HOW 3D PRINTING

IS CHANGING THE

GAME OF

DESIGNER

JEWELRY

WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHY

DOES HE TALK ABOUT JEWELRY?

Julian Leitloff is Co-Founder of Stilnest.com,

publishing house for designer jewelry.

Tech-enthusiast with business background.

AND WHAT IS STILNEST ALL ABOUT?

It all began with a group of friends with a business vision.

Today, Stilnest is the first Publishing House for designer jewelry.

We discover exciting artist all around the world and and make their designs

happen exclusively for our customers.

We handle production, fine packaging and shipping - the designer can focus

deeply on the design process.

WHY 3D PRINTING

AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

The 3D printing technology was invented more than 30

years ago. Now, finally prices drop and quality increases.

FROM A ROUGH IDEA

TO A DIGITAL BLUEPRINT

3D printing requires a digital computer-aided design file

(CAD). It’s like a PDF with a third dimension.

FROM A DIGITAL BLUEPRINT

TO A PHYSICAL OBJECT

Files created in programs called “Rhinoceros 3D” or “AutoCAD” are the

blueprint for the additive manufacturing process.

Laser-sintering machine

Roller

Pulver

Laser

Lense

Building-platform

Mirror

A roller applies a thin layer of pulver on the

building platform

The reservoir supplies the

building material in pulver form

Layer by layer the building platform is

lowered

The mirror guides the

laser beam to the

accurate position

The laser partially melts the pulver

particles to force a permanent

connection

The building platform is

pushed up to uncover the

pulver block

The Stilnest cuckoo clock

coming right out of the

pulver block of an EOS

Laser-sintering machine.

MATERIALS IN

USE

Already in use:

fine-polyamide, alumide,

stainless steel, bronze,

silver, gold, platinum.

Development stage:

ceramics, paper, wood,

sandstone, concrete,

multicolor and rubber-like

material.

AND MATERIALS TO COME

FROM A PHYSICAL OBJECT

TO A FINAL PRODUCT

HOW CAN 3D PRINTING

CHANGETHE WAY JEWELRY DESIGN WORKS?

BIG BRANDS

HAVE BIG ADVANTAGES

Mass production abroad requires financial capital but ensures very low

production costs. Specialized marketing departments create brand

awareness beyond local markets.

JEWELRY

DESIGNERS MUST BE MULTI-TALENTED

Independent designers must be marketers and business administrators

as well.

Every collection requires an investment to be price-competitive.

3D PRINTING ENABLES GEOMETRIES

THAT COULD NOT BE DONE BEFORE

Molding processes and CNC machines cannot work with

undercuts in geometries.

Delicate objects and functional parts can be printed directly.

3D printing increases product diversity with more than ten thousand designs

created every month. 3D printing also liberalizes the access to production

resources. Regular manufacturers and brands thus lose influence.

THE CREATION OF DIGITAL

DESIGN IS AS COSTLY AS WRITING A BLOG

PRODUCTS ARE SOLD

BEFORE THEY EVEN EXIST

3D prints can be produced on demand. Just-in-time

manufacturing has great advantages like little excess and no

pre-financing costs.

DIGITALDESIGN

CAN SIMPLY BE SENT VIA MAIL

3D printing drastically reduces logistic costs and makes

international collaborations possible.

THE STOREHOUSE WILL BE

MEASURED IN BITS

NOT IN SQUARE FEET

Storing digital information for 3D printers is nearly free.

This enables a huge, worldwide homogenous product

portfolio.

DIGITAL

DESIGNCAN BE A/B-TESTED AND EVOLVED

Small alterations can be made to find the local maximum of a

design’s popularity. Evolutionary algorithms can be used to

create multiple versions of a design automatically.

DESIGN BECOMES

INTERACTIVETRULY UNIQUE

WE MAKE DESIGN HAPPEN.

EVERYDAY.

Stilnest serves as a manufacturing partner and platform. You are the star. We

want to be your publisher. Join us at https://stilnest.com/de/call-for-designers

THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST

FOR MORE VISIT STILNEST.COM

Photo credit: Slide 10: 3D Printed Ceramics by Ziggy Creative Colony on Flickr.com https://flic.kr/p/diWhef

Slide 10: 3D Printed Wood by Creative Tools on Flickr.com https://flic.kr/p/kaaGGb

Slide 14: Nina-Victoria Suess, Fotos Chris Hübner (http://chris-huebner.jimdo.com)

http://www.nina-suess.com/2014/03/uptown.html

Slide 15: Geschäft von Tiffany & Co. am Wiener Kohlmarkt (2009) by Gryffindor on wikipedia.com

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_%26_Co.#mediaviewer/File:Tiffany_Vienna_2009.JPG

Slide 16: The desk of Alicia Check of MGMT Design by AIGA/NY on flickr.com

https://flic.kr/p/6F5kLY

Slide 21: Storage Depot: Jaysin Trevino ‘CTA HQ7’ on Flickr.com

https://flic.kr/p/b3vmFT

Slide 23: 3D Graph: Dixon on Medium.com

https://medium.com/@cdixon/climbing-the-wrong-hill-2f69de430f51