# 3D-Printed Population Statues Mathieu Lehanneur Created the State of the World Sculptures By Elena Rahman | Published 2021-10-19 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mathieu-lehanneur-created References: [dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2021/10/19/state-world-mathieu-lehanneur-aluminium-sculpture-pyramids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dezeen+%28Dezeenfeed%29) & [mathieulehanneur.fr](http://www.mathieulehanneur.fr/works) Mathieu Lehanneur created a series of sculptures that represent the world's population. Using data from 140 countries, the artist [3D-printed aluminum sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/miami-reef-star) in a series called State of the World. The collection is on view at [Design Miami](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lithic-bloom)/Basel. Each sculpture represents an individual country and depicts birthrates, life expectancy, and national history through their unique shapes. The respective grooves represent an age from 1-100. At the base are newborn children, while the top grooves portray the eldest generation. The sculptures showcase how few people live to be 100 years old, making the sculptures bottom-heavy with newborns and the youth population. Lehanneur used the [UN](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/day-of-play) database to source his information to transform unnoticeable two-dimensional statistics into interactive, 3D objects. Image Credit: Mathieu Lehanneur ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 30% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Data-inspired Sculptures:** Opportunity for artists and designers to create unique sculptures that visualize and contextualize complex data. - **3d-printed Display Art:** Opportunity for 3D printing companies to provide customized models to artists and designers for display art production. - **Interactive Statistic Visualization:** Opportunity for data analytics companies to create more user-friendly and interactive ways of showcasing statistics and data to the public. ### Who This Affects Most - **Art and Design:** The art and design industries can leverage technology like 3D printing and data analytics to create new forms of display art. - **3D Printing:** 3D printing companies can collaborate with artists and designers to provide customized and unique display art production services. - **Data Analytics:** Data analytics companies can improve their data visualization tools and techniques to make statistics and data more accessible and interactive to the public. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI-Generated Statues](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-generated-statue.md) - [Limited 3D-Printed Ceramic Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dyadic-series.md) - [Human Torso-Inspired Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lene-bdker.md) - [Physics-Informed Digital Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/motion-sculpture.md) - [3D-Printed Colorful Vessels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/olivier-van-herpt-1.md) - [Sea Level-Measuring Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/totemy-series.md) - [Wooden Light-Hearted Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dream-sculpture.md) - [3D-Scanned Sports Statues](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sports-statues.md) - [Future-Facing Sculptural Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eye-of-the-future.md)