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Gabriela Ligenza. | 3D Printed Hat Collection.

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s you can see, we’re on a bit of a 3D printing kick this week. Our affinity continues with Gabriela Ligenza, a milliner whose former aspirations included architecture and interior design. Ligenza’s newest collection of 3D printing exist in the vein of wearable art, incorporating poetry and reinterpreting traditional designs. This collection the future of fashion, the crest of a …

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3D Twice Over. | Sophie Kahn.

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he 3D printing trend is not only making its presence felt in the technology world, members of the art world are also taking a liking to the innovation. A heralded example of this creative marriage is the work of Sophie Kahn. Kahn’s 3D printed sculptures furthers the relationship between technology and art while offering a new aesthetic to the medium …

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3Doodling.

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Nowadays, even The Notebook comes in 3D, so why not give your crappy doodles the same privilege? Fit for all your 3D doodling needs, WobbleWorks has invented the 3Doodler, the world’s first 3D doodling pen. Using melted plastic that cools and holds form in midair, the 3Doodler is loaded with biodegradable ABS/PLA plastic, which makes it environmentally safe. The 3Doodler isn’t just for doodles, …

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3D Dangerous.

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We’ve featured 3D printing before on Quiet Lunch but today we feature the technology with great disappointment. According to Dezeen Magazine, Defense Distributed, the activist group led by Texas law student Cody Wilson, has just received $20,000 in funding for its Wiki Weapon project to create instruction kits for working guns. Individuals would be able to download the kits and use them to 3D-print …

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Warring Skylines.

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Although the game has been around since 6th century, the reimagining of the chess set is always a welcomed idea. Based on iconic buildings in London like the Gherkin, London Eye, Big Ben, and Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass, the Skyline Chess set combines the love of the game with a love of architecture. It also utilizes 3D printing, one of today’s …

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Old Fashioned Biomimicry.

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3D printing seems to be all the rave these days. The use of the technology has made it easier for designers to execute their ideas in a more accurate fashion. Continuing the trend, Marieka Ratsma and Kostika Spaho have taken full advantage of 3D printing with their BIomImIcry Shoe. The idea for the BIomImIcry Shoe highlights nature’s ability to pool its own resources to create something …

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Exploring Nature with Castor Gallery.

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f you haven’t been wandering the Lower East Side Galleries, you may have missed something special at Castor Gallery on Broome Street. Nature, an exhibition of new work from Jeanette Hayes, Michael Manning, Austin Lee, Patrick Jacobs, Robert Lazzarini and Jonas Lund, explores art practice rooted in mathematics, algorithms, code and modern technology which continue to push the barrier on …