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1. State of the Art, Project Management and Documentation

Research & Ideation

The first week of Fabricademy program is dedicated on familiarising ourself with Gitlab, an online & open-source documentation platform. This is how we will share our researchs each week during the program.

For the record, I have started it by trying to change a model page that was not supposed to be changed.. And I spent a few hours updating my site, hoping to see my changes appear.. While receiving 45 failure e-mails.

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References & Inspiration

My current wish starting Fabricademy is to develop knowledge in textile design and generative 3D modeling. I am very interested in working with recycled materials and optimising them, as well as in flat and easy-to-transport pieces.

I started for the Week 01 to gather references around folding, and new 2D or 3D processes that seems to match with this principle. Laser cutting seems greater for larger parts wich have to be folded. Fused Deposition Material 3D printing could also be very interesting to work flat, by using less material.

  • Z-zéro studio was founded by 2 designers in 2019 in Paris, from this original idea of developing a large-scale 3D printer and the associated software, to print some canings in bio-sourced PLA, and then shaping it in post-printing. This is to meet the challenges of gravity during printing, but also to offer a different aesthetics for furnitures, inspired by sewing. Claire Dumont's work is now also dedicated on developing a diversification of her printed materials, like ceramics and enamel.
An overview of her process in large-scale 3D printing

  • Andreas Bastian is an engineer and designer working at the intersection of materiality, manufacturing, and design by developing new tools and frameworks. He is building AI for design and manufacturing at Lumafield.

  • His 2014 project called Mesostructured Cellular Materials is impressive and quite inspiring in an idea of flexible 3D printed structures, thinked in 2D.

  • Here is an article on his project published here on 3Dprint.

Mesostructured Cellular Materials by Andreas Bastian