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DONATA PARUCCINI PRESENTS 'BOLLE' IN AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO FEMALE DESIGNERS
30 September 2003 - DSM Somos
| In occasion of the exhibition “D&D: Donne & Design” organised by Ileana Gobbo and dedicated to female designers, Italian designer Donata Paruccini will present her own glimpse of the future. |
Paruccini's design for the dish “Bolle” was created for the 'Made in China' collection of 'The Future of Manufacturing' (presented at the 2003 Milan Furniture Show); its shape encompasses the future trends of design, influenced by cultural fusions and by high-tech production methods. “Made in Italy” design and innovative manufacturing are mirrored in the cultural and technological mix of the 'Made in China' collection, offering new and unexpected sensations. “Bolle”, invoking the sensation of soap bubbles, was made using the stereolithography material Somos® WaterShed™, one of the latest innovations developed for existing Solid Imaging technologies. With its appearance of frosted glass, 'Bolle' transports into the present a future world, in which project personalisation is a reality, and mass production techniques no longer represent a prerogative to design. Manipulation of the computer CAD information and the following production of 'bolle' were entrusted to ISRIM (Superior Institute of Research and Training on Advanced Materials and Technologies, www.isrim.it of Terni, Italy). ISRIM, leaders in the field of applied research, understood how to demonstrate the added value of WaterShed™, and to lead the project from the conceptual phase, to production and to the artisan finishing of 'bolle'.
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DSM Somos is an unincorporated division of DSM Desotech—a world leader in the development of UV-curable materials—and a member of the global DSM family.
DSM Somos is currently the world's second largest materials supplier to the rapid prototyping industry, providing stereolithography liquids and
selective laser sintering powders used for the creation of three dimensional models and prototypes directly from digital data. Somos' patented ProtoFunctional materials are used by a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical and telecommunications. DSM Somos has developed a full line of rapid prototyping materials that replicate the performance parameters of production materials, saving both time and money in new product development. From thermoplastic elastomers to polyethylene and polypropylene, DSM Somos has stereolithography and selective laser sintering technologies. The Somos business has been actively involved in the development of rapid prototyping materials since the late 1980s, from the introduction of the first commercial Somos stereolithography resin in 1992. DSM Somos is part of DSM Desotech, a leading innovative formulator and manufacturer of high quality ultraviolet and electron beam (UV/EB) curable materials. DSM Desotech is a business unit of DSM - an international chemicals and materials group headquartered in The Netherlands, with annual sales of EUR 8.1 billion and a work force of approximately 22,000 employees at more than 200 sites worldwide. DSM is active worldwide in life science and nutritional products, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The company specializes in innovative products and services that help improve the quality of life and DSM products are currently used in a wide range of end markets and applications such as human and animal nutrition and health, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, automotive and transport, coatings, housing and electrics & electronics (E&E). The group has annual sales (pro forma including the recent acquisition - renamed DSM Nutritional Products) of approximately EUR 8 billion and employs about 26,000 people around the world. Ranking among the global leaders in many of its fields, DSM is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. |
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