When we previously reported on those cool Sandboxr dudes, they were prepping to launch their super cool model building and 3D printing app. Well, that time has arrived folks and Sandboxr has just launched their Kickstarter campaign to make the app and sandstone-3D printing experience a reality for non-CAD users all over the world…and a marketplace opportunity for artists and designers.
Law student, gun owner, and 3D printing fan Cody Wilson has spent much of the last year working on 3d printed gun parts and setting up Defense Distributed, a sharing platform setup to help himself and others manufacture and share these printable gun parts. The result of 3D printed gun parts being usable in otherwise regulated firearms led to commotion in the senate, and new grounds for ethical boundaries for companies such as MakerBot. While Cody has been pushed down in recent months with criticism and legal challenges, he has proven to be resilient in his fight to create the ‘Pirate Bay’ of 3D printing with DEFCAD.
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. This week’s playlist features a SXSW (South by Southwest Music and Arts Festival)-inspired playlist for those of us who just weren’t able to pull away from the office this year. On this playlist we’ve supplied you with 15 taco-tastic tracks that will make you feel like you’re there in Austin, Texas for the show! Now plug-in, get back to your 3D modeling, and be in two places at once.
There’s an interesting infographic exploring the Depths of Cloud Storage put out by 3DVIA. It’s framed from “a 3D Designer’s perspective” or rather, from the argument in favor of cloud storage. It’s a great illustration and nothing that’s directly pushing 3DVIA products or services, but it brought up a question… What in the wide, wide world of sports happened to 3DVIA’s products and services?
Between those who may be presenting reasons for a particular color or feature on a logo, or those who consider themselves branding experts, there are quite a few questionable design jargon statements made in the design world. The Design Jargon Bull$#!& Tumblr is your humorous archive of ridiculous design statements that just might make you cringe so hard that a chunk of your right molar breaks off.