FOC Home   29.Mar.2010

Shapeways recently interviewed Janne Kyttanen the Founder of Freedom Of Creation, the interview gives an impression of both the vision and history of Janne Kyttanen and FOC in general.

Janne Kyttanen is one of the very first people to seize upon the opportunity to make designs for consumers using 3D printing. Janne is the founder of Freedom of Creation. FOC is a groundbreaking and inspiring design label that is ahead of the pack with regards to 3D printing & design. We were happy to interview him to find out what Freedom of Creation is all about and how Janne views the future of design and 3D printing.

Shapeways: What is Freedom of Creation?
Janne Kyttanen: A pioneering design company busy with a new industrial revolution

Shapeways: How did you get into 3D printing?
Janne Kyttanen:I saw it on some fair in the mid 90′s. I had my first computer when I was 8 years old and have been pretty much counting polygons ever since. When I saw the first 3D printer, I immediately saw every object around me in wireframe and realized where this whole thing was going to go. I got quite obsessed with it quite early on and skipped making products by other means. For me it was so clear, that I didn,t see any point making anything by hand anymore.

Shapeways: What kind of products do you make?
Janne Kyttanen: Everyday something new and the list is very long. It can range from exclusive furniture to surgical guides to Iphone covers to buttons to whatnot.

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FOC Home   18.Mar.2010

FOC’s Punchbag and 3D-textiles are currently on display at The Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries at MoMA. The works are featured in the exhibition ‘Action! Design Over Time, curated by Paola Antonelli.

From the MoMA website: Objects are not still. And yet design is often considered in terms of static aesthetic and functional qualities, without much consideration of trajectory in time or relationships with people. The objects presented in Action! Design over Time reveal the often overlooked dimension of temporality, providing a deeper understanding of contemporary design.’

The exhibition started on February 5^th and is on going.

FOC Home   12.Mar.2010

Elektrischer Reporter is a program on the German TV channel ZDF, which questions the impact that new digital phenomonoms such as Twitter, Youtube, Facebook etc. can have on human societies. Their latest episode questions the impact 3D printing can have on how products are produced, distributed and stored in the future. Janne Kyttanen was interviewed for this episode.

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In order to see Janne Kyttanen in action you will have to hang in there for about 6 minutes..

FOC Home   24.Feb.2010

Our exhibition at the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam is generating lots of traffic on their ground floor. Those of you who missed our opening event, you are all more than welcome to still visit the exhibition.

The show runs until 5th of March 2010, from 09:00 – 17:00.

Location: WFC (main entrance), Koningin Wilhelminaplein 13, 1062 HH, Amsterdam

The above picture shows the layout of the exhibition, with 20 blocks each featuring products created by Freedom Of Creation in the last 10 years.

If you want to see 3D printing for yourself make sure you visit the exhibition before it ends on March 5th.

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FOC Home   10.Feb.2010

Once a year the World Fashion Centre (WFC) in Amsterdam invites designers to exhibit on their 200 square meter groundfloor exhibition space. For the 2010 exhibition FOC was invited to use this space to decorate it and exhibit our work.

This year is very special for Freedom Of Creation, since it is our 10 year anniversary. Later this year a 10 year anniversary book will be launched and various exhibitions will be held where more designs are exhibited. The show at WFC Amsterdam gives a good impression of the enormous amount of work that has been realized in the past 10 years in the field of 3D printed designs. READ ON