Resembling a fiery pile of waves made from the stripey juice of candy canes, Deskriptiv's Kontraste begs for further investigation:
The minds behind the mysterious project are Dominik Kolb and Christopher Bader, 26-year-old students at the University of Applied Sciences in Weingarten-Ravensburg. Hailing from Kißlegg and Bad Wurzach, Germany, they are writing their bachelor’s theses on 3D printing and developing an interactive application/installation, which helps users formulate programs to create their own abstract sculptures through 3D printing. Though still in school, the pair have established a virtual studio called Deskriptiv to expand their creative practice.via Nike Recently Kolb and Bader were designing fliers, print media, and websites when a Nike executive caught sight of their work and hired them for the modeling and display of their Flyknit sneakers. The shoe line’s release was timed with the 2012 London Olympic Games, and ended up on the fleet feet of the world’s best athletes.via Nike The Nike experience prompted a desire to render their wildest ideas with 2-manifold geometry, which can be reproduced exactly with a 3D printer, whereas the designers’ “WESEN” series, formatted for the 2D world, would break if printed in 3D:
WESEN3D printing is the technology of choice for Kolb and Bader because the intensely detailed features of their shapes would be impossible to replicate through more conventional practices of milling or casting. Because of the additive manufacturing behind 3D printing (layering a fine string of material over and over until the desired structure appears), intertwined and underlying structures can be duplicated with utmost faith to detail.Interestingly, the pair chooses to use Polyamide, which can retain details to a fine level of 0.7 millimeters via laser sintering. The one drawback is that this material only comes in white, and must be dyed in order to accommodate color.Kolb and Bader hope that observers “might find connection to the underlying process and… find beauty” in the underlying patterns of his or her visual journey.Though the duo are working on a range of projects, you can view their full portfolios here.
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