Shapemode’s 3d Printed Textiles Win Special ADI Award In Expo Dubai 2020 Design Competition
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The Sikka project is the prototype made by Timothy Liddell, Mahsa Bohlooli Zamani, Beatrice Capucilli and Leonardo Di Martino.
It is a lightweight architecture composed of modular elements inspired by the shape of the sail, which can take different forms, with the possibility of creating different environments.
Each consists of a textile surface, a polymer structure and a composite superstructure.
The complex curvature of the surface is achieved economically through selective tensioning of the fabric.
The structure was made thanks to the 3D WASP 3MT 3MT printer with pellets on elasticated fabric.
The Design Competition Expo Dubai 2020 was hosted by the Lombardy Region and Milan Chamber of Commerce Monza Brianza Lodi in collaboration with Polytechnic of Milan and ADI, and was open to young designers under 35 and Lombardy companies.
Now in its seventh edition, it asked to present innovative projects and prototypes, the result of collaboration between Lombard companies and designers under 35. In line with the theme of Expo 2020 – Connecting minds, Creating the future – the competition featured Connecting Spaces as subtitle: design objects to connect spaces that recall the Italian tradition of innovatively interpreted craftsmanship ( Innovative Crafting), or connected spaces through digital, IoT, new home automation technologies applied to design and information design (Digital Connecting Spaces), or as temporary structures to connect people (Design for Human) Connection).
The special ADI award was presented by Lara Magoni, Councillor for Territorial Marketing and Fashion Tourism of the Lombardy Region, and Andrea Rovatti, President of ADI Lombardy.
Lombardy to becomes the Silicon Valley of Design
“The ingenuity and the desire to emerge of many young professionals” – said the regional councillor – “demonstrate once again how important the design sector is for Lombardy Region.”
“The goal i set myself as an alderman is to make our region a real 'Silicon Valley' of design, a pole of excellence in design thinking to develop successful innovations and to spread ideas and projects at a level International. “
Design combines artisan 'know-how' with creativity, innovation and the taste of art. And Lombardy in this field excels at the national level"
