Barilla Announces Winners Of Its 3D Printed Pasta Competition

Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes and sizes and as any pasta aficionado will tell you, the shape actually matters and also plays a part in the type of sauce used to coat the pasta with. Basically this is to say that the shape of the pasta plays a role in the experience and isn’t just there for aesthetics.

Now pasta maker Barilla isn’t a stranger to 3D printing and back in August, the company partnered with Dutch scientific firm TNO to work on a custom 3D pasta printer. Recently the company held a competition to help with the creation of new pasta shapes and they have revealed three winners.

One of the designs is called Rosa and was designed by Maxilly sur Léman, a French industrial designer where the pasta will actually bloom into a shape of a rose when boiled in water. The next winner is Danilo Spiga and Luis Fraguarda, a product design team from Italy whose pasta shape, Vortipa, is based on the vortex pattern progression system.

Last but not least is the pasta shape Lune which was created by Alessandro Carabini, an Italian product designer working in Paris, France. His shape is a full moon design with holes which he claims will allow for better interaction between the pasta and sauces. They all look pretty interesting but what do you guys think? Which pasta shape would you be most interested in consuming?

Tyler Lee
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Tags: 3D Printing