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BRICK - the first run
A bookend from one solid piece of steel, made in a run of one hundred. Back a tier and it goes to the machines.
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Small runs, machined and finished by hand - shipped worldwide from the studio.
We shape the things we wish existed.
Process notes
How things get made here - materials, finishing, and the case for small runs.
FeaturedTolerances: what a twentieth of a millimetre buys you
Precision is not a number on a drawing - it is the difference between a lid that glides shut and one you learn to slam. A short tour of where the money in a machined object actually goes.
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processThe case for small runs
Fifty pieces is not a compromise on the way to five thousand. It is the size at which every piece can still be held, checked and improved.
processSandblasted, then anodized: how aluminium gets its skin
The matte, silky surface on a machined part is not paint and not luck - it is two processes, in a fixed order, each doing one job.
The studio
From sketch to machined reality
Shaped Matter is also a design practice - product design, prototyping and small-batch manufacturing for clients who care about the last five percent.
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Why “Shaped Matter”
Everything here starts as raw stock - aluminium, steel, walnut - and leaves as something that earns its place. The name is the whole philosophy: matter, shaped deliberately, in runs small enough to care about every piece.