Shapeways is a growing repository of 3D models for purchase by 3D printing hobbyists, and like everywhere else on the web, they’ve attracted a fair few memes. But none are as inspired as this most recent entry: Success Kid! Here’s how digital artist Ryan Kittleson sculpted a model (modelled a sculpture?) of this now seminal image using Sculptris. The final […]
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3D Printed Success Kid
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Tagged 3D, 3D printing, artist, colour, digital, digital artist, image, meme, memes, modelling, purchase, repository, sculpture, shapeways, success
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Black Milk: Star Wars Fashion Line
Fashion label Black Milk have produced a line of Star Wars themed leggings and swimsuits. Why is this interesting? They initially released R2D2 and C3PO swimsuits without permission from George Lucas, so to have returned with a full line of legitimate merchandise means they must have impressed the Dark Lord. I have no idea how…
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Tagged black milk, C3PO, chewbacca, fashion, han solo, idea, jeff staple, luke skywalker, merchandise, princess leia, R2D2, star wars, yoda
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Towards a Cyberpunk Sky
When plans for The Shard were unveiled my first thoughts were that its piercing aesthetic would be too harsh for the London skyline. But now it’s been ‘topped out’ and soon to open to the public, it’s time to get used to it. I heard somewhere that Irvine Sellar, the property magnate behind the tower, intends for […]
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Tagged creation, cyberpunk, future, Irvine Sellar, london, modern, open, perspective, the shard, time, video, vimeo, watch
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Lee Broom’s Neon Furniture
I stumbled into /r/cyberpunk the other day, where I came across the work of a chap called Lee Broom, a British interior and product designer who has won recent acclaim for his work at Westfield Stratford and The Nightjar. His stuff is traditional with a very modern twist: think 19th century meets TRON. Yeah, pretty awesome. My favorite […]