Category Archives: 3D Printing Luxury

Scope 3D

Julia Irwin

Scope3D is a micromechanical 3D scanner that allows users to build scalable 3D models from tiny objects.

https://vimeo.com/114265826

Description

Development of the scanner was inspired by a design project to make 3D printed design objects whose form gets created by their underlying physical properties (e.g., salt and pepper shakers in the shape of a salt crystal and peppercorn, respectively). This working prototype is a first iteration of a longer research initiative to make a tool that accounts for different shapes and textures, and fully automates the 3D modeling process so users can press a single button and create a true-to-form model.

Classes

3D Printing Luxury, Automata: Telling Stories with Machines

Igloo – Connected Lamp

Batu Sayici

A lamp that lets you know when someone is coming home.

http://http://batusayici.com/?p=506

Description

If your home could sense the physical proximity of those who live in it, how would it communicate this knowledge? Through which form would this knowledge be best represented in a way that is natural and enjoyable?

Light changes space more than anything. Light fills the space and its presence or lack thereof is impossible to ignore. The only thing that changes space as much is people. People and light complete a space in ways nothing else can.

Igloo is a lamp that connects to one or more persons' phone GPS and represents their proximity as light.

Classes

Designing for Digital Fabrication, 3D Printing Luxury