As more 3D pros—and other creatives with system-intensive needs— turn to Apple for their hardware needs, it would make sense for the company to introduce a full-fledged workstation offering that is on-par with some of the more advanced Windows-based workstations on the market. And after years of speculation, the answer arrived on Monday in the form of the iMac Pro. The most striking difference between the iMac Pro and other desktop workstations is clearly what Apple is best at—industrial design made possible in large part by world-class mechanical engineering. Through adopting the same styling as their existing iMacs, Apple was able to package their behemoth system into a single display…

While ‘razor thin’ is a great marketing term for promoting the Macbook Air, you certainly wouldn’t cut fresh fruit and vegetables with it like you would your paring knife. …Unless you’re Japanese artist Shimabuku. Known for his obscure sense of humor that pokes fun at the banalities of human culture and everyday life, the Berlin-based Japanese artist recently took a Macbook Pro to the sharpening stone primitive-style and chiseled away one side of the computer until it was, quite literally, razor-sharp, before mounting it to a handle to create an axe. Created as a part of the Venice Art Biennale 2017, the finished piece is presented alongside a video that…

As a boy playing street football, I could run! But on one particular day, the day I got my new shoes, I really turned on the jets! That’s the day my buddies nicknamed me Halley’s comet, after that famous one (never mind my name’s spelled with one L). It’s amazing what those new shoes did for my psyche. In a similar manner, Elexis (Lex) Gillette’s competition eyewear has given him a new track creed. Lex is a world champion long jumper who competes in the T11 class of the Paralympics. Now, owing to the design savvy of Nike’s cross-functional NXT team, Lex takes to the air in cool superhero fashion! Lex Gillette’s athletic accomplishments are truly remarkable. He…

“It’s time we bring back the human touch, and get our hands dirty again.” Formlabs has introduced the Fuse 1 selective laser sintering (SLS) desktop 3D printer. It’s a slight departure from their resin-based 3D printer focus that catapulted the company to the heights as the standard for high-quality SLA parts. However, it lines up directly with their mission of putting powerful 3D printers with superior quality in the hands of professionals. Here’s the launch trailer that will have half of you standing and clapping and the others throwing off the couch cushion looking for spare change. https://youtu.be/kGqGPoqLXyg Where their Form 2 SLA printer uses an array of photosensitive resins…

This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist knocks you in the pop sockets with head-boppin’ groove tuneage to help propel you through the work week in style. Whether you find yourself inking markers until they’re dry, grinding material through a bandsaw or working that 3D geometry all day, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll start things off with “Crystal Ball” from Jay Arner and work our way through tracks from Natural Child, Kevin Drew, Baked, and others before wrapping up with “Strange Overtones” from We Barbarians. Have suggestions? As always, let us know what you listen to, what you want to hear and what tunes…

Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Each Monday, we’ll link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you. Be sure to check in each Monday morning for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.…