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Terra I

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:10:00 +0000

Terra I is an installation designed by Mirco Becker for Bordel! a hairdresser salon in Berlin. Like a landscape the object forms a new ground. It resembles qualities found in low-polygon artwork, where a whole is made up of parts which cover a wide range of sizes and shapes. Still these differences cluster in certain areas and disperse in others as they emphasize the objects and details to depict.

Low-poly artwork by Matthias Beermann, SAC APD 2014

Terra I is comprised of 3.5 mm polygonal birch panels covering a wide range of shapes and sizes, connected by intricate 3D printed nodes. The humps, peaks, crevasse, and folds come in different intensities, pointing at certain directions such as the entrance, the lounge, the counter. The installation aims to add to the experience of the space where customers spend time while going through the stages of a new styling.

Terra I at Salon Bordel!

The form is digitally designed and all 90 polygons are constraint to be planar. The 130 connecting nodes are computer generated based on a design template. They meet the geometric requirements such as the angles between plates and width of the shadow gaps for each connection. In addition to these technical necessities they are individually detailed giving each node its unique ornamental fingerprint. All fabrication data for laser cutting of the plywood plates as well as 3D printing the nodes, is generated automatically off the design model.

Birch Plywood Panels and SLS Node Connectors

Each node is laser sintered (SLS) in polyamide and spray painted. The surfaces of the birch plywood plates are hand finished after laser cutting. All parts are assembled manually by putting each node in its specified location. The entire installation of around 11 m2 weights less than 30 kg.

Nodes

Assembly Detail

Quantitative Aesthetics – Shape Range Diagram

Design: Mirco Becker

Fabrication: Mirco Becker, Sabina Eivazova, Philipp Mecke

Client / Location: Salon Bordel! Hohenstaufenstr. 67 , 10781 Berlin, salon-bordel.de

B3 Trail – Bracelet

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:53:03 +0000

B3 Trail is designed on a set of shapes which vary widely in size and form but still exhibit a certain order as well as allowing to experience the difference in relative contrast. The smaller openings cluster around a notional trail which undulates across the length of the bracelet. The remaining material is finely articulated in its profiles. B3 Trail can be ordered below. Also see the other material options. In black nylon this goes for 10% of the gold plated version.

Prototyping

The bracelet is digitally designed and 3D printed as wax model. A raw brass form cast via a lost-wax method. The brass is hand polished and electroplated with 18K gold. 3D printing, casting, polishing and plating is done at the factory of the future by Shapeways.

Realtime design feedback on minimum material thickness

The material thickness is carefully adjust using a custom interface which gives color coded feedback on the dimensions and highlights areas which exceed the minimum thickness in the 3D printing process.

Variance in shape size

Full Body 3d Scan

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:45:12 +0000

Cleaned up scan data at full resolution and reduced model to 2.000 faces.

At the moment we are doing some test on the potential and workflows around 3d scanning. The main interest is on the mid range scale (furniture / ergonomics) with the obvious aim to link it to 3d printing technologies. The first models are back from the printer.

After the initial tests it became very clear that the raw data needs heavy processing and almost certainly some “design input” to be of some use. In that sense we see great potential for all design disciplines.

Low polygon mesh with colored faces

Color print – low polygon model, 86 mm tall

Gold plated print – full resolution mesh, 43 mm tall