Inspired by my work with 3deluxe for Nik Schweigers project "biorhythm", my interest for the field of design has grown even stronger than before.

Especially the combination of smooth flowing lines contrasting with harder edges is fascinating me.
The Subdivision Surfaces found in Softimage XSI are fantastic for that kind of work

Shapes like this can be directly converted to the STL-Format, which is the standard for Rapid Prototyping aka 3D-Printing.
Within a short amount of time, you can literally put your hands on the object...