FormaMentis Customized 3D printed jewelry by Mirco Alberti |
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| DESIGN NAME: FormaMentis PRIMARY FUNCTION: Customized 3D printed jewelry INSPIRATION: The possibility to create new objects from memories and emotions. The fascinating potential of technology and brain wave sensors. The concept of materialization of thought and the desire to discover new shapes full of meaning. Investigate what is really precious. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project was born to allow people to wear ideas, thoughts and emotions. Thanks to brain wave sensors and computer graphic it is possible to give a shape to the thinking. The jewels are created starting from a unique and unrepeatable brain wave: the design comes from thoughts, then is shaped by 3D modeling and printing and, at last, is graven in precious metal. The product family is composed by one ring, one earring, one pendant and a bracelet, all of them are made starting from a thought. As a result of this project it is possible to see and touch the intimate ideas that have generated it. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The first step involves the acquisition of the brain wave, during this process the person can choose to focus himself on a specific thought, memory or emotion. The second step provides the transformation of the brain wave in a 3D file with a specific CAD software and, after that, the design of the jewel model (ring, bracelet, pendant, earring). After the prototyping phase, based on 3D printing technology useful to test volume and wearability of the product, the jewel is produced in precious metal. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started at the end of 2014 and has been perfected in 2015/2016. From the beginning of 2017 is published on Shapeways site. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The brain waves were taken thanks to specific sensors and the 2D images were first elaborated in computer graphic and then transformed in 3D files using 3D cad software. These files were the starting points for the 3D modeling of the final jewels. The ring and the bracelet were born from a unique brain wave, the pendant and the earring are composed by three different kinds of brain waves interlocked between them. All the jewels have a specific meaning and the key focuses were on the idea of art, the concept of memory and the value of diversity. The prototypes were printed in nylon and bronze powder (SLS technology) and the final products were made in polished silver and bronze. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Ring (18 size): 23,8 mm x 18,5 mm x 24 mm. Material: sivler. Bracelet (M size): 80,8 mm x 60 mm x 59,3 mm. Material: sinterized nylon. Pendant (one size): 13,6 mm x 9,1 mm x 25,8 mm. Material: bronze. Earring (one size): 14,1 mm x 17 mm x 23,2 mm. Material: silver. TAGS: 3D printing, 3D modeling, 3D jewel, brain waves, customized jewel, digital fabrication RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The research was experimental and was about the possibility to make tangible what is fleeting, such as thoughts and emotions, using 3D printing. The first phase was in 2014 and had the objective to transform photos in 3D objects using rapid prototyping tools. In the second phase, new technologies, such as Arduino and mind waves sensors, entered in the research and became possible to capture the brain waves of some people while they were focused on specific emotions or memories. In the final phase, specific tools were tried to transform brain waves in 3D files giving to each color a different depth and, at the end, was possible to give back the results of the research to the people who participated in it, making special jewels for them. CHALLENGE: Following on neuroscience discoveries, the starting idea was to capture something that could not have a shape, such as the thinking, and give it one. The final objective was to create a precious object that could symbolize a moment, a thought or an emotion. 3D modeling and printing were the perfect tools to realize that. The hardest part was the modeling of the brain wave for giving it three dimensions and for creating an organic, harmonious and wearable jewel. ADDED DATE: 2018-03-25 17:33:32 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Main image: Photographer Jae Do Battaglia, 2018 Image #1: Photographer Jae Do Battaglia, 2018 Image #2: Photographer Jae Do Battaglia, 2018 Image #3: Photographer Jae Do Battaglia, 2018 Image #4: Photographer Jae Do Battaglia, 2018 |
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NAME: Mirco XiberDesign PROFILE: XiberDesign wants the teleportation comes true by imagining and designing all the objects as a 3D file in order to adapt them to every need and send them anywhere and at any time bringing the transport costs near to zero. 3D printing and modeling are the keys to making production flows efficient, creating new fields of research in aesthetics and developing a responsible approach to consumption. |
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Formamentis Customized 3d Printed Jewelry by Mirco Alberti is Runner-up for A' Design Award in 3D Printed Forms and Products Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Read the interview with designer Mirco Alberti for design FormaMentis here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Mirco Alberti. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Mirco Alberti. |
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