handcrafted paper sculptures by zim & zou
Zim & Zou reimagines the vintage boombox and cassette tapes as lively handcrafted sculptures made totally from paper. Designers Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann create these artworks with layers, cuts, and folds by hand, utilizing colored paper. The series begins with a boombox, as the designers cut the paper to form the two speakers on each side and the main panel with buttons and controls.
The surface reveals lines and circles that copy the real speaker grid, and the middle area includes paper buttons, sliders, and a cassette slot. The handmade paper sculpture by Zim & Zou utilizes blocks of color to separate each function, even concentrating on small details like the buttons, sitting in rows. These parts have labels, and the cassette slot has a thin opening. Small lines show volume levels and sound marks, layered as the designers cut the paper into thin strips and placed one over another.
all images courtesy of Zim & Zou Reimagining vintage boombox and cassette tapes Another set from the handcrafted paper sculptures by Zim & Zou is the cassette tapes. Here, the designers cut small rectangle-shaped objects, each tape having two round parts within, which represent the reels. These circles are crafted with layers, with the tape body made from folded paper sheets. The boombox is revealed with more parts visible. The manage sits on top, made from folded paper strips, and the sides show vents and small openings.
The vintage boombox and cassette tapes replicate the style of the original gadgets, just in a more dynamic palette. The series likewise shows a contrast between time periods due to the fact that these things come from the past, however the strategy to bring them to life as handcrafted paper sculptures is existing. Back to Essential II presents these vintage boombox and cassette tapes as playful recollections of the devices in the past. In some way, they explain how the audio gadget is developed and used by allowing viewers to study their parts while showered in colors.
Zim & Zou reimagines the vintage boombox and cassette tapes as lively handmade sculptures designers Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann develop these artworks with layers, cuts, and folds by hand
the designers cut the paper to form the 2 speakers on each side in-depth view of the paper sculptures even the buttons and controls are handmade