Twistr is a parametric walking cane made by Polifactory and design in collaboration with Angelo De Iesi and Andrea Ascani. This project has developed a design and digital fabrication method to materialize personal parametric cane – with kinect and grasshopper – having a 3D printed structure. The cane has been printed in carbonium material made by Treedfilaments.
Twistr is part of Polifactory's project called NEXT STEPS that is an experimental initiative that stimulates designers, makers and patients (as user innovators) to co-design and prototype a collection of open source walking aids that can be distributed through digital platforms and materialized in Fab Labs.
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Starting from Distributed Design - DD perspective, NEXT STEPS aims to demonstrate how designers, makers and patients – supported by patient associations, caregivers and healthcare specialists – can pragmatically co-design, materialize and distribute new walking aids with real market potential.
NEXT STEPS is an initiative developed thanks to the collaboration with AIG – Associazione Italiana Glicogenosi, a patient association that represents people affected by Glycogenosis, a rare and degenerative metabolic disease. AIG stimulates the involvement of patients in the co-design and prototyping of walking aids.
Thanks to NEXT STEPS, the patients will experiment a real patient innovation process.
My contribution for this project relied in the realization of the parametric design made inside Grasshopper environment. The goal of the parametric design is minimazing the mass while providing structure.
Special thanks to SUPERFORMA for printing the cane in this very cool carbonium grey finish ✨
Exhibitions/Awards/Mentions
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18th - 20th October 2019
@ Sanofi Booth, Maker Faire Rome. -
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Manifatture Aperte Milano
30th November 2019 @ Polifactory. -
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Open Source Project
since October 2019 @ Distributed Design. -
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Design Remix Share Repeat - Book online resource @ Distributed Design.
