{"id":17127,"date":"2014-08-11T17:46:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=17127"},"modified":"2014-08-11T17:46:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:46:24","slug":"designer-spotlight-michael-poulsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-michael-poulsen","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Michael Poulsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are highlighting Michael Poulsen, designer behind the new shop Inspired by Architecture<\/a>. Michael’s shop is full of clean, minimal, yet modern designs that \u00a0would be great additions to any accessories collection.<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? Where are you located?<\/em>
\nI\u02bcm a Danish architect and furniture designer located in Copenhagen, DK. I have been educated and trained under strong influence of the Danish and Scandinavian design traditions which I truly treasure. I have a great passion for designing and creating\u2026 anything. Furniture design, lighting design, industrial design, interior design and product design. My ability to design is my motivator and my engine.<\/p>\n

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What’s the story behind your designs?<\/em>
\nBeing educated as an architect I have been schooled to build my designs based on space, light and shadows. I believe this actually plays an important role even when designing the smallest items. Apart from that I\u02bcm being inspired by everything I meet on my way with no respect to scale. I am particularly inspired by designs that are graphic and minimalist in their expression.<\/p>\n

What brought you to 3D printing with Shapeways?<\/em>
\nIn fact a colleague of mine introduced my to Shapeways. We were doing a lot of research on 3D printing in order to determine whether it was a good idea to invest in a 3D printer at the studio where I work. I instantly knew I was going to do a lot of creations with Shapeways when first introduced. I felt like a 1000 ideas came to my mind when I visited Shapeways for the first time.<\/p>\n

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How did you learn how to design in 3D?<\/em>
\nLearning by doing. I started doing 3D in 1994 during my studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts \u2013 The School of Architecture. I\u02bcve always had a particular interest in computers and when 3D suddenly became an option I found that I could express myself to a completely different extent. My intuitive understanding of computers became a great advantage and I was one of the 3D pioneers at my school.<\/p>\n

How do you promote your work?<\/em>
\nTo promote my work I use a large number of digital medias and social platforms such as Facebook<\/a>, Behance, LinkedIn, Pinterest<\/a>, Designspotter and Architonic.<\/p>\n

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Who are your favorite designers or artists?<\/em>
\nJust to mention a few of the giants\u2026 Hans J Wegner, Charles Eames, Santiago Calatrava, Tadao Ando and louis baragan.<\/p>\n

Who in the Shapeways community has served as an inspiration to you?<\/em>
\nThere are so many great designers on Shapeways and more are joining every moment\u2026 but to highlight a few I would say Ina_<\/a> for having defined her own unique style with products that are complete and Seedlingdesign<\/a> for having lots of great ideas with a twist!<\/p>\n

If you weren’t limited by current technologies, what would you want to make <\/em>
\nusing 3D printing?<\/em>
\nWith no limitations I would definitely be printing my own watches. I have a great passion for watches and have done a few designs myself, however the 3D printing technology of today cannot yet serve the production of the finest mechanical devices of all.<\/p>\n

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