Liquid Tape Cutter by Kouichi Okamoto for Kyouei Design
Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto has made a tape cutter with a curved edge that he uses to create drip-like patterns (+ movie).
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Okamoto designed the Liquid Tape Cutter as a tool for decorating walls and objects with lengths of sticky tape.
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In the video, Okamoto first applies the tape from the top of the wall downwards, using the metal cutter to make a convex curve at the bottom.
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He then sticks the remaining concave curve at the bottom of the wall and travels upwards.
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Okamoto designed the tool for his own use at his studio, Kyouei Design, based in Shizuoka, Japan.
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We previously featured a structure woven from kilometres of adhesive tape and an abandoned apartment where a wall, furniture and ornaments are covered by a layer of tape.
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We also published stripy wallpaper designed to look like strips of coloured tape and rolls of patterned tape made for covering old and unwanted furniture.