Spomenik

White 3D-printed miniature of the Kosmaj Spomenik: tall pointed concrete-like blades rising from a ring base, casting long shadows

Spomenik is a series of 3D-printable miniatures inspired by the spomeniks, the radical concrete memorials built across former Yugoslavia in memory of the Second World War. Each one keeps the uncompromising geometry of its monument and gives it a small, everyday function: a lamp, a pencil holder, a bowl, a moss garden. A piece of architecture and history on a desk or a night stand.

Kosmaj Monument

White 3D-printed miniature of the Kosmaj Spomenik: tall pointed concrete-like blades rising from a ring base, casting long shadows
The Kosmaj Spomenik miniature seen from above, its star of blades radiating around a central ring
The Kosmaj Spomenik model sliced on a virtual print plate

A 1:300 model of the Kosmaj Spomenik, built in 1970 by the sculptor Vojin Stojić and the architect Gradimir Medaković to honour the partisan fighters who fought the German occupation south of Belgrade during the Second World War.

It prints with supports, in about 2 hours and 27 g of filament.

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Kosmaji Lamp

Kosmaji Lamp switched on: black brutalist base with a white vase-mode lampshade, under purple light
Kosmaji Lamp seen from the side, the white shade resting in the black pointed base
Kosmaji Lamp without its shade: a bare bulb glowing among the black blades
Close-up of the Kosmaji Lamp with a round bulb lit at the centre of the black spikes
Kosmaji Lamp on a bedside table, lit with a warm filament bulb

A minimal brutalist lamp drawn from the Kosmaj monument, one of the best-known spomeniks: uncompromising geometry that offers a new angle from every side, on a night stand.

It takes a cable for an E17 bulb, ideally with a screw-on ring that locks it to the base. An optional lampshade prints in vase mode in its own profile. The base prints with tree supports and 15% gyroid infill (about 4.3 hours, 87 g); the shade takes about 1.6 hours and 15 g.

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Ilirska Bistrica Pencil Holder

Ilirska Bistrica pencil holder seen from the front: curved openings cut through a wood-coloured cube, pens standing inside
The pencil holder from another side, its flowing columns visible through the oval openings
The pencil holder at an angle, pens slotted through its curved tunnels
Top of the Ilirska Bistrica pencil holder: seven round holes in a wood-coloured cube

A miniature of the Monument on Freedom Hill (Hrib Svobode) in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia, a spomenik complex dedicated to the fighters of the 4th Yugoslav Army who liberated the area during the Second World War. Seven flowing columns are carved through a cube: a shape that holds the eye from every angle.

It holds seven pens or pencils, and the holes run right through the cube, so there is no wrong side up. The current version measures 105 × 70 × 82 mm, a little smaller than the one in the photos, to save filament and stay closer to the original. About 2.8 hours and 110 g.

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Andrijevica Bowl

Andrijevica Spomenik Bowl with an air plant in the orange bowl, framed by grey pillars
The Andrijevica monument miniature on its own: grey pillars that split and curve at the base
The base flipped upside down, holding the orange bowl high on its pillars
The orange bowl resting low inside the grey pillars of the Andrijevica base
The grey Andrijevica base seen from above, its pillars spreading in a star

A miniature of the Monument to Fallen Fighters in Andrijevica, Montenegro, raised in honour of the local partisans who died in the fight for liberation during the Second World War, with its abstract forms and bold geometry.

Print the monument alone, or add the bowl with its flowing, organic shape that rests on the geometric base. Flip the base and the bowl sits on the other side. It holds small plants, keys and coins, or potpourri. About 5.3 hours and 126 g for monument and bowl.

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Jasenovac Mossarium

Jasenovac Memorial Mossarium: grey monument miniature with petal-like wings rising from living moss
Spomenik miniature on a moss-covered round base, seen from above at an angle
Side view of the Spomenik miniature rising from moss on a green base
Top view of the Spomenik miniature, with its petal-like wings radiating from the centre
Close-up of the grey Spomenik wings above the moss

The Stone Flower of Jasenovac, built in 1966 by Bogdan Bogdanović in memory of the victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp, set in living moss: the stark modernist form of the monument together with something soft and alive.

Fill the base with soil, set the monument, press patches of fresh moss around it and mist it now and then. The full guide, with tips on collecting moss responsibly, has its own page. About 3.5 hours and 141 g in two colours.

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