Using 3D technology very actively recently, China benefits from this technology in industrial and manufacturing as well as art and design. Especially, there are many paintings, sculptures and other art works produced with 3D printing. Making a project in this segment China Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy and Xuberance design studio realized 3D printed furniture collection.
This very creative project from Shangai-based Xuberance and Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy influenced many artists. Making various furniture designs, the academy students manufactured these with 3D printers.
The Furniture Design Studio at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts has been a pioneer for the incorporation of 3D printing into its educational program, teaching its students how to master 3D design and printing technologies to make the most of their creativity. For the recent furniture design project, the school teamed up with 3D printing design brand Xuberance to further expose the students to state-of-the-art 3D printing technologies. As part of the collaboration, Xuberance founder Mr. Steven MA offered his insight to the furniture design students to inspire them to push the limits of furniture design.
The results, as one can only imagine, were stunning. Among some of the more notable pieces were student Yang Zhuo Yi’s project aptly named “Edge”. Edge, which consisted of a 3D printed end table made from transparent unsaturated resin and iron, demonstrates the designer’s keen eye towards varying angles, both for aesthetic and functional purposes. The furniture piece, which measures 800 x 400 x 380mm, evokes the sense of a sort of futuristic, geometric cliff edge. The piece also pushes the boundaries of furniture in terms of its complicated internal structure, which was achieved with 3D design, and which can be seen in detail because of the table’s transparent outer material. According to the designer, the transparent material was also meant to act as a virtual space to help explore unlimited thinking, effectively turning the furniture piece into a sort of sculptural art piece as well.
