The Pipeline Project

“The Pipeline Project” is a machine designed to craft a collection of furniture from giant PVC pipes, a low-priced yet incredibly strong and durable material. The machine in itself is a mesmerising performance, bringing a balletic element to the act of production. The worldwide availability of PVC pipes allows for production to happen anywhere, limiting transport and therefore encouraging a more localised manufacturing. Machet brings to Alcova his latest development for “The Pipeline Project”, introducing BLUE: a new series of works that further investigate the matrix of design capabilities of this innovative process.

Christophe Machet is a product designer and creative technologist; he invents tools and processes that serve to reincarnate discarded or ready-made materials into functional objects with purposeful design.

Christophe Machet is designing tools and machines to turn poor materials into desirable objects.