Product Design

Unmasking SFX

Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 3, 2014

From giant puppets to small film props, special effects (SFX) company Artem melds cutting-edge design and engineering with traditional sculptural…

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DEVELOP3D Live Keynote: Daniel Simon

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 6, 2014

Daniel Simon’s concept for the Lotus C-01 motorcycle With DEVELOP3D LIVE only six weeks away, today we’re announcing our amazing…

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Controlling an animatronic ‘Happy Face’ using Autodesk Maya

Posted by Tanya Weaver - July 21, 2014

The big animatronic head is controlled through Maya On 12 June, Holborn Studios in London played host to New Blades,…

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Tour of Britain – Asylum SFX move the cogs for Transport for London

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 23, 2014

The TFL journey plan poster for London anticipating the Tour of Britain visiting the capital With the Grande Départ having…

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Voxeljet buy UK special effects company Propshop

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 2, 2014

Propshop printed one-third scale Aston Martin DB5s for Skyfall on a Voxeljet 3D printer German large-format 3D printing company Voxeljet…

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Modo movie magic builds ‘real’ Interstellar spaceships

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 26, 2015

The CAD data was not only used to help build realistic props, but also to plan out the lighting and…

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Making movie magic… and blowing it up with Artem SFX

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2015

Artem’s 7-axis milling robot machines the Halo Master Chief from foam Standing outside in Artem’s physical special effects trialling ground…

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WATCH // Escapism through design with The Shape of Water

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 2, 2018

It’s the film leading the charge for Oscars and BAFTA awards, but the escapism and fantasy of The Shape of…

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WATCH // Making the Gatorade ‘Water Made Active’ commercial

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2018

As the temperature heats up outside, cool off with this ‘Making Of’ video from the recent Gatorade ad, which combines…

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