Indeed this watch was printed with a rapid prototyping 3D printer by Frederic Hakoune. Okay, it’s actually only the casing of the watch that was printed, but still. He could print a different casing design every … You can see more pictures of the whole process in his Facebook account.
Did you ever wonder how designers and architects come up with those crazy shapes? Well, here is the answer: they script them! Yeah it’s just some math and formulas fed to 3D software like Rhinoceros. So now you know why you pay that much …
Ok, that’s a little exaggerated, but still.
This coffee table called “Polytop” by Marc Fornes is a perfect example. Every table is unique, which is easily accomplished with scripting and modern production techniques like CNC.
Patrick Jouin designed some solid stereolitography furniture a while ago. Stereolitography is a rapid prototyping technique and gaining popularity day by day.
The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two advanced techniques are combined.
Pen strokes made in the air are recorded with Motion Capture and become 3D digital files; these are then materialised through Rapid Prototyping into real pieces of furniture.
Philip Worthington studied at the RCA in London (= crème de la crème).
The interface of his portfolio is a little but too much flash, but his project are outstanding. Check Lineriders and Hidden Horoscopes Newspaper!
Here’s some more 3D printing … Bathsheba Grossman is an artist who combines math, science and sculpture, to make objects like this lamp. You can only produce the shape of this lamp with a 3D printer (rapid prototyping). Materialise.MGX is a firm which is specialised in such production techniques. You receive a 3D file along wth the products, so you’ll be able to reproduce them … start your filesharing platform now!
Lately there’re a lot of products coming out which are made with rapid prototyping techniques. Maybe one day everybody will have such a rapid prototyping machine at home and will be able to download blueprints and “print” the product at home. But what about houses? Well, fear no more Contour Crafting is working on it.
Forget it! Concrete Blond makes concrete wallpaper.
This table, Cinderella, by Jeroen Verhoeven (part of the design studio DEMAKERSVAN), is made of x layers of laser cut wood. Amazing.
Freedom of Creation is a design firm from Finland, specialised in product made with rapid manufactoring (which are more or less rapid prototyping techniques). For example this lamp, Cube, has such a structure which can only be made with such a technique.
