Design your own Pendant Lamp

October 12, 2011

Igloo.org are about to launch The Igloo configurator, a web-based platform that enables design professionals to reach a global audience of engaged consumers. With 3D printing? I hear you gasp in anticipation, it looks like with a few case studies on their site that hint at the potential including a pendant lamp, bowl and shoe configurator (his and hers).

Increasing the awesomeness by a factor of infinity, Igloo have shared their process of how they formulated the 3D front end via HTML + Google spreadsheet + processing sketch + back end model all of which is made available with a GPL license.

The igloo project was initiated at the Product Architecture Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Contributors

• Ben Howes – Developer, Designer
• David Pysh – Project Director, Developer, Designer
• John Nastasi – Program Director
• Matthew Naugle – Developer, Designer
• Mike Cosentino – Designer
• Nicholas Faust – Developer, Designer
• & Nick Mykulak – Designer

Keep an eye on their site and blog to see how the project develops.

If you have an application or configurator you are working on take a look at the Shapeways API to see how you can easily  output to 3D print.