For the first time in The Netherlands people can see the brand-new Cube 3D-Printer at work. Furthermore a wide variety of 3D-printed interior and fashion products will be on display.

Exhibition address
Van Waay & Soetekouw
Markt 17
2611 GP Delft

Open from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm, May 18th and 19th

Lightnest” comes from the “lampshades nesting together into the wall,” explains the designer Frederik Roijé. The design is totally inspired by the beauty of nature and its unique shapes. The wall lamp shape brings to mind a group of soft mushrooms spreading light that gently illuminate every space in an exceptional way. The technique of 3D printing, which allows designers to create shapes impossible to be thought, has made possible the realization of details never seen before, such as small pleats reminiscent of the hyphae of mushrooms. Fluid and welcoming, Lightnest is a celebration of the nature elements: it attracts for the evocative design and for the warm atmosphere that it creates.

Lightnest is now available through Freedom Of Creation dealers or if there is no dealer near you; online.

Alan Nguyen possessed all these skills and much more, so we decided to buy him a computer, clear a bit of desk and let him go crazy. During his few months stay at Freedom Of Creation, Alan has already successfully finished several products and worked for a number of prestigious clients of ours. We welcome Alan on board!

Mash-up shoes together with Janne Kyttanen for Freshfiber

Lightnest created together with Frederik Roije for FOC.

F50 Adidas launch campaign by Alan Nguyen.

Freedom Of Creation @ 2012 Milan Design Week

In the heart of Milan, in the famous Brera area
17th-22nd April 2012
Place: Dream Factory, Corso Garibaldi 117, 20121 Milano
Metro: MM2 Moscova
Opening hours: 10 am-9 pm
INAUGURATION PARTY (RSVP on Facebook or by e-mail): Wednesday April 18th, doors open from 7 – 8 pm

Together with Frederik Roijé designs
17th-22nd April 2012
Place: Officina della Torniera, Via Novi 5, 20144 Milano
Metro: MM2 Porta Genova
Opening hours: 10 am-8 pm

The Heineken Innovation Challenge is the first to crowd source globally for sustainable beverage packaging concepts. Janne, an expert in 3D design, was selected to spend 48 hours in an undisclosed location, with just a web cam, laptop, and 3D printers like the Cube. Janne will demonstrate the entire ideation-to-production process through access to Cubify.com, 3D printers and tweets, Facebook posts and emails from observers on www.ideasbrewery.com

The Heineken Innovation Challenge entries will be submitted to internal sustainability experts for judging according to set criteria: innovation, feasibility and the most votes received at www.ideasbrewery.com. Selected designers will be invited to collaborate with Heineken to enhance and perfect their ideas.  At the conclusion of the Innovation Challenge, an Official Jury of external experts and Heineken management will select one overall winner, who will be notified in June 2012.

Lovegrove commented about the winning design: “I find erosion a fantastic provider of form and it could be a metaphor for infinite form. What I also like about this work is the contained object which has an almost tribal quality and something more contemporary in the way it is worn…I like its strength and wearability almost as if emotions can crawl inside and live there…ritualistic.”

The Cobble necklace is a precious collectible, visually intriguing as a complex piece of jewellery or as a beautiful, organic, and self-contained object. The Cobble necklace is now for sale in red or grey sparkle color.

Second place was awarded to the Park necklace design by Pekka Salokannel.  Pekka sees a park as a place to relax, have fun and celebrate.  The design is inspired by the concept of parks incorporating two separate and distinct styles (man-made and natural scenery) to express their intrinsic beauty.  The double faced necklace also has two distinctly unique sides that allow the wearer to express a different mood for different occasions. “It’s all about your mood at the moment – which side you love the most” explains Pekka. The Park necklace is now available in the FOC online store.

About Ross Lovegrove
Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the museum of modern art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Axis Centre, Japan, the Pompidou Centre, Paris, and the Design Museum, London, where in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection. Lovegrove was awarded the World Technology Award by Time magazine and CNN in November 2005. The same year, he was awarded the very prestigious Red Dot Design Award for the products created for VitrA.

About Louis Filosa
Louis is a designer from the United States and is trying to change the way the world perceives American design. He has worked under the direction of Karim Rashid, Marcel Wanders, and Michael Graves along with several other designers within many different product categories. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, he experiments with mixing European and American aesthetics into objects that speak globally and reflect the time in which we live.

About Pekka Salokannel
Pekka is a Finnish designer working fulltime on 3D printed designs. The Finnish polar night of the winter and the midnight sun during the summer create an inspirational scene for him, resulting in successful light, bag and accessory designs. In 2010, Pekka was winner of the FOC Talents lighting design contest with his Cresco design.

Equipped with 91 Palm shades and 5 Watt halogen bulbs, the chandelier is a real eye-catcher and is designed to light up large interior spaces. Light floods through and around every petal. Each shade, produced in polyamide with the latest 3D printing technology, recalls the beauty of nature’s foliage, and diffuses soft filtered light contributing to the exclusive atmosphere of the house. The metal frame has a special gunmetal finish. The Palm Chandelier outside diameter is 160 cm.

The bespoke Chandelier has a special gunmetal finish. Prices and technical details are available on request by sending an e-mail to bram@freedomofcreation.com

Furthermore the standard size Palm Chandelier was ordered for a smaller room. It has a diameter of 100 cm and comes with 37 halogen bulbs of each 10 Watt:

Like no other, a glossy wall brings out the beautiful cast shadows of the Dahlia light:

The light installation of the hotel was executed by Svetel illuminazione

Exhibition details
now! design a vivre
Hall 8 – stand C103
January 20th until 24th 2012
Opening times: 09:30am to 07:00pm

UPDATE: Only 2 days after the Cube 3D printer has been launched we’ve been nominated for the Best of CES 2012 Award – to support the Cube™ 3D Printer.

Cubify™ includes many features like Content-to-Print; being able to browse through thousands of products and to easily download and print directly to your Cube™ 3D Printer, Cloud Printing; a service for those who do not own a Cube that allows you to simply upload your designs and have it delivered to your doorstep, and the ability to start up your own online store to sell your creations.

A couple of features that we are really excited to show off in the near future are Hubs and Apps. Hubs allows you to easily find out if there are any cool Cube friends nearby. So if you don’t own a Cube Printer or if you simply want to share ideas, Hubs is where it’s at. And not to forget our most exciting feature about the Cubify platform is the introduction of Apps! If this doesn’t get your juices going, then prepare yourself because your mind is about to be blown away when you discover the new world of Apps and 3D printing!