Arkitypo: a 3D printed typographic exhibition
Arkitypo is an exploration of typographic history. From A to Z, each letter features a 3D printed letter specimen of a unique typeface that portrays a particular trait. The exhibition was created by London based design studio Johnson Banks in collaboration with Ravensbourne University. Video and more photos after the jump…
A laser-cut delta robot that can draw better than I can
Aaron Fan is a robotics student at Georgia Tech. Over the past few months he has been regularly updating his website with details of his current project: Pythagoras the drawing robot. He covers a lot of ground, from the mathematics to the coding and hardware design.
I love this project because it ticks all my boxes: the parts are laser cut, the design is open source and well-documented, and the finished machine is equal parts ingenious and pointless. Check out this post for an overview of the project, or take a look after the break for video of the bot in action and examples of what it can draw. (more…)
3D printing art & design exhibition in London!
The Send to Print / Print to Send exhibition has been running at the Aram Gallery on Drury Lane in London since January 13. It is exhibiting a range of avant garde 3D print designs. The exhibition includes works from the fields of architecture, industrial design, fashion, and product design.
Serie, Façade Model
The Aram Gallery uses this exhibition as a way to examine how designers’ processes are developing to accommodate new technological advances. We offer our visitors an idea of what 3D Printing is, and how it is being contemporaneously used. This exhibition is not intended as an exhaustive overview, but a cross-disciplinary pick and mix of examples.
Embracing the sculptural beauty of machines in motion
Hot on the heels of this year’s Best of the Blog in Art post comes this mesmerising clip from filmmaker Ralph Steiner’s Mechanical Principles, a 1930’s masterpiece in which the inner workings of all kinds of devices are revealed.
Taking a moment to appreciate the sculptural qualities of decidedly practical devices unveils the poetry inherent in their movements. It’s quite hypnotic, and well worth sitting back to contemplate (and indeed enjoy) over your morning coffee.
via Make
Best of the Blog 2011: Art
Take a moment to step back and see the world a little differently with this selection of ten memorable works of art that appeared on the Ponoko blog during 2011.
From unique perspectives on everyday objects to different ways of capturing and expressing movement, join us to explore how artists continue to use digital manufacturing technologies in new and exciting ways.
The mesmerising motion of professional dancers and martial artists is captured in this intriguing project by Mathew Schwartz. Data from the sinuous movements is 3D printed before being cast in bronze, giving a unique perspective on human movement that would surely have Muybridge’s nod of approval.
getting creative with cardboard
If you haven’t heard, we’re making our cardboard materials FREE all month when you make something with Ponoko.
Cardboard is a *great* material for prototyping your design and making it in another material later. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use cardboard in a final product. Check out these 20 inspirational designs made from good old fashioned recyclable cardboard.
Artist Mark Langan creates stunning works of art entirely out of cardboard — from original gemoetric designs, to masterpiece interpretations, to corporate logos and signage.
This student project Anirudha Surabhi demonstrates the impact resistance of corrugated cardboard. His Kranium cardboard helmet stood up to four times the amount of impact withstood by typical polystyrene shells. (Video of a DIY arduino powered test in the original post.)
a field of steel plants hides a colourful secret
Striking even at first glance, this installation from London-based artist Zadok Ben David features 12,000 steel plants embedded in a thin layer of sand.
Titled Blackfield, the forms are modelled from vintage botanical illustrations, and at first appear as a uniform forest of black that stands out in stark contrast to the smooth white sand.
Yet there is a surprise in store… as the viewer moves to the other side, the plants are revealed in a myriad of colours.
For those fortunate enough to be in Seoul before February 2012, you can see the installation in person at Artclub 1563.
Click through for some more photos of this stunning installation. (more…)
Shadow Casting Panels and Shadow Clouds create mind-blowing optical illusions
The latest works from Swiss artists Drzach&Suchy extend on their earlier explorations into light and shade using 3d printed objects.
The approach is deceptively simple, and follows the straightforward observation that the shadow cast by an object depends not only on the form of the object itself, but also on the direction and intensity of the light source. With this methodology in hand, the same object can have a totally different appearance simply by changing the lighting conditions.
In the piece titled Conversation, the image displayed is either a portrait of Albert Einstein or the saucy smirk of Marilyn Monroe, depending on where the light hits the surface.
(lit from the upper left… …and from the upper-right)
Click through for some short clips of these Shadow Casting Panels in action.
Paper cutouts make for a magical ride
The wheels of the humble pushie have been utilised for Persistence of Vision optical displays before, usually with an array of LEDs flickering a pattern as the bike rolls along.
London-based animator Katy Beveridge took a different approach when she used hand cut paper to generate dynamic moving patterns on her bike wheels. A fancy, limited edition laser cut version is available on her Etsy store.
Styled on the very early phenakistoscopes, the animation is only visible when viewed through a camera. This is because of the way that the eye perceives motion, as the technique relies on the refresh rate between frames to create an illusion of animated movement.
A comment on Katy’s blog suggested attaching a strobing LED light to the forks of the bicycle, thus creating the required flicker for the animation to be visible to the naked eye. Until a solution like this is incorporated, Katy’s novel laser cut wheel patterns will only really come to life on-screen.
via Monogocoro
A new way of cutting up records
Danish artists Vinyl Terror and Horror recently spent some time at EMS, the Swedish national centre for electronic music and sound art. The result is the perfect collaboration between artists and engineers.
Using a CNC mill to precisely cut parts from different records allows the artist to re-assemble the recordings in a physical representation of the remix process. Check out the results of their experiments on their Vimeo channel.
rectangle pieces from vinyl terror & horror on Vimeo.
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