Hi, I’m Ben Keimpe/ˈkeɪm.pə/

About Ben Keimpe Hofmans

Ben Keimpe Hofmans is an industrial designer, product designer and artist in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, giving new life to matter through sculpture and light.

Projects

• Man Base Build: Building the Man Base structure at Burning Man USA
• Recycled plastic 3D printed lights: Sculptural luminaires created from recycled PETG
• Illuminated Octopus Arm Install // Non-Planar 3D Printing: A custom non-planar slicer, built to 3D print giant illuminated octopus arms from recycled PETG. webslicer.pages.dev
• Whale Installation: A large installation for a themed camp.
• Halo Light Installation: Articulated, illuminated rings to be placed above musicians
• Illuminate Installation: Light Installation for Illuminate Light Festival
• Non-Euclidean Timekeeper: Light sculpture for a time-themed event.
• steel waste lights: Creating some lampshades and lighting designs using offcuts and industry waste
• Grain Silo Tiny House: Turning a grain silo into a tiny home.
• Fixing sailboats at sea: Sailing over 4500NM across the pacific ocean and for a month in Greece on broken boats.
• Berlin Houseboat Design and Construction: Designing and building a houseboat in Berlin.
• Ultramarathons and Mountaineering: Three 100 km off-road races and a 100-mile race for charity, plus time in the mountains.
• Composites manufacture: Developing composites manufacturing skills
• Stratospheric Sampler: A device designed to collect Interplanetary dust particles and Microplastics from the upper atmosphere
• Workshop Equipment: A propane forge and a portable anvil table
• Topographic Map Artwork: Laser cut and backlit
• Rooftop Tent: A solid-walled rooftop tent designed for adventure
• Rendering: An example of some quick interior renders created using Fusion360. I can easily achieve a model and render like this in less than a working day. Watch example rendered using Keyshot.
• Tiny House Project: Exploring possibilities for my future tiny house.
• Playground Design Project: A Modular Playground Design for 5 - 8 year olds in Christchurch
• Chair Design Project: A project focused on the re-design and re-purposing of a folding chair
• Sketching: Examples of my sketching style - how I think on paper