Schlagwort: 3D printing in art

  • First 3D Printed Chaiselongue at Milan Design Week 2018

    First 3D Printed Chaiselongue at Milan Design Week 2018

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    At Milan Design Week 2018, you can find a collaborative exhibition from Philipp Aduatz and incremental3d which is showcasing the ‘Digital Chaiselongue’ prototype made using 3D printed concrete.

    This year’s Milan Design Week, taking place between the 17th and 22nd of April will see impressive 3D printed projects including a 3D printed house designed by famed Italian Architect Massimiliano Locatelli.

    But, that’s not all as a collaborative exhibition from incremental3d, the Austrian 3D printing startup, and Philipp Aduatz, the Vienna based designer, will show off the benefits of 3D printed concrete for furniture design.

    Together, the pairing has created a chair called the digital chaiselongue. It was designed by Aduatz and printed by incremental3d using concrete reinforced by carbon fiber. It will be on display at Via Paisiello 6 in Milan during the design week.

    With this chaiselongue, incremental3d is aiming to show off the possibilities of their technology and material. To do this, Aduatz’s designs are deliberately complex. But, the startup’s digital fabrication technology ensures concrete geometries can be printed quickly.

    “The concept is to use the new technology developed by incremental3d for a complex freeform design by Philipp Aduatz and show the new possibilities of creating complex shapes in an application for furniture design,” incremental3d explains on their website.

    Concrete Chaiselongue is Complex… but is it Comfy?

    To create the chaiselongue, the team first 3D printed a negative mold from concrete. Then, the complete geometry was printed in less than an hour onto the cast. In sensitive areas of the print, they added carbon fibers to ensure strength.

    The final touch is to finish the seat “using a UV-resistant polyurethane coating in delicate handcraft”. The startup adds, “this should demonstrate that craft and digital technologies can coexist for the purpose of innovation in the 21st century in harmony.”

    Although the design certainly looks complex and shows off the technology, it doesn’t look like the most welcoming place to relax and read a book.

    However, Aduatz will also have other chairs on the show. For example, the ‘cloud chair’, made from polyurethane foam and glass fibers. Also, the ‘gradient tiles chair’ created using leftover materials from a refurbishment of his studio. The finish for the ‘gradient tiles chair’ is 10,000 tiles all placed by hand.

    Find out more about Aduatz’s work by visiting his website. Also, visit the Milan Design Week 2018 page to learn more about the 3D printed designs on display.

    Source: Design Boom

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  • 3D Printing and Facial Reconstruction Help Identify Eight Victims from US-Mexico Border

    3D Printing and Facial Reconstruction Help Identify Eight Victims from US-Mexico Border

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    Artists from New York are using facial reconstruction to help formally identify the remains of eight dead men who were found on the US-Mexico border. The skulls were 3D scanned in Arizona and sent to New York for 3D printing and reconstruction.

    Since 2000, there have been 1,004 people found dead in Arizona, USA, who have never been formally identified. Now, artists from New York are the final hope for identifying eight men whose skulls remain with the medical examiner of Pima County.

    The artists are from the New York Academy of Art. To help identify the men, they sculpted facial reconstructions. However, this process is complicated as the students only have a 3D printed skull to work from.

    But, the motivation is strong as they’re helping to provide answers for the, presumed migrant’s, families. “If we can’t raise any other leads in any other way, then putting a face on a skull is usually a positive thing to do,” said Bruce Anderson, the Pima County medical examiner.

    With 3D printing technology, facial reconstruction is a cheaper and less time-consuming process. The skulls of the eight men were scanned in Arizona by Faro, a 3D technology company.

    These scans were then emailed to New York and 3D printed by a medical examiner. Clay and other materials are then meticulously added to the skull until a face is formed in front of the student.


    Facial Reconstruction

    Providing Answers for Families

    Answers to these eight cases are likely to be difficult to come by. The reason being that when a migrant is missing, families are often reluctant to contact the authorities.

    Another big reason is the lack of information collected on missing people who were last seen crossing the border. Without a central agency, it can be very hard to trace the person back to their family.

    “We provide answers to families. They are very painful answers, but they are answers owed to families. In our office here, we make no distinction between American citizens and foreign nationals in doing everything we can to identify a person and determine a cause of death,” Anderson explains.

    The New York Academy of Art first held a forensic sculpture class in 2015. Joe Mullins is a forensic artist who teaches the class. He has also worked for 18 years at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “Just because they died trying to come here that doesn’t mean they should lose their identity,” he adds.

    The class is five days and, by the fourth day, 3D printed skulls become fully formed faces. Mullins explains that the room is silent and it’s clear when a reconstruction is complete. He explains: “I stop when I see someone staring back at me.”

    After the face is complete, they’re added to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, where hopefully someone will recognize them.

    Source: The Guardian


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