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PROJECT TITLE: SIESTA (NAP TIME)

Alejandro Burdisio takes us through the creation of an artwork from his Universo Chatarra, which translates as ‘Scrap Universe’. It’s his ongoing personal project inspired by the buildings and cars from Argentina’s past

Explore shapes and elements

This is the beginning of the design process, when I create geometric studies of the various elements that may eventually become part of the composition. I also use this stage to detect possible matrixes or design fractals.

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