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Erik Torstensson: Source Material, Vol. I

Foreword by Daytona Williams. Text by Erik Torstensson.

Published with SOURCE DITIONS.

Erik Torstensson’s Source Material, Vol. I explores design during a moment of profound technological transformation, positioning artificial intelligence as a creative collaborator. Drawing on more than two decades of observation across art, architecture, fashion and material culture, Erik Torstensson generates accelerated conceptual iterations while foregrounding human taste, judgment and intent. The book presents a rigorously edited body of speculative objects including chairs, tables, vessels and abstract forms, developed through tens of thousands of iterations and refined through curatorial discipline. Rather than prioritizing utility, these works probe the porous boundary between design and art, asking when an object . . . .go to book page >>