odyssey Jewelry by monomer / Thomas Mrokon |
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| DESIGN NAME: odyssey PRIMARY FUNCTION: Jewelry INSPIRATION: The design is inspired by fruit packaging. Many damageable fruits came with a net of foamed plastic which is flexible to fit different sizes. These plastic nets can be stretched, pressed and drilled. Usually this wrapper is used as a one layer tube where the fruit is just inserted, but we decided to close this tube and created amazing two-layerd geometries. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The basic idea behind the design is to use geometric, voluminous shapes which are covered with a patterned skin. This creates an interplay of clarity and distortion of transparency and exclusion. This fascinating and simple idea creates limitless variety of shapes and fits in perfect harmony with the possibilities of rapid-prototyping, because everyone can customize his personal unique jewelry which is than individually manufactured. The design options with parametric design and serial production with rapid prototyping merge into an absolutely unique piece of jewelry - a monomer. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: From finest powder, layer by layer, melted together, creates a little piece of art. A sculpture, just made for you! Each ring a unique piece, according to your wishes. Choose the shape, pattern and material. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: monomer was created in september 2011 and is located in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: After creating the unique design, the customer can choose between a broad range of materials. It starts with polyamide, printed with an eos formiga which is the best SLS machine on the market today. Polyamide is not UV-resistant which makes it necessary to use a finish. We can offer nearly every color which is infiltrated and protects the material from sunlight. After coloring, the pieces were treated with a special techniques which makes them insensitive against all kind of fluids like coffee or red wine. Instead of using this fluid resistance we also offer a soft-touch finish. This was hard to develop, because we just found one service partner who achieved a perfect soft-touch feeling on our jewelry. When you put on our “soft-touched” rings, you will never wear anything else. So we just don´t print out our designs - we take care of them. Of course the jewelry can be printed in metal, too. Stainless-steel, bronze, sterling silver, 18 kt gold and titanium are chooseable. As bronze, silver, gold and titanium needs no additional coating the customer can choose between high gloss or sandblasted finish. The material stainless-steel is infiltrated with bronze and has a really nice color. But it can also be galvanized with 24kt silver, 24kt gold or platinum. For those who like it dark, the material can be treated to look like black metal. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The smallest and lightes model is Gaia. 2.6 x 1.4 x 2.6 cm (ring size 54) Vol. 0.97cm³ weight in polyamide app. 1g (pattern dionysos) weight in stainless-steel app. 9g (pattern dionysos) The medium model is Asia. 2.9 x 2.56 x 3.52 cm (ring size 54) Vol. 1.74cm³ weight in polyamide app. 1g (pattern kronos) weight in stainless-steel app. 18g (pattern kronos) The biggest model is Aurora. 3.4 x 3.2 x 4.4 cm (ring size 54) Vol. 2.52cm³ weight in polyamide app. 2g (pattern minos) weight in stainless-steel app. 24g (pattern minos) TAGS: monomer, odyssey, parametric design, jewelry, rapid-prototyping RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: Our products are all produced with rapid-prototyping technologies. Depending on our complex design RP-manufacturing is the best way to achieve mass-customization. Most techniques which are usually used in jewelry industry cannot create that parametric geometry. Especially the surface quality and the economic production of single pieces is not comparable to mass-production in jewelry. Each RP-Technology has its specific limitations and qualities. Knowing these limitations is the first step, but more important is a service provider who is willing to break these limits. Than you can really create astonishing designs. ADDED DATE: 2012-09-26 10:58:07 TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Thomas Mrokon (CEO, Design, Production, Software, Web), Antje Bott (Design) and Meiko Hecker (Finance, Business Development) IMAGE CREDITS: monomer / Thomas Mrokon, 2012. |
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NAME: monomer PROFILE: unique, parametric jewelry manufactured with rapid-prototyping technologies |
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Odyssey Jewelry by Monomer/Thomas Mrokon is Winner in Jewelry Design Category, 2012 - 2013.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with monomer / Thomas Mrokon. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by monomer / Thomas Mrokon. |
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