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From idea to something real.

Vectra3D designs, visualises and produces: from architectural drawing to scale model, from brand logo to illuminated display.

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Table lamp with a twisted, warmly glowing shade on a ribbed round base, in a dark room.
Table lamp from the studio's own collection: designed, printed and tested in-house.

Selected work

Six projects, from client commissions to the studio's own designs.

Render of a living room with a wooden floor, grey corner sofa, open shelving unit and tall windows looking out over greenery.
Render of the living room of house 12. Images like this let residents judge layout and light before construction began.

Hofmarkgraven collective housing · architectural visualisation and scale model

Fourteen homes, one shared 3D model

Future residents only had the architect's 2D drawings. Vectra3D modelled the whole development in Rhino 3D, produced usable images room by room and built a physical model with removable floors.

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View through the window opening of a printed scale model: a living room with corner sofa, armchair and dining table, and two printed figures.
Living room of house 2, printed to scale. Sofa, chairs and residents are separate parts.
The printed model seen from above on the workbench: living room with corner sofa and dining table, kitchen wall, stairs and hallway.
The same floor from above, with walls, stairs, kitchen and furniture.
Illuminated counter display holding two cans of Sibs Seltzer on a wooden bar, with the beer taps behind it.
The display on the bar at its first event.

Sibs Seltzer · illuminated brand display

A display that stands out between the taps

Cans disappear on a busy bar. Vectra3D designed a compact counter display that keeps both flavours visible, with lit bases, a lit front and all electronics in one housing.

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Lamp collection · own design, prototype stage

Bases and shades you can swap

A family of lamps in which shade and base are separate parts. The twisted shade spreads the light, and the joint was reprinted and tested until the fit was right.

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Table lamp with a wavy slatted shade on a black tripod, glowing warmly against the wall.
Wavy slatted shade on a tripod base.
Vectra3D promotional poster for custom NFC keychains, showing printed examples: a DNA helix, round logo tags, a black NFC tag and a tag reading Your logo here.
AS Connect poster: a red and grey keychain shaped like a double helix on a plinth, with a three-step guide: scan, connect, share.
Promotional material for the keychains, including the instructions for the recipient.

Keychains · personalisation and small series

Logos and names you can hold

A logo or name is turned into printable geometry and printed in the chosen colours. An NFC tag goes in during the print, so one tap of a phone opens the customer's link.

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The printed 1:10 model of the Beta RR 50 Track from the side, on a black base with a nameplate, on the cutting mat in the workshop.
The same model from the rear quarter, showing the rear wheel, the frame and the number plate, beside spools of filament.

Beta RR 50 Track · personal project, 1:10 scale

A 1:10 motorcycle, printed in full

Frame, wheels, bodywork and exhaust were each modelled, split into separate parts and printed in several colours. A model like this shows what still holds up at small scale.

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Services

Six things Vectra3D does, usually in combination. A job often starts with one and grows into the next.

Architectural visualisation and scale models

Turning 2D drawings into a complete 3D model, interior and exterior images per room, walkthrough videos and physical scale models with removable floors and interiors.

Product design and prototyping

From sketch or reference to a printable design: splitting parts, testing joints and fits, and iterating until the object works and fits.

Displays and lighting

Brand displays for hospitality and retail, with lighting and electronics built into the housing. Designed to stay in place, to be cleaned and to be repaired.

Personalisation and small series

Logos, names and text as makeable geometry: printed in multiple colours, one-off or in a small run, with an NFC tag when the product should point to a link.

Parametric design

Grasshopper models that generate variants rather than a single object: house types, facade series, product families or configurations that differ per client.

Production preparation

Getting models ready for production: tolerances, wall thicknesses, assembly order and the files the printer or a supplier needs.

Process

Four steps, and throughout you talk to the same person who makes it.

  1. Explore

    You send a drawing, logo, sketch or simply the question. Together we decide what the result has to do: help someone choose, make a brand stand out, or make something fit.

    Thanks — your idea is on its way. I'll reply as soon as I can.

  2. Design

    The model is built in Rhino 3D. Where choices are hard to read, renders or variants show the difference before anything is produced.

  3. Prototype

    Print, fit, test and adjust. Joints, tolerances and light are judged in the real object, not on screen.

  4. Produce

    Then the final result: a single piece or a small series, finished, assembled and ready to use or to show.

About

Vectra3D is a one-person studio: one industrial designer who also makes the work. Over five years of experience with Rhino 3D and 3D printers, and over three years with Grasshopper for parametric work.

That means design and production sit with the same person. Modelling, printing, fitting and adjusting happen in one go, and you talk to the person who actually makes it.

The work ranges from a complete housing development in 3D to a lampshade of 200 grams. The starting point stays the same: make it understandable first, then make it real.

Rhino 3D (CAD)
5+ years
3D printing and assembly
5+ years
Rendering and visualisation
5+ years
Grasshopper (parametric)
3+ years
Adobe Photoshop and InDesign
5+ years

Send a drawing, logo or idea

A sketch on a napkin is enough to start. Tell me what it has to do and who it is for, and I will think along about the shortest route to something real.

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