Co.Design | business + design: Artists' mediums have evolved dramatically since the days of ye olde paint brushes and pencils. It won’t before long before art school curricula include 3-D printing, CNC machining, and digital knitting (grandmas of the future unite). Until now, no major museum exhibit has focused exclusively on the many areas of 21st-century creativity made possible by the advanced methods of computer-assisted production known as digital fabrication.
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Technology is advancing at a rate that is impossible to catch up to. New things are constantly being developed that you wouldn't even believe is feasible. The Nike Vapor Laser Talon cleat is the first shoe to have a 3D printed plate, which is suppose to make you feel like your running like a velociraptor. Another design I found particularly fascinating was the the Twisted Dump Truck which takes the design of a gothic cathedral and uses nickel plated laser cut steel. There is nothing else that could possibly replicate this effect other than a laser cutter for precision. The Clone Chair is also a design that I though utilized the technology wonderfully. You can tell that the individual layers were cut from a 3D printer then assembled in a logical order to form a chair. We use to have to rely on ourselves to get our designs to turn out the ways we intended them to, but now we have technology that can do practically anything. Can't wait to see what create and innovative devices will be invented in the years to come.
Too bad this is in New York. This is the kind of art exhibit I would love to go see. Learning how to use a laser cutter opened up a whole new world for me. I spent a month just seeing what I could create. Technology is so much cooler then just that. I still do not know how to operate the CNC or the 3-d printer, but I am so excited to learn. I have a list of things I would like to make, a lot of them with files ready to go, for when I gain access to these machines. The possibilities are endless and every year the technology gets better. The article says we are in the post digital age which I take to mean making the digital real. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to found out what the next age is.
There is definitely a strong relationship between developing technologies and the arts. In theatre, we see an increased use of automation, video projections, and all sorts of other media. Some props are 3-d printed, parts of sets are 3-d milled (You Can't Take It With You's false proscenium), plastic mold making is easier, and designs for props can often come straight from the designer (like the laser-cut butcher sign in Albert Herring). There is also a lot of connections in other areas of art as well. Pittsburgh's International Festival of Firsts featured 3 exhibits that relied heavily (if not solely) on media. Hive involved video projections and included the use of 3-d technology. Zee involved all sorts of lighting media as well. Also, at the Carnegie International, instruments were made out of disused guns, but the electronic components that made sound and music possible was very andvanced.
This is an exhibit I'm definitely going to see when I visit my parents. The technology is there to do so much more with what we have, often for cheaper and in less time. But I've watched various industries shrug off technology and prefer antiquated methods because it was "convenient", "necessary", or "difficult to change". I don't think those are valid excuses not to try, especially when there is clear evidence pointing to the contrary.
But tangent aside, I'm impressed day by day with the projects and ideas people come up with using new technology. It's not even a new medium anymore, not really, but so many things are still new and being created and explored for the first time. I think this is an exhibit that will spark some innovation and creativity.
This exhibit really demonstrates the usage of technology in modern art. Some people feel that technology is ruining art and think that art no longer requires talent to make it. But I feel that technology can be used as an extension of the self in creating art. These artists have utilized technology to create art that otherwise could not have been made due to the detail and precision required.
I think that some people spend a lot of time speaking about how much technology is detracting from art, but never talk about how it is enhancing it and creating new opportunities for innovation. All of the pieces in this collection are so detailed and thoughtful, and some even serve practical purposes. If there where any doubt that digital fabrication was a viable art form or the future of creative expression, this exhibit is definitely an answer.
This is really cool. Something about 3D printing makes me kind of nervous, but thats just sort of an irrational thing I feel. Mostly though, I think that 3D printing is really exciting because its allowing people to express themselves in a completely different way. People who had design ideas before may have never been able to express them through sculpture or painting. I guess what made me uneasy about 3D printing or other design technologies like adobe illustrator is that its like giving everyone superpowers. If everyone has them, no one is special, so along the same lines, if anyone can create drawings or sculptures, the people who used to be the only ones are no longer as special. But I definitely don't feel that way now. Instead, people who felt that they couldn't be as creative now have a medium to be creative in. And of course people who already felt creative can do even more.
I think that this exhibit is really cool, and that the use of technology in the arts is great. I did a piece once, that I might try to recreate here now that I have access to a laser cutter, that involved cutting thousands of notches into cardboard over the course of a couple of months. Having access to new technology is great for artists to help bring their ideas to life, but at the same time it can also hurt the art. Artists may try to alter pieces in an attempt to use a new machine or try to make pieces to justify the use or purchase of a machine. That's great in terms of experimenting with new technology, but we should be careful in how much influence the technology has over a piece. Th new technology is merely a tool to help artists realize their ideas.
I really enjoy this sort of art. I find mixing technology and design really interesting. We've all seen some small plastic trinkets made with a desktop 3D printer, and as cool as those seem in the moment, they pale in comparison to the work that these artistes are doing. The way that some of these pieces combine the themes that they are about with the ways that they were created is a really great way of getting a message across. Something that is interesting to me is that because of the way that many of these pieces were made with a computer file and a CNC machine one could hypothetically make perfect copy's of these pieces very easily. This might do to fine art what VHS did for video. That is to say, allow piracy of intellectual property by allowing easy reproduction. It can also be used for good. For example one could make some of these pieces in mass and buy them at Ikea. Or the gallery could be copied and thus exist in many city's at the same time. There are a lot of ways this could go.
I find that art is growing and growing with the technology industry. However, I don't necessarily appreciate something because of it's complexity or use of technology, but rather for its artistic content. In the article, it showed a piece of art that is two red circles attached to each other. I wouldn't pay 5 dollars for that thing. What story or emotion or thought does it provoke? But I would spend thousands of dollars on a painting of a landscape with homemade paint. I think that we are getting to far into the "I need to use this new technology to create something" phase and get back to really thinking about the process and how to approach the art and how we can use to effect the world around us.
I think mixing technology and art is fine. Although technology is advancing very quickly, I still think there needs to be time for experimentation between technology and art. We are only in the beginning stages of this combination. Some of the pieces in this exhibition were very intriguing, such as Hadid's "Smoke Coffee Table," Benshetrit's Lamp, the Hyphae lamps, and Brain Wave sofa. The other pieces did not interest me because I don't think the artists went far enough with their experiments. I used to think Chuck Close was really great, but over time, I only see the same style and the overall same product. I think he can push himself outside of his comfort zone. I also had a problem with the Clone chair. We have established the fact that technology can reproduce objects with 3D printing. That is old news. What can the artist do with that technology now? I look forward to this new artistic movement, and I cannot wait to learn what it will be called!
Digital fabrication is really changing the way designers approach the creative process and how they execute their designs. I think new technology has been an amazing tool to help 21st century artists produce designs that would not have been possibly 5 years ago. 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC routers allow designers to consider projects that could not have been executed in past decades. These technological innovations will change the way people go about the design process. I think historically, designers have been limited in the forms that they could create because of the lack of resources able to build these forms. Right angles were so popular because they were easy to build. Now, with the help of new materials and technology, designers can find ways to create more organic and natural forms that are also structural and stable. I think that digital fabrication techniques are so incredibly important for architects, stage designers, and industrial designers because they can begin thinking of new ways for people to interact with different forms.
While i hope that the art of sculpting pieces by hand never disappears, i am very thankful for the blooming of 3D modeling technology. For those of us (me) that seem to be much more inclined towards being able to make things in a computer model but flounder helplessly with a lump of clay, I am very much looking forward to the possibilities that present themselves here.
Oh man, this is just so cool! I really really hope there will be classes on 3D printing and laser cutting, all of the pieces of art and furniture that I've seen made out of these materials are super cool! I would love to learn how to format things on the computer so that i can make them! I love how its turned from a form of everyday useful technology into an art form so quickly. the cathedral truck is absolutely amazing! And now i just want to make a whole house out of 3-d printed things!!!! I see this going to far in the future now that its so much more accessible.
I think the advancements in technology have created many possibilities in design that have never been able to be done before. The example photos show an amazing depiction of how technology can change the way we design. These designs are very aesthetically pleasing but are difficult to say that they will definitely be "better" as design options. Something about a 3D printed method of making a sole of a shoe makes me question how comfortable it will be.
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