We forgive you for drawing parallels between the Vitruvio Speaker and Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing, but still, bow your head in shame. Just kidding. It’s a common mistake. The intention was to take the basic form, be inspired by Da Vinci’s Man and, in one burst of artistic energy, create the Vitruvio Speaker. Turned out pretty good for design duo Juan Soriano Blanco and Giorgio Bonaguro as the result is this stunning marriage between art and technology.
I know the SolidSmack readership is filled with software-cranking, Oboe-loving instrument aficionados. And, on such a sunny/cloudy/wintery/summery afternoon as this, there’s nothing that you all like more than to see an intricate making-of video that take seemingly simple parts and shows just how complex a process making them can be. This one, in particular, is a delightful treat for those interested in instruments or the woodwind connoisseur who know what goes into making Oboe reeds; the part they may say, makes it so difficult to master. There is truly an art that goes into the making of a reed with many variables to deal with. Dorian Warneck shows us what the process is like in this short, silent, beautiful documentary.
Do you know what custom manufactured bio-armor suit possibilities there are with 3D printing? Probably a lot. And we’re convinced the only way you can find out is to attend the upcoming Inside 3D Printing event IN KOREA. Forget that you already know everyting there is to know about 3D printing (thanks to SolidSmack… ahem) or the cost of airfare to the other side of the world and join in the first major 3D printing trade show to grace the Korean peninsula, June 12-13, 2014 at the Kintex Exhibition center in Seoul, South Korea. Oh, and if you register now, SolidSmack readers get a whopping 10% off. Here are the details.
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. For this blues harp-inspired playlist we’ll start with ‘Blowing the Blues’ from Sonny Terry and work our way through some Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and others before wrapping up with ‘I Want You’ from Bob Dylan.
If you’ve been patiently waiting for the right time to get a new performance mouse for rocking through all those fillets, chamfers, and bridges, Amazon is offering a one-day fire sale on an assortment of Logitech products at half-off for today only.