{"id":165759,"date":"2022-09-21T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T08:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/?post_type=kb&p=165759"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T03:02:28","slug":"3d-printed-furniture-the-state-of-the-art","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/3d-printed-furniture-the-state-of-the-art","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Furniture: The State of the Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most furniture isn’t produced by 3D printing, but there are great designs out there. Check out some of the coolest 3D printed furniture!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Setting the Bar<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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3D printing offers design freedom that’s impossible with traditional fabrication methods (Source: Sociable)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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3D printing has spread across many different areas, and the\u00a0furniture industry<\/a>\u00a0is no exception. Yes, furniture is still mass-produced using traditional manufacturing methods, but 3D printing has come in handy for designers who want to bring innovation into the market.<\/p>\n

Still, 3D printing isn\u2019t the most appropriate tool for furniture. For example, printing plastic stools can\u2019t rival the normal mold-making process just yet. What 3D printing does offer is a\u00a0great tool for producing high-end furniture, often developed by famous designers who want to explore new shapes and ideas.<\/p>\n

Such furniture, as you may know, is produced in rather limited quantities and often features complex geometries, which is easier to produce with 3D printing. This often results in extraordinary designs, which are hard or impossible to produce with molds.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve compiled a list of some of the coolest 3D printed furniture we\u2019ve seen so far. It should be noted that many pieces of the incredible furniture described below, when available for purchase, are quite expensive. On the other hand, some on our list are displayed or used in public, and one has files that you can download for free. Let\u2019s take a look!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nagami’s Chair Collection<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The Brave New World collection brought the 3D printed chair to the Milan Design Week in 2018 (Source: Nagami Design)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Nagami<\/a>\u00a0is a Spanish design brand that \u201cexplores the future of product design in a new technological era\u201d. The brand\u2019s first collection, Brave New World, consisted of four 3D printed chairs designed by different architects and designers. All the chairs were created using\u00a0FDM 3D printers<\/a>\u00a0and were\u00a0introduced to the world<\/a>\u00a0during the Milan Design Week in 2018.<\/p>\n

The first two chairs out of the collection, the\u00a0Bow<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Rise<\/a>, were designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, who were inspired by sea life. Both chairs were 3D printed using\u00a0PLA<\/a>. In the above image, the Rise chair appears on the far right and the Bow to the left of it. The sea life design inspiration is especially visible on the Rise, which is meant to represent a coral reef. The Bow and Rise are limited editions, available by price consultation only.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Peeler<\/a>, the black\u00a0chair\u00a0on the far left, was\u00a0printed by London-based designer Daniel Widrig. The chair\u00a0consists of three parts, creating\u00a0the effect of its parts peeling off of an invisible joint, hence its name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nobu, the newest addition to Nagami’s 3D printed chair collection (Source: Nagami Design)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The newest addition to Nagami\u2019s 3D printed furniture is the\u00a0Nobu<\/a>. This blue chair clearly represents the lines from FDM printing layers. It was designed by Manuel Jim\u00e9nez Garc\u00eda, co-founder of London-based\u00a0MadMDesign<\/a>. According to the artist, Nobu represents a membrane that \u201chides an internal cellular universe\u201d and \u201creflects both smoothness and regularity while also arrhythmia and madness.\u201d<\/p>\n