Fascinating 3D-Printed Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
These 3d-printed zoetrope sculptures were designed by John Edmark, and they only animate when filmed under a strobe light or with the help of a camera with an extremely short shutter speed. He shares...
View ArticleYour Face in a Vase: Custom 3D-Printed Vessels Containing Multiple Profiles
Currently funding on Kickstarter, Fahz is a concept for a 3d-printed vase that contains multiple profiles of friends or family members embedded at different intervals around the surface of the vessel....
View ArticleEdible Growth: 3D-Printed Living Food That Grows before You Eat It
Photo by Bart van Overbeeke 3D-printed nylon prototype Edible Growth is an ongoing project by Eindhoven-based food designer Chloé Rutzerveld that blends food, gardening, and 3d printing. The concept...
View ArticleTransport a Miniature Garden by Bike or Necklace with Colleen Jordan’s 3D...
Colleen Jordan’s Easter egg-hued vases are the perfect springtime accessory. Built in miniature, her creations are sized to carry small succulents or pocket-sized flower arrangements on one’s...
View ArticleTurn Songs into 3D-Printed Sculptures You Can ‘Listen To’ with Reify
Since the earliest days of Winamp and other media players with vizualization software that transformed our favorite songs into pulsing animations, we’ve all grown accustomed to “seeing” music on a...
View ArticleGuillaume Lachapelle’s Mirrored Dioramas Create the Illusion of Infinite Space
Canadian artist Guillaume Lachapelle explores the infinite in this series of mysterious 3D printed dioramas titled Visions. Sitting atop pedestals in a darkened gallery, the eerie “rooms” rely on...
View ArticleGreen 3D Printer Prints Living Designs From Organic “Ink”
Project PrintGREEN is turning 3D printers into on-demand gardeners after designing a “green” 3D printer in 2013. The printer produces living prints, printing customized objects in a variety of sizes...
View ArticleWatch Molten Glass 3D-Printed From a Kiln at 1900 Degrees
In collaboration with the MIT Glass Lab, the Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab has produced a way to 3D print glass, creating intricate patterns from molten glass inside a kiln-like printer...
View ArticleUnseen Art: 3D Printing Classical Paintings for the Blind
“You can look but you can’t touch.” That’s one of the first rules of museums, which house priceless works of art. But what about the community of blind and visually impaired who use their sense of...
View ArticleFlux: A Mesmerizing 3D-Printed Zoetrope that Glows
Created by German designer Dieter Pilger along with Janno Ströcker and Frederik Scheve, this dizzying 3D-printed zoetrope was designed around the mathematics of the Fibonacci sequence. Unlike similar...
View ArticleMusic and Sound Vibrations 3D Printed Into Ceramic Vessels
All images via Studio van Broekhoven Bouncing rhythmically to a deep beat, Studio van Broekhoven’s 3D printer produces ceramic vessels scored by sound. The objects spins as clay is applied in response...
View ArticleA 3D Printed Sundial Displays Time Like a Digital Clock
Using a clever mix of 3D printing and a few well-placed shadows, this sundial designed by Mojoptix projects the actual time as if displayed on a digital clock. The plastic component that casts the...
View ArticleMinimalist Aquariums Filled With 3D Printed Flora by Designer Haruka Misawa
All images via Haruka Misawa. Designer and founder of Misawa Design Institute, Haruka Misawa (previously), has designed a series of minimal aquariums titled “Waterscapes” that include 3D printed...
View ArticleA Fascinating 3D-Printed Light-Based Zoetrope by Akinori Goto
Media artist Akinori Goto designed this fun 3d-printed zoetrope that when lit from the side reveals dancing or walking people. The piece was just on view at the Spiral Independent Creators Festival...
View ArticleA New Dancing Light Sculpture by Akinori Goto
Media artist Akinori Goto (previously) just shared another version of his kinetic light sculpture depicting a series of animated dancing figures. The framework of the sculpture is 3D printed from data...
View ArticleBlooms 2: Extraordinary New Strobe-Animated Sculptures by John Edmark
As artist John Edmark's sculptures wiggle, wobble, and twist before your eyes like some alien creature, it’s hard to believe that what you’re seeing is a real physical object—but we assure you it is,...
View ArticleA Stop Motion Examination of Endless Loading Screens
Director Rafael Vangelis transforms the unbearable task of watching an endlessly spinning wheel or loading bar into an entertaining and analogue study of self-produced loading mechanisms in his latest...
View Article3D-Printed Solar Systems, Moons and Planets for Your Desktop
The folks over at London-based Little Planet Factory make tiny 3d-printed planets and moons you can sit on your desktop or hold in your hands. Designs include everything from entire solar systems to...
View ArticleBeetle Sculptures Encrusted with Minerals by Nozomi
Paris-based artist Nozomi created these glistening beetle specimens through a process of digital sculpting, 3d printing, and good old-fashioned lacquer painting. The works are a continuation of an...
View ArticleA Tree-Like Figure Composed of Natural and Technological Elements by Garret Kane
The newest sculpture by assemblage artist Garret Kane (previously) combines moss, tree branches, and other natural elements with technological components to create a towering 7-foot-tall sculpture....
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