In my quest of finding good hair pin designs for 3D printing, the Buch and Deichmann barrettes proved the most suitable. In a former post we wrote that they are no longer available on the market, but fortunately we have discovered a
Inspired to 3D printing via the popular kids egg surprises
Recently, a colleague asked me if I had already looked at the objects in Kinder Surprise to find inspiration for 3D printed hair clip models and accessories. Granted, it’s an interesting suggestion… Kinder Surprise Eggs are pretty popular worldwide. They typically hide tiny trinkets or
Could 3D printing help to tackle plastic waste?
Recently my mother in law mailed me an article about Reflow, an Amsterdam-based company harnessing the power of 3D Printing to create a fairer, more inclusive future. Reflow developed a specific technology to create a high value product from the plastic material that
7 fine hair quotes and some are so true :)
The hair is of so much importance to the face, that the gracefulness of ones head depends in a great measure upon how it’s styled (including boldness here!). Some people have sensed this really well, thus formulating quotes that feel like you don’t
Written in 2007: a science fiction story about a young girl spending her pocket money on 3d printed barrettes and hair clips …
On the blog Myriad Whimsies I discovered a “this could have been me” story of a young girl called Jovanica, who is a regular customer of a street kiosk selling 3d printed stuff. Jovanica is returning day after day with her pocket-money to buy
Plastic vintage barrettes from the 50s
With a simple search on Etsy or Pinterest you can easily find 1000+ images of vintage fifties barrettes and hair accessories. Some of them cause an immediate ‘coup de foudre’: how beautiful are the clips in the tiny bag of Paulette hair accessory. Vintage
Could we have the Buch and Deichmann hair barrettes back on the market?
A bit of history: Buch and Deichmann (B&D) Denmark started up in the early 1970’s. Designer Ketty Dalsgaard, inspired by the ropes of local fishing vessels in Denmark, started with a collection of bright coloured plastic bracelets. The pieces were made of a nylon type of softer
Water resistant hair clip systems
It would be a significant advantage if 3D printed hair clips didn’t need metal springs anymore. The spring often gets rusty if one wears the hair clip while swimming. Yesterday a friend pointed out to me that women in the seventies wore different
Inspired by Japanese fiction: Lain’s Hair Clip
According to Wikipedia ‘Serial Experiments Lain‘ is a Japanese franchise that includes an anime, a game and several artbooks and other publications. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998. The series focuses on Lain Iwakura (character design
Simple yet elegant white hair accessories design
There’s a huge wow-factor in the 3D printed hair accessories in pure white produced by design atelier Monocircus. My absolute favorite is the ORCHID comb. Apparently it was first created as a brooch, but because of the many suggestions from