FutureFactories is the studio of Product Artist Lionel Theodore Dean. The practice focuses exclusively on Direct Digital manufacturing; 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing or Rapid Prototyping technologies applied to the creation of end-use products.
The project began as a blue-skies university research project in 2002. It quickly expanded into a PhD thesis and from there into commercial practice. FutureFactories aims to create added value through the creative freedoms and manufacturing flexibility of digital technologies. A key are of research is computational design; the combination of Computer Aided Design and programming. This approach is used to create meta-designs capable of evolution and metamorphosis over time.
