'Reality Check' Wedding Ring

Josien Pieters won Freedom Of Creation's first design competition.

Material: Laser Sintered Polyamide

Jewelry designer Ted Noten challenged the FOC Talents to come up with a new wedding ring design.
As part of the submission the Talent had to make clear that he/she did research on the phenomenon Wedding-Rings through history and in different cultures. In the design it also had to be clear that 3D Printing and the nylon material were the only way to realize the design. So to say: technology and material follow function and its aesthetics.

According to the jury, 'Reality Check' fits perfectly to the current trend of people communicating their personal status to the outside world through (online) channels like Facebook. Also Josien Pieters has demonstrated with this design to comprehend and utilize the benefits of 3D Printing. 3D Printing allows producing this design more cost-efficiently than traditional manufacturing techniques: all 5 parts can be produced in one go and inside the small bounding box that was provided beforehand.

Since 'Reality Check' won the first Talents competition, a stainless steel version will be produced.