Queensland College of Art lecturer Dr Sam Canning is helping design the future – fusing art and engineering to create cutting edge designs.
Sam’s stunning 3D printed dress is the centrepiece of Griffith’s ongoing Remarkable campaign, and featured on the Today Show in the US before hitting catwalks across Europe and Asia.
It’s a project he describes as “the highlight of my design career”.
“It took me about 400 hours to model this dress on the computer and it ended up comprising 25,000 to 30,000 individual pieces,” he explains.
The gown was specifically folded to fit into a 3D printing machine and came out fully assembled in one individual piece – making it one of the first of its kind.
The collaborative international project highlighted the incredible potential of 3D printing technology.
“We want the next generation of designers to see that there is a real place and ever growing demand for this type of expertise.”
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