You have heard about 3D printing orthotics, 3D printed shells for hermit crabs, and 3D printed beaks for Penguins, but now the LOVE PROJECT is 3-D printing love. This project was created to capture and present in three dimensions the emotions people experience as love. A multidisciplinary team working in a collaborative design process that includes the end-user, aims to investigate the possibilities for human emotions to produce the type of complex geometry perfect for representation through 3-D printing.
This project is the brainchild of Estudio Guto Requena in collaboration with D3. Requena is a Brazilian designer practicing in Sao Paulo whose background includes a nine-year stint as a researcher and the Center for Interactive Living Studies at the University of Sao Paulo. Requena described the project:
“The Love Project is a study in design, science and technology that captures the emotions people feel in relating personal love stories and transforms them into everyday objects. The project suggests a future in which unique products will bear personal histories in ways that encourage long life cycles, thus inherently combining deeply meaningful works with sustainable design. Ultimately, this Love Project has many authors. It seeks to include the end user in the process of creation itself, as participants, thus democratizing and demystifying the use of interactive digital technologies…with love as the constant throughout.”
In a world where 3D printed guns seem to get all the media attention, 3D printed ‘love’ is a breath of fresh air. Let us know your thoughts on this unique project in the 3D printed love forum thread on 3DPB.com.