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A watering can and an action figure were among the everyday objects scanned and distorted by designer Matthew Plummer Fernandez to create these faceted and richly coloured 3D printed vessels.

The objects are based on 3D scans of a watering can, a Power Ranger action figure, a spray bottle, a dolphin-shaped lamp and a 19th century vase.

The designer used custom-made software to subject the scans to algorithms that stretch and distort the data into new forms, before sending the altered files to be 3D printed with colourless sand particles and tinted resin.

“The algorithms basically deform the shape by mathematically repositioning its set of coordinates,” Plummer Fernandez told Dezeen. “Different equations create different effects – the simplest are simple multiplications to stretch an object, while more advanced formulas can twist or smooth the object or go as far as adding new features such as spikes.”

“The programming is a key part of what I do,” he added. “Instead of using existing programs such as Rhino or Autocad products, I create my own 3D editing tools. These are written in Processing, an open source platform for creative coding. I simply use them to shape my objects and save them as 3D printable files.”

Plummer Fernandez was born in Colombia and now lives in the UK, where he graduated from the Royal College of Art’s Design Products MA in 2009.

The Digital Natives collection will be presented at the 3D Print Show which takes place from 19 to 21 October in London.

We recently reported on the news that gun enthusiasts in the U.S. are using 3D printers to make their own weapons – see all our stories about 3D printing here.

Here’s some more information from the designer:

Digital Natives

Everyday items such as toys and detergent bottles are 3D scanned using a digital camera and subjected to algorithms that distort, abstract and taint them into new primordial forms that begin to resemble early human artefacts. In some cases only close inspection reveals traces inherited from their physical predecessors. These are then 3D printed in colour resin/sandstone.

I am currently at the beginning of my ongoing 3D scan->remix->print-in-colour process development. These objects hopefully help capture the process in its early stages, whilst the algorithms and forms are still fairly crude, yet appreciable.

The algorithms are executed within two software 3D interfaces; co_former for transforming shape, and #ccc (colour co-creator) for generating colour. These create files ready for 3D printing in colour. Done with the open source programming language Processing and libraries Hemesh, ControlP5, and Toxiclibs.

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Dezeen has commissioned London designer and Stepney Green resident Phil Cuttance to make a special extra-large version of his Faceture vase for the Stepney Green Design Collection.

The one-off vase is made of water-based resin, rotated inside a folded mould as it hardens. It is the largest that Cuttance has ever made and stands at 80cm tall.

Cuttance has chosen a unique mint green colour for the vase and documented the manufacturing process in these images.

He has also cast an extract from a poem by Lilian Bowes Lyon, a British poet who wrote about her experiences of the area during the Second World War, into the base of the vase.

See our earlier story on Dezeen about Cuttance’s Faceture series, which also features a video of the machine he uses to make the vases, here.

Dezeen has been commissioned to curate a collection of products designed by east London creatives that live near to new housing development VIVO and we will be publishing more designs as they are added to the collection during the next month. See all the stories we have published so far here.

The designs will be on show as part of a collection of 30 works of art, fashion, sculpture and furniture celebrating local talent that will be exhibited at the Genesis Cinema in October and then donated to the VIVO residents – find out more here.

See all our stories about Phil Cuttance »

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See more designs in the Stepney Green Design Collection »

Video: Faceture by Phil Cuttance

Above: how Phil Cuttance makes his smaller Faceture vases

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Finnish design graduates Arttu Kuisma and Juho Kruskopf have produced a set of ceramic pots and vases that look deceptively squidgy.

The Drapery collection was made by first sewing fabric in the shape of a vase and hardening it with resin.

A plaster mould was then made of the fabric vase and the final piece was cast in ceramic and glazed on the inside.

Kruskopf and Kuisma recently graduated from the furniture design course at Lahti University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Yesterday we featured another design by Kuisma – a shelving system held together by colourful steel tubes.

We also previously featured a chair made from rolled up carpets made by Kuisma and fellow student Janne Melajoki.

See all our stories about vases »

Photographs are by Niclas Mäkelä.

Here’s some information from the designers:

Drapery collection is a series of vases inspired by the delicate, momentary nature of fabrics. Our intention was to imitate the natural beauty of fabric and apply its characteristics to another material (in this case ceramics).

The main challenge in the project was being on the edge of man’s ability to shape an object, as the resin-soaked fabric behaves in a particular way and cannot be shaped exactly as you would want to while maintaining a natural look. You could say it almost has a mind of its own. We could only create the outline of the product and let the model dry in the shape most natural to it.

Bud vase 285 mm
Vase 210 mm
Flower pot 145 mm

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Rubber pellets made from recycled car tyres form the knobbly surfaces of these bowls and pots by Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp.

Wijskamp mixed recycled rubber powder with glue to make the small pebble forms, which were then shaped onto moulds while sticky.

We previously featured another project by Wijskamp on Dezeen – a collection of cabinets made from blocks of pulped paper.

Other rubber projects we’ve featured include a stool made of recycled rubber and a set of candlesticks shaped like bicycle handlebars. See them all here »

Photography is by Debbie Wijskamp.

Here’s some more information from the designer:

‘Black Ruby Pebbles’ is a series of bowls and pots which have been made from an unlikely material – recycled rubber from car tyres. The pieces are constructed from small pebble-like spheres of the industrial medium which are used as components for building up each individual piece.

About Studio Debbie Wijskamp

Debbie Wijskamp is inspired by the everyday objects and materials that we are surrounded by. She pushes the boundaries of materials to create new possibilities for objects like furniture and interior products.

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Milan designer Fabio Novembre has created these pill-like vases for Murano glass company Venini.

Imitating pharmaceutical capsules, the vases are blown in two colours with chemical symbols etched on their sides.

Novembre hopes the shapes and colours of the vases alone will make their owners feel happier.

Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs interviewed Fabio Novembre as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro‘s series on Italian design – watch edited extracts from the conversation on Dezeen Screen here and here or read the full transcript here.

See all our stories about Novembre here and all our stories about Venini here.

Here’s some information from Novembre:

“Blue pill or red pill? The Matrix (1999)

HAPPY PILLS

Usefulness is a concept that more and more fades away among the objects surrounding us. What we expect from these silent friends is to keep us company, make us laugh or in the best option, excite us.

Hormonal chemistry influenced by material chemistry. Happy Pills are a placebo coming from Murano that, with shapes and colours, would substitute pharmacological solutions.