FOC FOR   31.Aug.2010

Every now and then we collaborate with visionary artists & designers – who share our vision on 3D printing – to realize their designs.

Alissia Melka-Teichroew is one of those artists, her design studio byAMT approached Freedom Of Creation to help her with manufacturing & finishing of the Jointed Jewels line.

Jointed Jewels represents a union of new and old, organic and industrial, functional and decorative. At the heart of the project is the intention to transform complex and separate elements into a new kind of whole. It started as an exploration of ball joints, commonly found in cars and hip replacements. Alissia Melka-Teichroew had the idea of creating a ball joint -normally assembled with separate parts- as one single piece.

We produced the jewelry through use of selective laser sintering, in this way it is possible to literally make a ball inside a ball. Hence, the industrial connecter was transformed into an object of beauty and wonder. A clean and striking jewelry collection was created around this innovative concept. Each piece has been made with the same technique: it seems like an intricately assembled object but is in fact one single piece that was made in one go. READ ON

FOC FOR   8.Jul.2010

Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has been awarded ‘Most Creative Collection’ prize at the Mittelmoda event 2010. The collection she designed for her graduation at the Artez- Academy of Fine Arts Arnhem included a pair of high heel shoes engineered & designed in collaboration with Freedom Of Creation. The high heel shoes are produced using selective laser sintering 3D printing technology.

About Mittelmoda:

Mittelmoda is one of the most sought-after and well-known fashion competitions at an international level. Created in 1993, the project Mittelmoda has been developing an international network of contacts with over 620 schools of fashion design in 66 countries, thus becoming a concrete chance of exchange and comparison for the international creativity. READ ON

FOC FOR   24.Jun.2010

FOC helped Ailin Lacey, a graduating student from Dublin to create her ‘Old is new again’ vase.

“The vase was created with the act of flower arranging in mind. Through slight alterations in surface treatment, the vase, though familiar in form, becomes unfamiliar in use, moving the classical decoration beyond its conventional aesthetic appeal to now house a strange functional role. It accentuates the act of flower arranging but does so in a discreet way, playing up the characteristic already inherent in the aesthetic of the vase, but using it to create something new, discrete. READ ON

FOC FOR   11.Mar.2010

As part of her fashion Master Studies at ArtEZ in Arnhem, Pauline Van Dongen collaborated with FOC on the design of 3D printed high heel womens shoes. The fashion collection by Pauline Van Dongen is called Morphogenesis. The shoes in various colors were also part of the FOC Future Of Fashion exhibition at The Amsterdam World Fashion Center. One of FOC’s manufacturing partners, CNC speedform, supported the creation of this futuristic concept by producing all the featured shoes for us.

Photo: Mike Nicolaassen

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