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Category Archives: Artists
Digital vs. Analog Design – Støckel quests the limits of Representation
It’s difficult to teach young architects how to make objects (and surrounding spaces) relate to one-another in an intentional way. Intentionality requires the mastery of abstract concepts like order, harmony, contrast, proportion, scale and repetition.. not to mention enviable craft … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, 3D Tech, Architecture, Artists, History, PaperCraft, Physible, Reviews, SketchUp, Uncategorized
Tagged 3D Model Making, Analog vs. Digital Design Methods, Architecture Design Studio, D-school, Danish Artist Tommy Støckel, Design Intentionality, Design Pedagogy, Design Theory, Digital vs. Analog, Intenionality vs. Expressiveness, paper art, papercraft, Rhino, Sketchup, Teaching Architectural Design, The Design Studio
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FoldSchool – Corrugated Kid-Craft
It’s August and everyone is (or wants to be) on vacation, including yours truly. So how about kicking it fold’school? Here’s a post that’s easy to read, and gives you a lot of ideas for fun-times with the kids this … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Models, Artists, For Fun, Origami, PaperCraft, Reviews, Technical Origami
Tagged Cardboard projects for kids, Corrugated Cardboard, DIY furnture, DIY Playground equipment, FoldSchool, Grace Hawthorne, Masahiro Minami, Nicola Enrico Stäubli, Paper Punk, Playtime Papercraft, Projects for kids, Tuchino Kids
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‘One Piece At A Time’
by Fred Abler Finally, paper craft is getting some respect. Tomorrow July 15th, a ‘major’ work of art will open at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield Connecticut. 3D Artist Jonathan Brand’s life-scale paper replica of a 69’ Ford Mustang will … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Artists, For Fun, Monumental Origami, PaperCraft, Reviews, Theory & Concepts
Tagged 3D Art, 3D Artist, 69 Mustang, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Autodesk 3DS Max, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Brand, One Piece at a Time, Paper craft, Paper sculpture, papercraft, Parson's New School, Pepakura Designer, Rhino 3D
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colAR – Kiwi Tech transforms coloring pages into AR
At FormFonts 3D we take coloring pages seriously. So today, I’d like to introduce you to colAR, a new software from New Zealand that turns a colored-in coloring page… into a 3D animated scene. A few years ago, Marc discovered … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Artists, Augmented Reality, Coloring Books and Pages, For Fun, SketchUp, Uncategorized
Tagged 2D to 3D, 3D Model Library, animation, Augmented Reality, childrens' activities, Christchurch New Zealand, colAR, coloring, coloring books, coloring pages, HIT lab, Human Interface Technology Lab, kids, Marc Fredrickson, Sketchup
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More from Google: 3D Warehouse Changes
by Alex Schreyer On the heels of the announcement that SketchUp has been sold to Trimble comes another announcement from Google, this time related to Google Earth. As described in various press releases and posts, Google will – among other changes … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Artists, Augmented Reality, Pre-viz, SketchUp, Tools
Tagged 3D Cities, 3D content, 3D Warehouse, 45 degree ariel imagery, Building Maker, flyover data, Geo Content, Geo Modeling, Google, obliaue photogrammetry, oblique photography, photogrammetry, Sketchup, SketchUp sale to Trimble, TRIMBLE, User Generated Content
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How2™ Create a New Materials Library in SketchUp
by Fred Abler The secret of making great SketchUp models and components, in general, is twofold. It relies upon the essential and complementary skills of architecture-and-artistry. Component ‘architecture’ is the skilled use of minimal geometry to achieve a maximal representation. … Continue reading
Going Places.. with Master Modeler Gabriel Concha
by Fred Abler A few years ago, FormFonts was working with Stratasys to help proof their 3D printing division for Architects (RedEye ARC). I asked Gabriel Concha if there was one or two of his 3D models he might like … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Architecture, Artists, For Fun, SketchUp, Tools
Tagged 3D Printing, Architects, Buses, Chinese buses, Ford Transit Connect, FormFonts 3D Models, Gabriel Concha, hobby, Mass Transit Modeling, Master Modeler, Mercedes Benz, model making, Professor, Red Eye on Demand, Santiago de Chile, School of Architecture, Sprinter Van, Stratasys, Uni Mog, University of Santiago, Wu Zho Long Shenzhen Bus
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Brilliant Lighting Design – Delta V Series Pendants
by Fred Abler For functional beauty, it’s hard to beat lighting. The function is brilliantly clear, and the beauty.. well it’s hard to make something that glows ugly. Consequently there is a lot of good lighting, but truly brilliant lighting … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Interior Design, Reviews, SketchUp, Uncategorized
Tagged 3D Models, Alexander Wiliams, Architects, astrodynamics, Bicycle Wheel sculpture, Charles Brill, chop-socky, Delta Pendant Light, Delta Pendant Series, Eames, Edward Hopper, Excell Floor Lamp, forced association, Gabriel Concha, ICFF, Interior Architects, Interior Designers, International Contemporary Furniture Faire, lighting, lighting design, Noguchi, RBW, Request 3D Model. FormFonts 3D Models, Rhode Island School of Design, Rich Brilliant Willing, RISD, semantics, Sketchup, Theo Richardson, Trig Floor Lamp, tripod floor lamps
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DiWIRE – 3D Wireforms..from your SketchUp files
by Fred Abler I’ve always loved Alexander Calder. He was shabby, irascible, and brilliant in almost any media. The prolific American artist expressed himself effortlessly in sheet metal, wire, plywood, string, free-carving, and paint. And quite often, a combination of … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Artists, Maker Movement, Services, SketchUp, Tools
Tagged .obj, 3D printer, 3D Sculpture, 3D Sketch, 3D Wire forms, Adobe Illustrator, Alexander Calder, aluminum wire, DiWire, DIY wire bender, FormFonts, FormFonts 3D, FormFonts 3D Models, Fred Abler, Inkscape, Maker Movement, makerbot, marco perry, open source, Pensa, Pensa Design Consultancy, Sketchup, SketchUp Pro, springback, vector graphics, wire bending, wire sculpture
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