Author Archives: Marco Traverso

• 24 May 2022

Art Deco-inspired Wrist Watch Concept

The initial idea for this concept was to use number of 3D patterns to model a wrist watch with a retro, art-déco inspired style. The idea...

• 28 Jun 2021

#ParametricDaily 039: Parametric Facade with Glass Blocks

This design is the result of an adaptation of a parametric definition created for something completely different: a steel bracelet for a wrist...

• 22 Jun 2021

#ParametricDaily 038: LED Display Segments Pattern

The idea for this pattern was to use the typical seven-segments LED display design as the basis for a geometric pattern, and to create an...

• 24 Aug 2020

#ParametricDaily 037: Abstract Sci-Fi 3D Shape

This design is based on the same Grasshopper definition of the previous entry. In this case the Mesh Pipes have a bigger maximum radius and the...

• 9 Jul 2020

#ParametricDaily 036: Abstract shape with 3D wires

This type of geometry can be achieved using different techniques. In this case the base curves are generated from the intersection between a...

• 16 Jun 2020

#ParametricDaily 035: 3D Grille Pattern using SubD

This grille was created using a Grasshopper definition based on SubD modeling. The geometry is built starting from curves, which are then...

• 29 May 2020

#ParametricDaily 034: Hexagonal Pattern with Triangular Tessellation

This pattern design is based on an hexagonal grid. A consists of two steps: in the first one the hexagons are divided into triangles, and for a...

• 25 May 2020

Parametric Design in Motion: Interwoven Pattern

I've always found fascinating the ability to demonstrate a parametric models by displaying the different shapes that an object can have through...

• 4 May 2020

Custom 3D printable face mask based on 3D face scan

A web-based tool under development that allows to upload a 3D scan of a face and to generate a customized, 3D printable face mask.

• 19 Dec 2019

DSURF - Design and Digital Surfaces for Distributed Manufacturing

I had the pleasure to talk at the recent Seminar titled DSURF, organized by the BSc in Design and the MSc in Product Design at the Sapienza...

• 28 Oct 2019

Free Webinar: Parametric 3D modeling techniques in Rhino and Grasshopper

This webinar was streamed on October 23, 2019. I presented present a number of real-world 3D modeling applications, including concept models...

• 26 Sep 2019

#ParametricDaily 032: Abstract Flythrough Animation

This is a little experiment - the first in a series - that combines generative shapes modeled with Grasshopper with an animation made with the...

• 2 Sep 2019

Interactive 3D Parametric Tower Design

After the recent car rim design, this is a new demonstration of a parametric model done with Grasshopper and published through the ShapeDiver...

• 12 Jun 2019

Interview on ShapeDiver

I've been interviewed by the team at ShapeDiver for their Designers Corner series: if you want to know a little bit of my background and my...

• 26 Apr 2019

Interactive Parametric Car Wheel Design

An interactive, parametric 3D model of a Car Wheel that shows how it's possible to publish Grasshopper 3D models online through ShapeDiver.