Design Rumour

Design Rumour

Design Rumour featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

3D Cakes

Creating 3D cakes is a challenge that Andre Caputo fully embraces. He draws inspiration from photographs and real products, meticulously refining his work through numerous iterations to achieve the natural results essential for effective packaging. Using Blender for sculpting and combining Cinema 4D with Redshift for rendering, he skillfully crafts textures from scratch with procedural techniques. Final adjustments in Photoshop allow him to fine tune colors and details, all without relying on photos or AI, showcasing his unwavering commitment to authenticity and artistry in every creation.

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Procedural Flowers

Procedural Flowers is a CGI illustration series, capturing nature's complexity via Cinema 4D, Octane Render, and Photoshop. It explores intricate, limitless flower formations through procedural generation, offering realism and depth with photorealistic rendering. The final images, enhanced with Photoshop, present a unique, captivating aesthetic.

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3D Wafers

The 3D wafer illustration sets a new benchmark in visual storytelling for the food industry. Through meticulous modeling, hyper realistic textures, advanced lighting, and precise rendering, it artfully conveys indulgence and deliciousness. Highlighting essential product qualities like crispness and creaminess, this groundbreaking design showcases an unparalleled fusion of technical precision and artistic innovation, establishing a level of quality unmatched in the current market.

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Pulse

Pulse is a pen designed as both a writing tool and a sculptural object. The form is inspired by the calm shape of a cloud and appears to float. Generative patterns drawn from nature create biomorphic structures on the surface. Pulse is produced by lost wax casting, a method that reproduces fine organic detail. The pen can be cast in aluminum, silver, bronze or gold, with a polished or brushed finish. The height is 160 mm and the diameter is 13.5 mm. Metal finishing adds depth, texture and a tactile quality to a familiar everyday object.

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Bouji

Inspired by urban elements, it seeks to capture the essence of modernity and style. With urban elements in the background, such as concrete and structures, the image conveys a sense of dynamism and sophistication. The footwear stands out, reflecting current trends and the versatility needed for everyday city life, offering the public a clear view of the product's design and quality, without losing the visual context that reinforces its fashion identity.

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Xijiajia

Xijiajia is a digital human created and driven by artificial intelligence. The appearance of Xijiajia is generated by fusing the facial features of a dozen popular Asian women. Facial expressions, movement, speech and clothing are also produced by algorithms and can be changed to suit each scene. Xijiajia can hold real time conversations, sing, dance, dress, stream live and create paintings, music and arrangements. Sign language and several spoken languages are supported, which helps users with hearing impairment. The project explores how people and machines can work together.

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