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pWe all know what laser-cut steel is, and you’ve probably heard of steel cut by waterjets as well; but an even cooler way to cut steel is chemically, whereby you mask off an outline and use etching chemicals to remove the excess material./p

pAs an example of this particular production method, check out Berlin-based design studio KIX’s A HREF=”http://www.kix.fr/projets.php?lang=enid=19page=projets” Screwless Eyewear/A for IC! Berlin. Self-professed lovers of “cutting-edge design technology,” A HREF=”http://www.kix.fr/home.php?lang=en” KIX/A used chemical cutting to fashion the IC! Berlin pieces, and designed them to fit together (the eyeglass frames and earpieces are separate) to create a screwless hinge./p

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