Architects Bi-Ying Miao and Matt Compeau turned their love for design into Hot Pop Factory, a company that makes 3-D printed jewellery
Architects Bi-Ying Miao and Matt Compeau run their startup from the living room of their one-bedroom apartment in TorontoRosa Park
Each piece is created with computational design tools we use to design buildings, and fabricated with a Makerbot ReplicatorRosa Park
Several prototypes of each piece were made before the designs were finalizedRosa Park
Dimension 3D print machines build functional 3D models from the bottom up, one layer at a time using tough, lasting acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic - the same material that LEGO uses to make its blocksRosa Park
Makerbot 3D printerRosa Park
These klip earrings are derived from geometric formations mimicking shards of mountainous rock that has withstood erosion and weathe
Hot Pop Factory uses a laser cutter to make its packagingRosa Park
Hot Pop Factory packagingRosa Park
Stratigraphia is the name of the company’s first line of products - it uses emerging technologies to create intimate adornments for the bodyRosa Park
This 3D printed pendant - called the peaque - fans out in an array of geometric formations and hangs from two intersecting antiqued bronze chains
This articulated mesa ring is characteristic of the natural formation of an isolated hill
According to Hot Pop Factory’s website: The accretion of barely visible layers, inherent to the additive manufacturing process, means every piece acquires a unique ‘fingerprint’ distinguishing it from others like it
Matt Compeau and Bi-Ying Miao show off 3D printed necklaceRosa Park