London will host the world’s first 3D-printed vinyl pop-up store later this month! Sponsored by Bacardi, the store will sell vinyl featuring an exclusive new track from Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke and Bobbie Gordon. Kate Moross, who has designed for Topshop and Jessie Ware, will create four different sleeves. All proceeds from sales will go to music charity Nordoff Robbins.
The method of creating these 3D-printed records was developed by Amanda Ghessei in 2012. She told The Vinyl Factory, “I think the appeal of these techniques is for DIYers to get to experiment with the process by creating their own custom one-offs.”
She has created a program that converts digital audio files into 33 rpm records. The records are mono instead of stereo and feature deeper grooves than traditional ones. Watch the technology in action here: