Wave & Surge: Two Expressions of the Same Motion
What does silence look like? What does motion sound like? At Massform, we believe the answer lives somewhere in between. In the textures of nature, the shapes of attention, and the way a room holds memory. The Wave and Surge Series were created from the same place: movement, water, terrain, and time. Two surfaces, one story.
Wave: Born From Stillness
The idea for Wave came from a quiet walk by the ocean. The tide moved like breath, folding in and out, soft and slow. Foam traced black sand and then vanished. That pause between waves carried more weight than the waves themselves.
The panel’s form follows that rhythm. Soft, flowing curves. A multi-layer structure that builds tiny, hidden chambers. These irregular pockets do more than look good. They hold and absorb sound, softening rooms without drawing attention to themselves.
Wave is designed to bring calm into a space. Not silence as emptiness, but silence as presence. It is shaped by water and made to be felt.
Surge: Formed By Pressure
Surge began on a different day, but not a different idea. After a storm, during a hike, the cliffs looked like they had been pushed from below. Sediment stacked in waves. Wind-carved lines. There was tension in the stillness, and that tension became Surge.
Surge carries vertical energy. Its curves lean forward, shaped like frequency under pressure. It creates depth and direction. Inside, the geometry scatters and slows sound through layered asymmetry, giving a sense of motion even in silence.
While Wave softens, Surge energizes. It is built for rooms in motion. For studios, creative spaces, and hybrid environments where ideas move quickly.
Two Paths, One Intention
Wave and Surge were not designed to be opposites. They are different ways of expressing the same idea: that sound is shaped by space, and space is shaped by time. Both draw from water and geology, from the irregularity of nature, and the fleetingness of motion. One reflects the breath between moments. The other reflects the build-up before a release.
Whether you want to quiet your room or animate it, these panels invite you into a new kind of listening.
They are not just seen or heard. They are felt.
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