In this modern age of everything-looks-the-same DIY furniture, it makes sense that some people want to make something unique to stand out from their friends’ IKEA apartment fixtures.
Jisun Kim injected foam furniture [Source: SolidSmack]
While you could spend hours searching a thrift store for something out of the ordinary, the best way to find something one of a kind is to…well, make it yourself.
Jisun Kim, a designer working on her Master’s Degree at Kingston University, had the bright idea of using fabric nets as stencils for different kinds of furniture.
Jisun Kim injected foam furniture [Source: SolidSmack]
By filling these premade nets with expanding foam, she can create unique pieces that burst at the seams with self-expanding foam—yet still retain their use as a home furniture fixture.
The idea came from her desire to make furniture crafting an accessible activity for everyone. By streamlining the process and making it fun to fill these nets with injected foam through the holes of the fabric, Kim hopes more people will enjoy making their furniture even without extensive knowledge on the subject.
What looked like twigs proved to be generatively-designed shapes, the output of generative design algorithms available in Autodesk’s Fusion 360, then cast in metal.
A young engineering student, Danielle Boyer, has developed an inexpensive robot targeted at educators and students, and soon there will be 150 of them heading to institutions.
This is a very small behemoth of an online community about 3D CAD, technology, design, robots, ninjas… Ok, maybe not ninjas so much, but those guys are COOL so there just might be something about some dang ninjas. Besides the occasional blast of intensely cool product design and technology, we look at what’s going on in the world of 3D, add a splash of business insight and web tech into the mix and there ya got your SolidSmack.
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This week’s selection is a 3D printed Coronavirus!