The 3D Printed Chair - Gemini Acoustic Chaise
This is a simply amazing piece of work that MIT Professor Neri Oxman unveiled today. It is a 3D printed acoustic chaise, which was printed by the best of best 3d printers, the Stratasys Objet 500 Conex3.
The chair was printed using 44 different digital materials.
Quote:
"The twin chaise spans multiple scales of the human existence extending from the warmth of the womb to the stretches of the Gemini zodiac in deep space. It recapitulates a human cosmos, our body, like the constellation, drifting in quiet space. Here the duality of nature is expressed through the combination of traditional materials and state-of-the-art 3D printing," says Oxman. "Stratasys' new multi-material color 3D printing capability has allowed me to create a rich dialog between sound and light, rigid and flexible, natural and man-made materials and high and low spatial frequencies in ways that were impossible until now."
Here's a video of the Chaise:
http://youtu.be/57cavB0Lw5E
Quote:
"Gemini is fundamentally about the complex and contradictory relationship between twins, which is mirrored in the geometrical forms of the two-part chaise and the dualities that drive their formation, such as the combination of natural and synthetic materials," explains Professor Oxman. "The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer and technology enabled us to print 44 material combinations that not only target specific pressure points on the body to form a sensorial landscape, but also act as a soundproof anechoic chamber, an architecture for quieting the mind."
If you are in the area the Gemini will be on display at Le Laboratoire Paris from March 28th 2014.
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