3D Printed Guitar

These unique guitars and basses by designer Olaf Diegel were inspired by biomimicry. Olaf's first guitar, the Scarab, was born out of his passion for 3D printing and the opportunity to combine his engineering background and his love of music. The Atom design was inspired by Olaf's trip to Durban, South Africa, when he saw drops of oil coalescing on the surface of the water in the harbor - a pattern reminiscent of atomic structures as seen through a microscope. The Spider design came from the interpretation of the ultimate heavy metal instrument through the lens of arachnids. And as a counter-point, the Hive guitar came as a representation of the flower-power hippie sound, made manifest through an exploration of cellular structures in a peaceful honeycomb.