Fall Off is an innovative and intelligent table design created by New Zealand based multidisciplinary designer Sam Stringleman. Fabricated in Pine plywood, the Fall Off is a computer generated table in which surface density is defined by the placement of objects on a virtual table through a web interface. As a virtual object, for example a laptop or coffee cup, is moved around on the table, the epicenter of the structure follows. This forms supporting density on the top surface and structural form on the underside which accommodates splayed legs. The surrounding density is controllable through a digital falloff, representing a gradual
“With the addition of more objects the density increases to a state of equilibrium with just enough structure to perform the required task but move it and it will fall off. What began as an investigation into surface, support, and density, originated from my knowledge of soft selection within the program Autodesk Maya, and the corresponding fall off.” – says designer Sam Stringleman
