas of consumption. Waste (in this case, post-industrial waste recycled plastics) is used to create valued products that merge the spaces between physical and virtual worlds to create their own hyper reality.

three stacks stools and one lone stool in styled interior space

Photo: Charlie Hawks

blue and white coffee table and green bench in styled interior space

Photo: Charlie Hawks

Photo: Charlie Hawks

tall red bookshelf with. natural wood shelves in styled interior space

Photo: Charlie Hawks

blue stool and cream stool in styled interior space

Photo: Charlie Hawks

green stool and cream stool in styled interior space

Photo: Charlie Hawks

Photo: Mikaela Stafford

blue and green benches on gray background

Arc Bench \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

natural wood and blue coffee table on grey background

Arc Coffee Table \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

green stool on grey background

Arc Stool \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

green and cream colored armchair on grey background

Cloud Armchair \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

two red bookends on natural wood colored shelf

Cloud Bookends \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

tall red and natural wood bookshelf

Large Cloud Bookshelf \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

short natural wood bookshelf

Small Clod Bookshelf \\\ Photo: Peter Ryle

a light-skinned man and light-skinned woman sitting on two stools in front of a wall of built-in bookshelves

Zachary Frankel + Mikaela Stafford \\\ Photo: Charlie Hawks

To learn more about Tessellate, visit zacharyfrankel.com.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.