Spinning 3D-printed zoetrope creates dancing ballerina illusion
Last Update: July 15, 2016 at 11:24 am
Spinning 3D-printed zoetrope creates dancing ballerina illusion
SOURCE Telegraph
July 2016
A zoetrope is a device that was once used to give still images the illusion of movement in the pre-cinema age. Akinori Goto has taken the concept and applied modern design techniques to achieve something mind-blowing.
The piece, which was entirely 3D-printed, won both the Runner-up Grand Prix and the Audience Award during the 2016 Spiral Independent Creators Festival in Tokyo.
Goto’s clever design mimicked the movement of ballerinas, beginning with just one, before the entire wheel was filled with them.
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