Form
A family, not a one-off
Minimal surfaces, sine fields, biomimetic shells. Grasshopper first — a lamp, an object, a wall plate from the same family. Then we cut the mesh into parts a 0.4 nozzle can finish.
Drop 01 · Aug 2026 · Xiamen lab
Parametric forms. Lamps first.
A monthly club from the Xiamen lab. Every edition starts as a Grasshopper family we already ran through the farm — lamps first, then objects, wall plates, and table forms.
0.4 nozzle
3MF
STL
PLA · PETG
print-tested
parametric
The platform
Free
Printable files
Open-shelf 3MF and STL. Email capture. No login.
Members
Online slicer
Slice this month’s drop in the browser. Locked until you join.
Soon
GH + Rhino
Grasshopper families and .3dm packs. Coming on the shelf.
Soon
Courses
Short studio courses. Printable surfaces, 3MF, water test.
01 — Lab preview
How a drop is made
Test
Print-tested, not just printable
Water-bath, load, light-through. We keep the lamp-holder out of frame. Structure and outflow are the proof.
A small farm, then a file
Pre-sliced 3MF, noted materials, layer-height ticks. What leaves the farm is what you download.
02 — This month
Ripple Shade 180
03 — Flagship free
Print one before you join
Free
Sine Shade 120
A small open shade from a single sine period. Lab form that will not become a finished-goods SKU. Print it, share it, meet us.
Download a free file
05 — Lab window
Form, then the bath, then the farm
06 — Makes
Printed, then shown
Two tiers
Read the license table — after cancel, prints you already made stay yours. Commercial rights end with the month.