{"id":20005,"date":"2015-02-23T21:23:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T21:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20005"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:24","slug":"designer-spotlight-urbano-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-urbano-rodriguez","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Urbano Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are thrilled to feature\u00a0Urbano Rodriguez<\/a>. A clearly creative mind, Urbano creates some amazing gadget accessories that are not only functional, but fun to look at. As a professional designer by day, he also takes his skills and experiments with unique jewelry and toys, so he’s created a shop<\/a> full of interesting items for everyone!<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? Where are you located?<\/em>
\nAll of my family is from Spain, but I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and I live and work here. I graduated with a degree in marketing and advertising. I have since developed my work as an Art Director, Designer, and Web Designer at mkt1, an small Internet Agency I founded with a friend, about 14 years ago.<\/p>\n

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What’s the story behind your designs? What inspires you?<\/em>
\nI’m absolutely crazy about design and the fascination of creating something new. It gives me a feeling that I simply can’t stop to looking for. I can say that it’s a kind of addiction; that without, I can’t feel really happy. This is what moves me.<\/p>\n

What brought you to 3D printing with Shapeways?<\/em>
\nI have a drawing I made when I was very young, it\u00b4s a kind of “weird” alien skull, but it’s something I always thought to bring to real life, as an sculpture or something else. About only 8 months ago, I found Shapeways when I was surfing the internet, and I was absolutely amazed, about the idea to turn “ideas” in things. Of course my old “alien skull<\/a>” was the first model I printed at Shapeways, and I have to say, many years later, to hold my teenage drawing in my hands was really a dream come true. I became paralyzed for some time, looking to have that drawing materialized and in that moment, I could see passing through my mind, all of those years of my life. It was one of the most incredible sensations I’ve ever had.<\/p>\n

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How did you learn how to design in 3D?<\/em>
\nAs a designer in my agency, I always tried to develop work which exceed the expectation of my clients. About seven years ago, I started to “play” with some 3D softwares, with the main intention of improving the quality of my work. I was very quickly totally addicted to 3D. During this period I taught myself with online tutorials.<\/p>\n

How do you promote your work?<\/em>
\nI’m still very new to the 3D printing market. I follow all the tips that Shapeways posts in the blog and forum about how to promote your shop<\/a>. I really think you can find a lot of useful stuff there. I maintain a profile in some communities like Twitter<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Behance<\/a>, and every time I create a new model or product, I share it in these places.<\/p>\n

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Who are your favorite designers or artists? Who in the Shapeways community has served as an inspiration to you?<\/em>
\nI like so much the design, work and style of two great architects, Oscar Niemeyer and Zaha Hadid. I like very much too, the work of the young designer Nendo. Here at Shapeways I have seen many amazing works, but two whose I respect the work are Michiel Cornelissen<\/a> and Nervous System<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you weren’t limited by current technologies, what would you want to make using 3D printing?<\/em>
\nThis is a good question. If I weren’t limited by technology, and money, I surely will build, “or print”, the UBO<\/a>, a Concept Car I designed a few years ago, and that became pretty known over internet.<\/p>\n

Anything else you want to share?<\/em>
\nMaybe my Behance’s portfolio<\/a>, there’s another approach of my work.<\/p>\n

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