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<\/span>At
\nfirst glance, the iconic Barbie Doll looks innocent enough in the hands of a
\nyoung child, but a side-by-side with Nickolay Lamm’s <\/a>anatomically accurate doll
\nreveals the ludicrously distorted proportions of Mattel’s classic stand-by– if
\nshe existed in real life. Lamm generated a 3D model from the average
\nmeasurements of a 19 year-old girl, send it to a 3D printer, and photoshopped the
\nresulting figure into the Barbie’s likeness. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/span>Lamm’s
\nwork examines how standards of beauty are approaching increasingly impossible
\nlimits. Nothing articulates this more than the Barbie Doll, which represents to
\nmany children the pinnacle of elegance and womanhood. Ever since the doll’s introduction in 1959, there’s been much ado about how it affects body perceptions. Some <\/a>suggest that Barbie’s measurements are so far from Vitruvian that if she were to walk among us, the top-heavy lady would topple
\nwith ease (as any kid who has tried to stand the doll already knows.) This begs the
\nquestion, are we so accustomed to seeing impossible body types that
\nreintroducing a natural figure is exotic, and even newsworthy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n

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We
\nhere at Shapeways think Lamm’s doll looks great herself. We look forward to
\nseeing how 3D printing can empower artists like Lamm to change the way we see.<\/p>\n

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