The Future of Prosthetics
This video from The Guardian shows off some wonderful innovations in prosthetic design, including discussion about designing prosthetics for fashion.
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Innovations and Trends
A collection of innovations and trends I’ve spotted in the application of new technologies in all aspects of jewellery manufacturing and retail.
Rhino 7 Now Available with Subdivision Modelling
After only a little more than a year of development, McNeel officially released the latest update to their Rhinocerous 3D software, Rhino version 7!
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Digitally Produced Jewellery – The Academic Studio Jewellery Work of Sofia Hallik & Darja Popolitova
Sofia Hallik and Darja Popolitova at the Estonian Academy of Arts have released a fascinating article on digital contemporary jewellery. If you’re interested in contemporary jewellery’s relationship with digital design, have a look.
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The eRosary – Smart Jewellery Goes Ecclesiastical
As part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Initiative, they’ve recently launched the eRosary smart jewellery and associated app.
Yes, it’s a real thing. And it’s rather inventive, actually.
Ennoble.io plugins In Development for Adobe Illustrator and Rhino
Swarovski has recently developed a potentially exciting new series of plug-ins to help jewellers add Swarovski crystals (and other gem stones of all sorts) to their designs. One plug-in is for Rhino, the other is for Adobe Illustrator. They call it Ennoble.io.
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Contraceptive Jewellery Begins Trials
Recently UK newspaper the Independent released an article on the Georgia Institute of Technology’s trial run for contraceptive jewellery.
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2Shapes – Remote Bespoke Design With Clients Run via Cloud Computing
Not too long ago a web service called 2Shapes was brought to my attention. Its premise is an interesting one – remote interactive bespoke design directly with a client. See what I have to think about it.
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