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14 Best 3D Printed Furniture Projects

Published on February 13, 2019 by Carlota V.

While 3D printing is gaining ground in the industrial sector, it is also present on a smaller scale in homes, open spaces or even parks and streets. We have noticed more and more 3D printed furniture for example. From chairs, tables, stools to sofas, there is no shortage of initiatives! Designers and manufacturers use 3D printing technologies to increase complexity and offer customisable furniture. Some can even be printed directly at home. Discover some 3D printed furniture projects and leave with some great home decor ideas!

TOP 1: DRAWN Furniture

Drawn is a French company that has developed its XXL 3D printer called Galatéa to create custom furniture and decoration. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015, it started manufacturing plastic stools, tables and chairs and smaller decorative items such as vases. The users can choose the colour and shape of their furniture and watch the 3D printing of his chair for example.

TOP 2: Print Your City Project

If you walk the streets of Amsterdam or along the coast in Thessaloniki, Greece, you may see 3D printed street furniture, including benches. They were made from the plastic waste of the city’s inhabitants. This waste was recycled and transformed into 3D printing filament. This initiative clearly shows that 3D technologies have a key role to play in preserving our environment and can create value in all sectors of activity.

TOP 3: Nagami’s Chairs

The Spanish design studio Nagami presented its collection of avant-garde chairs last year at the Milan Furniture Fair. Four fairly futuristic chairs, printed in 3D from different materials; two of them have been made with biodegradable plastic granules for example. They remind us of a floral structure and are very colourful: we go far beyond the simple kitchen stool! This project is more likely to demonstrate the possibilities offered by 3D technologies in the architecture and furniture sector, we are not sure to see them appear any time soon at Ikea.

TOP 4: RIO Collection

Integrate and Morgan studios worked together to create RIO, a collection of chairs and tables that integrate 3D printed elements. For example, it is the backrest of the chair that has been printed in 3D in 24 hours from a liquid resin or polyamide powder and a mathematical algorithm. The result is a piece of furniture that combines craftsmanship and new technologies, impossible to make otherwise. The same principle applies to tables where part of the base has been printed in 3D.

TOP 5: 3D Printed Benches from XtreeE

The French startup XtreeE develops advanced large-scale 3D printing technology for architectural design, engineering and the construction sector. The startup is also a concrete 3D printing specialist. Amongst many projects, it actually ran from 2017-2018 the woven concrete benches project. As a result, they created a series of three benches by collaborating with Berlin-based design studio, Studio 7.5. The benches exploited the woven pattern both for aesthetic value and its structural performances. It is a very complex motive to obtain with a classic mould. However, the 3D printed design is both geometrically complex and uses a minimal amount of concrete.

TOP 6: Simplus’ Modular Wall System

Simplus is a New-York City based design practice founded in 2014. They work across the disciplines of architecture and industrial design with an approach rooted in digital methodologies and rapid prototyping. One of their projects, baptised SuperMod is a 3D printed modular wall system. It combines function and beauty. The wall fluctuates between different sized modules to accommodate various types of storage needs. 3D printed materials of opaque white and translucent red plastic allow for light to come through certain modules and produce glowing effects in the surrounding place.

TOP 7: BigRep’s Ocke Series

The BigRep ONE v3 from BigRep was created to make industrial 3D printing for large-scale objects as easy as possible. The printer offers 1m3 print volume. This time, it’s 3D designer Beatrice Müller who has put the technology to good use. In fact, she has designed furniture to be printed almost in one piece on the machine. In BigRep’s Ocke Series, the set of 3D printed furniture consisted of a chair and sofa. As Müller explains, 3D printing gives designers more design freedom to create new and interesting concept ideas.

TOP 8: KARO Coffee Table from Zortrax

3D printing manufacturer, Zortrax created the KARO coffee table with its M200 3D printer to showcase the potential of their technology. The coffee table’s legs were 3D printed in the company’s Z-ULTRAT black, grey and ivory filaments. The legs of the table add up to 3Kg of plastic. It took nearly 263 hours to print the several diamond-shaped and triangular modules needed to assemble the table. Once printed, a circular glass was placed over the base to form a classy tabletop. KARO is a weather-proof furniture piece, suitable for both indoor and outdoor home environments.

TOP 9: Puzzle Chair from BITS&PARTS

This puzzle chair from BITS&PARTS can be downloaded online for free and printed at home, or you can order a 3DHub to print the chair. You can choose between the “Kids Maker Chair 19”, the “Maker Puzzle Chair” and the “Kids Maker Chair 39”. The latter, for example, has 39 puzzle pieces, each of which weighs approximately 170 grams. According to BITS&PARTS, you need a total of 3.5kg of filament in each colour and it should be printed with 2.85mm ABS. With different colours you can design your individual chair to print at home!

TOP 10: Ikea’s Gamer Chair

Together with the start-up company UNIQ, which specialises in 3D printing, the furniture store giant IKEA wants to produce personalised, ergonomic and interactive video game equipment. Since a comfortable chair is essential for gamers, but no one has ever dealt with personalised gaming chairs before, IKEA decided to take on the task. The aim is for the customer to simply scan his body and receive the chair within two weeks. The first personalised gaming chair should be marketed starting from 2020. In fact, this is not the first IKEA model to be produced by additive manufacturing. As early as 2017, the furniture store launched a collection of 3D-printed furnishings, such as a coat hook in the shape of a hand.

TOP 11: ALEKSA Studio’s Table

This table was designed by ALEKSA studio in London. The additive legs of the table were manufactured by 3D Print UK using an SLS printer. The very efficient structure of the legs makes it possible to carry the heavy walnut wood top despite their minimal weight. The use of 3D printing technologies allows designers and manufacturers to produce different variations and sizes of the table on request.

TOP 12: Jon Christie’s Chairs

Jon Christie has been a DJ by profession, but throughout his experience he has always worked with design and lighting. That’s why after 20 years of experience he has decided to merge additive manufacturing technologies with traditional furniture manufacturing techniques. This is how his first collection emerged, taking a Scandinavian design of chairs decided to add 3D printed gaskets, which has allowed greater creativity in terms of color and shapes when creating. For its development it has used the melted deposition technology of the Dutch brand Ultimaker.

TOP 13: Steelcase & MIT Collaboration

The collaboration between MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab, designer Christopher Guberan, and furniture brand Steelcase yielded to the development of a new 3D printing method: Rapid Liquid Printing. Effectively, it draws inside a gel the structures to be printed. It was thanks to this development that an original table was created, which takes advantage of the fact that this manufacturing technique has no gravity limitations and is capable of doing so in less time than traditional technologies. The table was printed in just 28 minutes!

TOP 14: 3D Printed Lamps

Pierre-Yves Jacques, is the creator behind the French design studio LPJacques. The design studio specialises in the use of additive manufacturing technologies for their projects. A few months ago he unveiled his Di-Lamp project. These lamps can be completely customised by users thanks to additive manufacturing technologies. You can choose the type of design and colour of the perfect lamp for your living room. In addition, the studio has also included a series of decorative elements to match your lamp.

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3d Printed Chair - 20 For Sale on 1stDibs

3d Printed Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 3d printed chair for your home. A 3d printed chair — often made from plastic, metal and other — can elevate any home. When you’re browsing for the right 3d printed chair, those designed in Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made 3d printed chair over the years, but those crafted by Janne Kyttanen, Dirk Vander Kooij and Rive Roshan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a 3d Printed Chair?

Prices for a 3d printed chair start at $838 and top out at $15,000 with the average selling for $845.

On the Origins of Europe

Georg Jensen furniture is available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. In our collection of Georg Jensen furniture there are many options to choose from, although silver editions of this piece are particularly popular. 952 vintage editions of these items are in stock, while there are 446 modern editions to choose from as well. Many original furniture by Georg Jensen were created in Europe during the 20th century in the Art Nouveau style. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by and . The prices for Georg Jensen furniture can vary depending on size, time period and other attributes. 1stDibs's price starts at $19 and tops out at $269,950, while pieces like these can sell for $737 on average.

Furniture of the 21st Century and Contemporary

Furniture from Fabio Ltd are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive objects are often made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. In our collection of Fabio Ltd furniture there are many options to choose from, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. 0 vintage editions of these items are in stock, while there are 1,114 modern editions to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Fabio Ltd were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by and . The prices for Fabio Ltd furniture can vary depending on size, time period and other attributes. The price for these items starts at US$449 and tops out at US$45,000, while pieces like these can sell for US$6,000 on average.

Materials: Plastic Furniture

Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.

From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.

When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.

Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.

Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Chairs for You

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — antique and vintage Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames. 

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.  

Most furniture is not 3D printed, but there are some great designs.

3D printing has spread to many areas, and the furniture industry is 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 to market.

Such furniture, as you probably know, is produced in rather limited quantities and often has complex geometries that are easier to produce using 3D printing. This often results in unusual designs that are difficult or impossible to make with molds.

We've put together a list of the coolest 3D printed furniture we've seen so far.

1 Nagami chair collection

Brave New World collection at Milan Design Week 2018 (Source: Nagami Design)

Nagami is a Spanish design brand that "explores the future of design in a new technological era." The brand's first collection, Brave New World, consisted of four 3D printed chairs designed by various architects and designers. All chairs were created using FDM 3D printers and presented to the world during Milan Design Week 2018.

The first two chairs in The Bow and Rise collection were designed by architect Zaha Hadid, inspired by the nautical theme. Both chairs were printed using PLA. In the image above, the Rise chair is on the right and the Bow is on the left. The Bow and Rise are limited editions.

Peeler, the black chair pictured far left, was printed in London by designer Daniel Widrig. The chair consists of three parts, creating the effect of detaching these parts from an invisible base, hence its name.

Nobu, the latest addition to Nagami's 3D chair collection (Source: Nagami Design)

The newest addition to Nagami's 3D furniture is the Nobu. This blue chair is FDM printed. It was designed by Manuel Jimenez Garcia, co-founder of MadMDesign from London. According to the artist, Nobu is a membrane that "hides the inner cellular universe" and "reflects both smoothness and regularity, as well as arrhythmia and madness. "

  • Designers: Patrick Schumacher (Zaha Hadid Architects), Daniel Widrig and Manuel Jimenez Garcia
  • Location: Spain
  • Price: €1,560 (~$1,700) for a Peeler machine; €940 (~$1020) for Noby
  • Source: Nagami Design

2 Oke series

Mueller projects do not require any support structures (Source: BigRep via YouTube)

Ocke Series is a 3D printed furniture set consisting of an armchair and a sofa. The armchair and sofa were designed by Beatrice Müller, industrial designer for BigRep. BigRep is a German company specializing in FDM 3D printers with high print volumes and precision.

This series of furniture was created to showcase what the BigRep's One 3D printer can do. One has a build volume of 1 m³.

An interesting design feature applied by Müller is the ability to print furniture without the use of any support material. This was achieved by positioning the poles - the main structural elements of the parts - at low angles.

  • Designer: Beatrice Müller
  • Country: Germany
  • Price: not for sale
  • Source: BigRep

3 Sofa So Good

This SLA 3D printed chaise longue used just 2.5 liters of resin (Source: Janne Kyttanen)

This amazing piece of furniture was created by Janne Kyttanen, 3D printing specialist. The chaise longue you see in the picture above has an incredibly intricate mesh structure that resembles a metal-coated cobweb.

The lounge chair is called Sofa So Good and was created using the 3D System ProX 950, a high volume SLA industrial 3D printer. Kyttanen's design allows the use of as little material as possible in the lounger while maintaining structural strength.

Only 2.5 liters of resin was used in one print, which is 6000 layers. It is 1.5 meters (almost 5 feet) long and weighs only 2.5 kilograms (about 5.5 pounds). According to its designer, it is capable of supporting a maximum weight of up to 100 kilograms (about 220 pounds).

  • Designer: Janne Kittanen
  • Location: US
  • Price: not for sale
  • Source: Janne Kittanen

4 Batoidea chair and footstool

Batoidea stingray furniture (Source: Peter Donders)

The 3D printed Batoidea chair and chair are wonderfully shaped pieces of furniture designed by Peter Donders. This premium furniture set sells for $26,378 and is part of a limited edition collection.

Both pieces were created from 3D printed sand molds, which the artist says is the exact same method used to create the inner core of a Ferrari engine. A total of five sand mold parts were required, manufactured by the Voxeljet service center in Augsburg, Germany.

The thin-walled aluminum castings were then painted using the same technique Ferrari uses to paint its supercars, which helps explain the very high cost.

  • Designer: Peter Donders
  • Location: Belgium
  • Price: $ 26 378
  • Source: Peter Donders

5 Rio Collection

These side tables combine 3D printed parts with traditional furniture materials (Source: Morgan Furniture)

The Rio Collection is a collaboration between furniture maker Morgan Furniture and studio Integrate. It consists of chairs with backs and a bedside table that combines 3D printed parts with traditional furniture materials such as wood and glass.

The 3D printed grid structure was designed entirely with a computer algorithm that ensured the ability to support weight while optimizing the material used. The result is a unique and gorgeous design made from resin (SLA) or polyamide powder (SLS).

The Rio collection was presented at the London Design Festival in 2016 and aimed to explore the connection between "the craft of today and the craft of tomorrow". It is available for purchase on the Morgan Furniture website.

  • Designer: Studio Integration
  • Location: London
  • Price: on request
  • Source: Morgan Furniture

6 SuperMod System

3D printed materials allow light to pass through certain modules (Source: Simplus Design)

SuperMod is a modular wall storage system that is both practical and gorgeous. The 3D printed hexagonal modules can be combined in a variety of ways to create a variety of designs.

The system was designed by Sebastian Misiurek and Arianna Lebed from Simplus Design studio in New York. It was first exhibited at the local 3D Print Design Show in 2015.

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SuperMod was produced on MakerBot machines with each module ranging in size from 14 to 22 inches.

  • Designers: Sebastian Misyurek and Arianna Lebed
  • Location: US
  • Price: not for sale
  • Source: Simplus Design

7 Miltithread

The connections were 3D printed using SLM and then hand painted (Source: Interspace Design)

production of shelves and tables. The Swedish-German duo founded their design studio in 2002 and have been incorporating the latest technological advances into their projects ever since.

At Miltithread, the lattice structures that support the flat surfaces of various pieces of furniture have been optimized with special software and 3D printed using Selective Laser Melting (SLM).

After printing, the parts were hand polished, the structure was assembled, and each joint was custom painted using a color pattern designated by the design software to illustrate the mechanical stress applied to each specific part. The latest works were presented at the Nilufar Gallery in Milan in 2012 and the Istanbul Design Biennale in 2013.

  • Designers: Reed Crum and Clemens Weisshaar
  • Locations: Italy and Turkey
  • Price: not for sale
  • Source: Kram / Weisshaar

8 Print your city!

This bench in Amsterdam was 3D printed from local recycled plastic (Source: Print Your City!)

“Print your city!” is an ongoing research project to recycle household plastic waste and use it to 3D print urban furniture. The project was conceived by Rotterdam-based design studio The New Raw and launched in 2016 in Amsterdam as a pilot project.

The first piece of furniture that the Dutch capital received was an ordinary public bench weighing about 15 kg (about 33 pounds). According to Foteini Setaki, co-founder of The New Raw, this is equivalent to the total amount of plastic waste produced by two Amsterdam residents per year. The large-scale 3D printing was done in-house by Aectual, a design company as well.

Initial design of the prototype on the waterfront in Thessaloniki (Source: The New Raw)

With the success of the project, the recycling and printing process also moved to another city: Thessaloniki. In cooperation with various organizations, including Coca-Cola, a zero waste laboratory was set up in the Greek city, which has recycling equipment and a robotic device for 3D printing. Locals can take their household waste to the lab and learn more about recycling processes.

  • Designer: The New Raw Studio
  • Location: Netherlands and Greece
  • Price: free
  • Source: Print your city!

9 Stool

The One_Shot stool can be folded with a slight twist (Source: Materialise)

One_Shot. mgx is a functional chair by Patrick Jouin for the Materialise design project.

The One_Shot stool has a dynamic structure that allows it to be folded like an umbrella for transport or storage. All parts, including moving parts and hinges, are 3D printed using selective laser sintering (SLS).

This intricate design is available in limited quantities along with other furniture and decorative items at the Materialize online store.

  • Designer: Patrick Juin
  • Location: France
  • Price: €2,165 (~$2,336)
  • Source: Materialize

There are currently three 3D printed chair models available for free download (Source: Bits & Parts)

Imagine being able to 3D print an entire chair with your own printer. This is an idea for Bits & Parts from the Makerchair project by designer Joris Laarman. The first prototype was made by a 3D printing center, and according to their website, it was "the world's first volunteer-made chair. "

Three models are currently available: Maker Puzzle Chair, Kids Maker Chair 19, and Kids Maker Chair 39. All can be downloaded for free and printed by anyone with a 3D printer and the time. Each block is assembled like a 3D puzzle to form the final piece of furniture.

Kids Maker Chair 19 consists of 15 puzzle pieces plus 4 connecting rings for wooden legs. According to the website, 1.5 kg of each color should be enough for this model, while the legs are standard steel.

The whole project is constantly under development, and manufacturers around the world can come together and improve the design.

  • Designer: Bits & Parts
  • Location: Netherlands
  • Price: free to download
  • Source: bits and parts

As a conclusion

Although 3D printed furniture is not yet very affordable, you can start with small DIY projects (Source: Cults)

Most of the furniture we saw in this article was made by studios and designers who wanted to explore the manufacturing possibilities of 3D printing. As time goes by, we think 3D printing will allow for cheaper, mass-produced furniture.

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Furniture 3D Printing, DIY Project, 3D Printing, Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Bitises, Multireadthplus, Materials Design, SuperMod, resin (SLA), polyamide powder (SLS), Morgan Furniture,

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There's something special about eating a tomato from your own garden or wearing a scarf you made yourself. But what if we go further? For example, print your own furniture. The use of 3D printing in the design and production of furniture is no surprise. However, the 3Dnatives team decided to give it a try and used a desktop 3D printer to create furniture.

3Dnatives decided to expand the capabilities of their little MakerBot Replicator 2 and see if it could print something really big. The working volume of this printer is 28.5 x 15.3 x 15 cm. Anyone will understand that this is not enough to make even the most ordinary chair. Instead of resorting to the help of industrial printers, the authors of the idea came up with a chair with the telling name "Pieces and Details". They thought over the design of the details again and again until they achieved their goal.

The chair is assembled from pieces of a puzzle fastened together, each of which was printed separately. Thus, the developers managed to assemble something much more than a 3D printer could normally allow. When they designed, printed, assembled and tested the chair (it took them over 347 hours to print!), they went ahead and posted the drawings on the Wevolver website, where anyone can download them and build their own chair.

The authors of the idea hope that you will be able to repeat their success in less than 347 hours, and also give a number of useful tips that will definitely help you during your work. For example, they chose the following settings: PLA at 25% infill, print speed 90 mm/s and 150 mm/s at 220°C. The printed parts were laid on a base of wooden rods fastened with loops for greenhouses.

The last piece of advice concerns assembly and care. The authors advise to collect the chair from the center and move towards the edges. In addition, they offer a labeling system that they used themselves to avoid confusion during assembly.

Do you know what they say? “If you have printing fiber, make a chair and sit down!”

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