In Japan, there is a centuries-old tradition of repairing items with gold known askintsugi.
While this practice is mostly applied to pottery, Buenos Aires-based collectiveMOLIhas imagined another use for it.
But these are not found objects, picked up from a landfill or retrieved from a basement.
As such, they found a beautiful way to marry Japan’s heritage and a not so distant past.
The restoration process needed to be special, the digital artist says.
Its at this point they decided to incorporatekintsugiinto their project.
On top of that, the team wanted to really nail down the details and the aesthetic.
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These obsolete objects, arent found in a landfill or retrieved from a basement, though.
