Chair, printed on a 3D printer capable of taking the shape of your body

As a rule, furniture, printed on 3D-printers, is also very beautiful, but in reality is terribly inconvenient. It is hard, not very pleasant to the touch, and her long will not stay. Dutch designer Lilian van Dahl decided to change the current situation.

Designer for a long time studied the production processes of different furniture to find out which chairs and sofas people find particularly comfortable, and what technologies and materials are best avoided. She was able to develop an elegant and simple method of making furniture with a conventional 3D printer.





The basis of the invention of the designer of the special cellular structure of the furniture. You can see it in the photos. The cells can be different shapes, not differing from each other functionally. The multilayered structure of this furniture makes it surprisingly durable, but very soft and comfortable. Chair literally takes the form of a body of a man who sat on it.





Lillian when creating their furniture drew inspiration from the wild. She was inspired by some sea creatures their spongy structure, which directly impact on her work.





Given that the furniture is made of only one type of plastic, its manufacture is much simpler than creating a similar interior, which is collected using dozens of different materials and parts produced on the set of connected factories. Another advantage of plastic furniture is its environmental friendliness. In our day to recycle the plastic with the help of modern techniques is much easier than any couch, which has wood, metals and many other materials.





The artist has made several copies of his furniture on a smaller scale and tested them on children. All subjects remained new furniture very happy. The truth here is to print a chair at home, will have to spend on average 96 hours of time and $ 10,000 for materials.





We can say that while the price of such furniture is quite biting. If you put the furniture on the Assembly line, the price tag can be reduced significantly, then the furniture can be successfully sold in stores. It is what Lillian at the moment, negotiating with major furniture manufacturers worldwide.

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Source: hi-news.ru