...an interesting issue just raised at salone del mobile by Diederik Schneemann
Schneemann’s Mash Up’s are raising questions
on the copyright issues that are emerging along side the fast growing 3D
printing industry. What impact will this new production method really have on
us as a consumer, designer, or producer? By using cutting edge 3D printing
techniques to copy and mash-up, compose parts of established icons Diederik
creates “new” controversial objects. A tribute to a few of his favourite
designers.
THE MASH-UP COLLECTION…
Clouded by the amazing and endless possibilities 3D printing keeps on
offering us, we tend to neglect important issues that are emerging
alongside this fast growing industry.
Currently one of the biggest trends in 3D printing is reproducing designs
from databases on the Internet. For free! Bypassing the rightful owner of
the design.
‘I’m convinced there will be no way of stopping this 3D printing trend.
More and more designs will emerge on the Internet, making it hard,
maybeeven impossible to control the copyrights on every newly created or copied
item posted on the Internet. Are we moving towards the next Napster of Design?’
Mash-up or ready-made? Thief, Artist or designer?
‘I just want to create something new and refreshing. I want to show that
the 3D printer can be your next 3D copy machine which may find its way into your home… Soon.’
By carefully composing parts of icons from the past and present,
Diederik Schneemann creates controversial new pieces. The purpose of this
collection is to highlight the issues we need to address, the flip side of
3D printing! His goal is not to show complex 3D designs but to raise
questions on how to deal with copyright issues concerning 3D printing.
‘My Mash-up Collection is a tribute to a few of my favorite designers. By
using parts of their work I pose questions that hopefully lead to
discussions about important issues. In doing so I hope to contribute in
preventing the next copyright war.’
DIEDERIK SCHNEEMANN
