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3D printing is a new thing to step into the huge, developed world of Graphic Design. In my case, it was a struggle to even pitch this to tutors at the beginning of the project.
However, the amount of designers who admired and became excited over this new plastic style at the point five show was a surprise. Creatives loved the idea of a physical thing coming out to the audience, and how fun it looked to have different techniques and boundaries in the 3D printing world. I felt like the pitcher of 3D printing as a whole, as I was educating others on how it’s done, what it does, how it can be brought into certain creative fields.. It was an interesting experience.
The creatives who looked at my work all said a similar thing. “Yeah it’s alright, this.”, “The physicality is nice”, “Can I hold it? Oh that’s nice”, etc. It became a little tiring that I wasn’t really getting improvements or even just a slight path to walk down. It felt as though I was forcing them to look at my stuff. Perhaps it was the time frame or the fact they had a few drinks beforehand.
For any form of Graphic Design to be shown physically can be a weird experience to some. 3D printing has barely scraped the surface of any form of design, let alone the Graphic Arts scene. I felt similar to the impressionists when they tried to showcase their rebellious work in the 1860′s, where they still kept their paintbrushes and paint but instead worked in a totally different way to the Arts’ rules.