We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Lihsing Wang about their original and creative Vase design work. Lihsing Wang is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original vase works.
Lihsing Wang ("LW") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Ribbing Vase. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
LW : The Ribbing is inspired from the rib knit, a soft, flimsy and stretchy fabric type. I took this feature and applied it upon the solid form; woven it by metal filament with a 3D printer that simulates a fabric-like surfacing.
LW : The uwu design studio aims for high-quality production, waste reduction and cost efficiency in production. In order to achieve that goal in the ribbing vase project, I adapted the use of 3D printers and computational software, Grasshopper. After several rounds of testing, I figured out using default slicer software to generate G-code for print is inefficient. Instead, by utilizing G-code directly in Grasshopper allows me to fully control the 3D printer and optimize the production. More specifically, the scripted data transforming my design into a series of curves and paths have turned into the assigned route of the 3D printer. As for the material used, ribbing was made from metal-filled metal filament, HTPLA.
LW : The ribbing vase will be launched in early July 2022 only in The United State region. We provide the ribbing vase options in two sizes and three materials on each that are copper, iron, bronze. And the small size will be available on the dates above but the large size will be available in August 2022 or later.
LW : The ribbing vase is a branch of design in my continuous research on digital manufacture topic starting from 2019. Although this is an ongoing research, this ribbing vase project took about a year to develop.
LW : This project is the first product for uwu design studio. Our goal is to embody warm, delightful and amiable feelings into the products and share it with our customers. uwu focuses on commodities designed and manufactured using general 3D printers to achieve in-house production.
LW : The making process attains zero waste, zero emission, fully sustainable and self-reliant action by implementing additive manufacturing technology into our production pipeline. Ribbing vases need to fit in 3D printers without any support material and can be manufactured on a small scale by consumer-driven 3D printers. We would also love to support regional markets by manufacturing our products locally. Thus, the ribbing vase was fully designed, manufactured, and assembled in Brooklyn, New York.
LW : Since 3D printing is getting more accessible for people and designers. Companies and small studios started to mass-produce their product using the 3D printer and selling on the market. This idea,using 3D printers into production, not only saves energy on transportation but is also beneficial to young entrepreneurs for starting their business by reducing investment in the three party manufacturing company and gaining more control on production.
LW : Uwu design studio’s target audience is young women pursuing unique styles.
LW : Ribbing vase is not just another 3D printed product in the market. In fact, this is a brand new manufacturing framework taking computational design into account for optimizing the product’s quality.
LW : The Ribbing is inspired from the rib knit, a soft, flimsy and stretchy fabric type.
LW : Rhino, Grasshopper, various GH’s plug-in, 3D printer, python.
LW : Ribbing vase as a floral display medium also speaks for itself with binary visual language in any spatial setting. Its vertical ribs pattern change their contour as they adapt along the curvy shapes, creating a constant momentum on a solid surface.
LW : 3D printing plays an impotent role in mass producing this product.
LW : In order to manufacture ribbing vases with high-quality production, waste reduction and cost efficiency, I adapted the use of 3D printers and computational software, Grasshopper. After several rounds of testing, I figured out using default slicer software to generate G-code for print is inefficient. Instead, by utilizing G-code directly in Grasshopper allows me to fully control the 3D printer and optimize the production. More specifically, the scripted data transforming my design into a series of curves and paths have turned into the assigned route of the 3D printer.
LW : More press features for my work is part of the reason but most importantly is getting feedback from academy awards.
LW : Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Never be satisfied, and always push yourself.
