Lego
2018
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Christian Spiess (b. 1981) is a Swiss designer who in Biel trained as a carpenter before completing a master's degree in Product Design at the Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). Spiess later taught the same course at ECAL and established his own design studio in Zurich.
The 2018 ECAL Digital Market saw the creation of 45 3D printed objects by ECAL Product Design master’s students and ECAL-related designers (faculty members and alumni). A range of innovative everyday objects were presented at Milan Design Week at the Spazio Orso 16, a 17th century Milanese palazzo, which had been turned into a production site and retail shop. The project investigated the possibilities of production on demand, emphasising how fast turnover within the design industry could become, and experimenting with new design details that are too intricate to achieve with traditional manufacturing techniques.
The 2018 ECAL Digital Market saw the creation of 45 3D printed objects by ECAL Product Design master’s students and ECAL-related designers (faculty members and alumni). A range of innovative everyday objects were presented at Milan Design Week at the Spazio Orso 16, a 17th century Milanese palazzo, which had been turned into a production site and retail shop. The project investigated the possibilities of production on demand, emphasising how fast turnover within the design industry could become, and experimenting with new design details that are too intricate to achieve with traditional manufacturing techniques.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts. |
| Materials and techniques | Printed on demand on Formlab printers. |
| Brief description | 3D printed Lego Parts |
| Physical description | 3D printed lego pieces in three parts, in the shape of a trapezium, a triangle and a half-truncated cone. The word 'ecal' is inscribed on the protruding circles. |
| Summary | Christian Spiess (b. 1981) is a Swiss designer who in Biel trained as a carpenter before completing a master's degree in Product Design at the Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). Spiess later taught the same course at ECAL and established his own design studio in Zurich. The 2018 ECAL Digital Market saw the creation of 45 3D printed objects by ECAL Product Design master’s students and ECAL-related designers (faculty members and alumni). A range of innovative everyday objects were presented at Milan Design Week at the Spazio Orso 16, a 17th century Milanese palazzo, which had been turned into a production site and retail shop. The project investigated the possibilities of production on demand, emphasising how fast turnover within the design industry could become, and experimenting with new design details that are too intricate to achieve with traditional manufacturing techniques. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CD.45-2020 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2021 |
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