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These 3D Printed Lamps Will Make You Fall in Love with 3D Printing

These 3D Printed Lamps Will Make You Fall in Love with 3D Printing

The ‘Love Lamps’ by Sandro Lominashvili celebrate a couple’s attachment in a special way: a set of two lamps functioning as one. 3D printed in Transparent resin by i.materialise, the complete designs were printed in one piece, locking the two lamps together in an embrace from the moment of their creation. In this post, we take a look at this minimalist design and meet the Georgia-based designer. 

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3D Printing Meets Japanese Samurai Culture: Developing the Concept of Raijin and Fujin Kabuto

3D Printing Meets Japanese Samurai Culture: Developing the Concept of Raijin and Fujin Kabuto

What happens when 3D printing and Japanese samurai culture collide? Contestants of i.materialise Japan’s latest design challenge might hold an answer. The “Kabuto Design Challenge” has just been launched by the i.materialise Japan team to rediscover kabuto, traditional Japanese samurai helmets, using 3D Printing technology. To inspire the contestants, we collaborated with mixed-media designer and one of the jurors of this challenge, Russ Ogi, to develop a unique pair of 3D printed kabuto. The motif he chose was Raijin and Fujin, the Japanese gods of thunder and wind. Let’s take a closer look at how he developed the design concept and turned his ideas into 3D models.

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3D Printing for the Royal Theatre of Madrid: Tomasz Dabert’s Modern Armor

3D Printing for the Royal Theatre of Madrid: Tomasz Dabert’s Modern Armor

To keep old stories fresh, theaters try to combine both classical and modern elements into their plays and stage sceneries. It thus only seems logical that the Royal Theatre of Madrid would search for new ways to create and enhance their costumes. But what would you create if you were asked to build a modern 3D printed armor for an opera? Especially to debut as your very first 3D print ever? (more…)