First nominee for the i.materialise Designer of the Year Award: AmniosyA

First nominee for the i.materialise Designer of the Year Award: AmniosyA

This week we will announce the three nominees of the first i.materialise ‘Designer of the Year’ Award ever. Today we’ll introduce you to the first nominee: AmniosyA.

What an exciting week! After an anonymous vote of all our jury members we ended up with 3 designers for the i.materialise ‘Designer of the Year’ Award. The first nominee we’d like to introduce to you is AmniosyA, a young design collective from Italy.

Pacific Ocean Platform, 3D printed in natural white polyamide

“We are glad about this nomination, it’s a great opportunity to introduce our design and research to other 3D printing passionates. We see so many good designers working with you, so being nominated means a lot to us.”

Research Center, 3D printed in natural white polyamide

“We met each other at University of Architecture in Florence and we’re born as research group in 2011. It was our mentor, Marino Moretti who brought our five strong personalitites together. Nowadays studio AmniosyA works in the field of Architecture, Design and Fashion. Our philosophy: creating alternative forms and design methods through an unconventional way of thinking.

ENTROPYA necklace in spray painted polyamide.

ENTROPYA necklace, spray painted polyamide.

“Our research is focused on the world of  ‘new technologies’ and dynamic simulations used as the beginning of a morphological shape. Our ideas are  sometimes connected to scientific studies, other times  inspired by art or nature related to some particular feelings.

Fly Around, with this design AmniosyA won, with 9 others, our Accessory Challenge in cooperation with Melinda Looi.

Their challenge entry was 3D printed and shown at several fashion shows in Malaysia and Japan.

“Through every single project we try to explore the new ‘Architectural space’ possibilities generating three-dimensional experiences that involves new structural configurations, technological and material suggestive research.”

“Our designs are strongly related to 3D printing technology. It’s the only way to produce our geometries, so 3D printing will keep on playing a  big role in our designs.”